June 19 1925: Kyiv hosts the world’s first exhibition devoted to global expanses.
1996: Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan sign a friendship and cooperation treaty.
June 20 1918: The All-Ukraine Church Council convenes in Kyiv.
1919: In Lviv the military delegation of the Ukrainian National Republic, led by General Serhii Delvig, signs an armistice with Poland, which establishes a demarcation line between the warring sides (the Delvig lines).
June 21 1943: Winnipeg hosts the first Ukrainian Canadian Congress.
1991. The World Congress of Ukrainian Political Prisoners convenes in Kyiv.
June 22 Day of Mourning for War Victims in Ukraine
1941: Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union launches the so- called “Great Patriotic War.”
1941: The heroic defence of Brest Fortress begins.
June 23 1990: As part of the resettlement campaign, Crimean Tatars begin settling in the first village of the Crimean oblast, Ukrainian SSR.
2001: Pope John Paul II arrives in Ukraine and visits Kyiv and Lviv.
June 24 1934: Soviet Ukraine’s top-level state and party institutions are transferred from Kharkiv to Kyiv, which becomes the new capital.
1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares that the US government is prepared to aid the Soviet Union in its war against Nazi Germany.
June 25 Ukrainian Customs Service Day
1992: The All-Ukraine Orthodox Council resolves to unite the Ukrainian Orthodox and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church into a single Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate.
