Nov. 3 1943: The 1st Ukrainian Front launches an offensive to liberate Kyiv from the Germans, creating a strategic bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnipro River.
Nov. 4 1959: The diorama “The Storming of Sapun Mount” is launched in Sevastopol.
Nov. 5 1953: The Soviet Union’s first all-welded bridge, designed by Yevhen Paton, opens in Kyiv.
Nov. 6 2001: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine pays a one-day visit to Poland, where he addresses a conference on the struggle against international terrorism.
Nov. 7 1917: The Small Rada in Kyiv adopts the Central Rada’s 3rd Universal (Decree) proclaiming the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR) as part of a federated Russia.
Nov. 8 1927: The construction of the Dnipro Hydroelectric Station begins in Zaporizhia.
Nov. 9 1977: The Ukrainian Helsinki Group to monitor human rights is founded in Kyiv.
