Feb. 24 1919: Ukraine and Poland sign a truce.
1990: The Ukrainian Public Cultural Society, its membership comprised of members of Poland’s Ukrainian community, holds a convention in Warsaw and resolves to reorganize itself as the Union of Ukrainians in Poland.
Feb. 25 1918: The Small Rada of the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR) passes bills instituting the new Gregorian calendar and Central European Time in Ukraine. The trident is adopted as the UNR’s national emblem.
1992: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine signs an edict establishing the State Duma (Council) of Ukraine.
Feb. 26 1878: The trial of a group of noted Galician public figures, among them Ivan Franko, Mykhailo Pavlyk, and Ostap Terletsky, begins in Lviv.
1993: Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice registers the Rukh Popular Movement.
Feb. 27 1965: The wide-body An-22 (Antei) aircraft developed by the Oleg Antonov Design Bureau in Kyiv makes its maiden flight.
1995: The Ukrainian Postprivatization Business Relief Center opens in Kyiv.
Feb. 28 1654: Jan II Casimir, the king of Poland, issues a decree urging the Zaporozhian Host to remain loyal to the Rzeczpospolita.
1920: The commander of the Soviet Southwest Front orders the creation of the “frontline rear support service,” which is tasked with combating the peasant insurgent movement in Ukraine.
March 1 1944: Large-scale renovation work starts on Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv.
1996: Regular Kyiv-London-Kyiv bus routes are established.
