Dec. 15 2004: As a result of the stabilization of the loan and currency market situation, the National Bank of Ukraine allows the free sale and purchase of US dollars.
Dec. 16 1917: The Council of People’s Commissars adopts the “Manifesto to the Ukrainian People with an Ultimatum to the Ukrainian Rada,” stating that if it is not carried out within 48 hours, Russia will declare war on Ukraine.
Dec. 17 2004: A roundtable in Kyiv notes that the Orange Revolution has caused an information revolution in the Ukrainian media.
Dec. 18 1942: The capture of the village of Pivnivka launches the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazi Germans.
Dec. 19 2004: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine endorses amendments to the Law “On Presidential Elections.”
Dec. 20 2004: Presidential candidates Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych face off in a second televised debate.
Dec. 21 1944:The Relief Council for the Western Oblasts is set up as part of the Soviet Ukrainian government.
