July 12. 1581. The Ostroh Bible was published by printing pioneer Ivan Fedorov
1996. People’s deputies of Ukraine swore allegiance to the people of Ukraine according to the Constitution.
July 13. 1935. Under a decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (bolshevik) of Ukraine the Ukrainian section of the Society of Old Bolsheviks was liquidated.
1945. The Council of People’s Commissars and Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine passed a decision On Creating the Academy of Architecture of Ukraine.
July 14. 1925. The Ukrainian National Democratic Organization was founded in Lviv.
1948. The Kyiv Publishing House for Political Literature issued the first volume of the fourth edition of Lenin’s collected works in Ukrainian.
July 15. 1920. The Kyiv Higher Institute of Public Education (now Drahomanov Ukrainian State Pedagogical University) was founded.
1989. A monument to and museum cum estate of renowned Ukrainian composer Lev Revutsky was founded in the village of Irzhavtsi, Chernihiv oblast.
July 16. 1917. The Central Rada approved the Status of Ukraine’s Higher Administration giving the Central Rada and General Secretariat the rights of a parliament and government.
1990. Verkhovna Rada approved the Declaration on Ukraine’s State Sovereignty.
July 17. 1933. After completing the construction of Dniprohes and destroying the Dnipro Rapids, the first liner started its voyage from Kyiv to Kherson.
1958. The Council of Ministers of Ukrainian SSR approved a decision On Liquidating Eight of the Ukraine’s Forty Monasteries.
July 18. 1946. The Ukrainian Youth Union resumed its work in emigration.
1968. A unique small-section mill started its work at the Zaporizhstal plant.