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Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

This week in history

27 October, 2009 - 00:00

Oct. 27 1659: In Pereiaslav Yurii Khmelnytsky and the Muscovite government sign an agreement regulating the political and legal status of Cossack Ukraine in the Muscovite state.

Oct. 28 2004: On the 60th anniversary of Ukraine’s liberation from the Nazis, a military parade and veterans’ parade take place in Kyiv.

Oct. 29 1800: The first blast furnace is launched at the Luhansk Steelworks.

Oct. 30 2001: Ukraine’s last ICBM silo is dismantled.

Oct. 31 1999: During the presidential elections in Ukraine, none of the candidates obtain the required number of votes. Leonid Kuchma and Petro Symonenko take part in the second round of elections.

Nov. 1 1991: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts the Declaration of Rights of Nationalities.

Nov. 2 1973: The first section of the “3600” sheet rolling mill goes into production at the Azovstal Steelworks.

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