Apr. 17 1710. Pylyp Orlyk, the creator of one of the first European constitutions, was elected the hetman of Ukraine.
Apr. 17 1924. The All-Ukrainian Excecutive Committee (VUCVK) approved the resolution on struggle with children’s homelessness.
Apr. 18 1961. A believers’ demonstration against closing of St. Andrew Church took place in Kyiv.
Apr. 18 1996. Ukraine and Great Britain signed an agreement on the arrest and sequestration of incomes and instruments, connected with criminal activity and on mutual help in struggle against the unlawful spreading of drugs.
Apr. 19 1917. The All-Ukrainian National Congress proclaimed Ukrainian national-territorial autonomy and elected the Tsentralna Rada’s new members headed by Mykhailo Hrushevsky.
Apr. 19 2002. Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma started his visit to Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
Apr. 20 1978. Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada approved the new Constitution of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic.
Apr. 20 1990. The constituent conference of the Ukrainian Republican Association called “Dity Chornobylia” took place.
Apr. 21 1775. Russian Empress Katherine the Second legalized serfdom in Ukraine.
Apr. 21 1937. The Central Executive Council of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialistic Republic approved the resolution on the State Emblem of the UkSSR.
Apr. 22 1918. The VCVK affirmed the text of the solemn oath — the first single oath of allegiance.
Apr. 22 1918. The Ukrainian Administrative Academy was opened in Podebrady (Czechoslovakia.)
Apr. 23 1848. Ukrainian noblemen’s newspaper Rusky Sobor started to be published in Lviv.
Apr. 23 1991. The Verkhovna Rada of the UkSSR approved the Law on the freedom of conscience and religion organizations.
