1 June, 2010 - 00:00
1652: Rebellious Cossack troops led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky defeat the Polish army under Kalinowski’s command at Batih.
1922: The All-Ukrainian Office of the State Bank launches the first national grain loan.
1930: An extraordinary session of the Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR hears the case of the so-called counterrevolutionary organization in agriculture. Twenty-nine experts in the field receive varying terms in prison.
1967: The one millionth diesel engine comes off the conveyor line at the Serp i molot Works in Kharkiv.
1995: Energy, municipal and transport prices increase by 1.5-2 times in Ukraine.
1996: The last of Ukraine’s missiles are shipped off to Russia and Ukraine becomes a nuclear-free country.
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