8 September, 2011 - 00:00
1619: Yakub Havatovych’s two Ukrainian interludes are staged at Kamianka-Strumylova.
1855: The heroic defense of Sevastopol by Russian troops under the command of Vice Admirals Vladimir Kornilov and Pavel Nakhimov ends with Russia losing the Crimean War (1853-56).
1924: Alexandra M. Kollontai becomes the first Soviet female ambassador.
1941: The Wehrmacht 900-day siege of Leningrad begins.
1944: The First and Fourth Ukrainian Fronts launch the Eastern Carpathian offensive, clearing the western territories of Ukraine of the Wehrmacht.
1959: Dnipropetrovsk-Kryvyi-Rih gas pipeline is completed.
1989: Kyiv hosts the constituent assembly of the People’s Rukh, adopting the statute, action program, electing the leadership headed by Ivan Drach.
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