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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

This day in history

23 October, 2012 - 00:00

1859: The first Sunday school opens in Kyiv, aimed at raising children in the spirit of Christian tradition.

1921: The Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church is reinstated. Vasyl Lypkivsky is ordained the first Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine.

1939: The Lviv branch of the Writers’ Union of Ukraine is formed.

1956: An anticommunist uprising begins in Hungary, to be suppressed by Soviet troops.

1958: Boris Pasternak is conferred the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novel Doctor Zhivago.

1990: The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a decree abolishing Article 6 of the Constitution, concerning the leading role of the Communist Party, and accepts the letter of resignation by Vitalii Masol, Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

2002: The Nord-Ost siege begins after a group of armed Chechens take hostage the spectators of the Nord-Ost musical at the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow.

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