Feb. 10 1940: The first stage of deporation of the populace from the western regions of Ukraine begins, involving 220,000 persons.
1940: The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists splits into OUN-B, under the leadership of Stepan Bandera, and OUN-M under Andrii Melnyk.
Feb. 11 1950: The CC of the CP(B)U adopts a resolution containing trite accusations of the journal Dnipro of an antipopular, formalistic approach, etc.
1989: The Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Language Society (later it became known as the Taras Shevchenko All-Ukraine Prosvita Society) holds a constituent conference.
Feb. 12 1921: The Standing Council on the Struggle against Banditry is formed under the Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
1960: Ukraine’s first experimental nuclear reactor becomes operational.
Feb. 13 1942: Ukrainians start being deported en masse to Germany as slave laborers.
1960: The Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR resolves to organize factory colleges as well as industrial enterprises and workshops at institutions of higher education.
Feb. 14 1914: An election reform is carried out in Galicia, allowing Ukrainians to get one-third of the seats in the local sejm.
1993: Hungary, Poland, and Romania sign a declaration on cooperation among the peoples of the Carpathian region.
Feb. 15 1574: In Lviv the first Eastern Slavic book printer Ivan Fedorov issues The Apostolos, the first book published in the Ukrainian lands.
1919: The Ukrainian National Council passes a law on the use of the Ukrainian language in all government institutions.
Feb. 16 1929: The first Week of Ukrainian Literature is launched in Moscow.
1994: In Almaty officials representing the defense ministries of Ukraine and Kazakhstan sign a communique on expanded contacts between these ministries.
