Feb. 19 1992: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts the Tryzub (Trident) as the Small National Emblem of Ukraine, regarding it as the main element of the Great National Emblem.
2002: When the first Angel helicopter comes off the assembly line, Ukraine becomes the world’s sixth independent manufacturer of this type of aircraft.
Feb. 20 1919: The Council of People’s Commissars (Radnarkom) of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a decree establishing civil marriage procedures and the institution of civil registries.
1944: Kyiv hosts the fourth “antifascist” rally, which adopts a message to the Ukrainian people, calling for every effort to combat the German occupiers.
Feb. 21 1919: The first issue of the newspaper Komunar (today: Vechirnii Kyiv) comes off the presses in Kyiv.
1996: Ukraine and the United States sign an agreement on commercial satellite launches during the Ukrainian president’s working visit to Washington.
Feb. 22 1994: Ukraine’s diplomatic mission is officially launched in the Republic of Cuba.
1997: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine signs an edict establishing the Political Council under the aegis of the President of Ukraine.
Feb. 23 1927: The Radnarkom of the Ukrainian SSR adopts a resolution providing assistance to itinerant gypsies during their transition to a settled worker’s way of life.
1967: The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR approves a decree conferring the title of “Hero of Socialist Labor” on Oleksandr Korniichuk and Pavlo Tychyna.
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 Smalll 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.
