Countries Ukraine | History by KabAstro

Events in Ukrainian History

1917-11-20 Ukrainian Republic declared
1917-12-06 Taking advantage of the temporary relaxation of authority in Russia, Finland declares itself a republic, following the Ukraine on 20 November
1918-01-22 Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
1918-01-29 Ukrainian-Soviet War: Battle of Kruty
1918-02-22 Germany claims Baltic states, Finland & Ukraine from Russia
1918-03-09 Ukrainian mobs massacre Jews of Seredino Buda
1918-12-16 German troops evacuate Finland, give over Kiev in the Ukraine to revolutionary forces and pull back from Estonia as Bolshevik forces move in
1919-08-10 Ukrainian National Army massacres 25 Jews in Podolia Ukraine
1919-08-31 Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group
1919-08-31 Ukrainian (Petlyura) Army recaptures Kiev
1920-01-31 1st daily Ukrainian language US newspaper, "Ukraïns'ki Shchodenni Visti "(Ukrainian Daily News), begins publishing in New York City; publication initially sponsored by the Ukrainian Section of the Communist Party
1920-04-24 Polish troops attack Ukraine
1920-04-27 Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence

Soviet Union Founded

1922-12-30 Creation of the USSR formally proclaimed in Moscow from the Bolshoi Theatre, organized as a union (U) of Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian and Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR).

Signature page of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR

1926-05-25 Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of the Ukrainian People's Republic
1939-03-16 Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine
1941-06-25 -26] Soviet counterattack at Rovno, Ukraine
1941-06-25 Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there
1941-06-30 Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) declare Ukraine independent
1941-06-30 World War II: Operation Barbarossa - Germany captures Lviv, Ukraine
1941-07-21 200 Jewish Torahs are burned in Ukraine
1941-07-27 German army enters Ukraine
1941-09-16 German armoured troops surround Kyiv, Ukraine
1941-09-29 Nazi massacre at Babi Yar ravine (near Kiev) Ukraine begins, 33,771 mostly Jews murdered
1941-09-30 Approximately 33,771 Jews are shot to death or buried alive at Babi Yar ravine (near Kiev) Ukraine by Nazi troops over two days
1941-10-03 All elderly Jewish men of Kerenchug Ukraine, are killed by SS
1941-10-25 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa, Ukraine
1941-11-06 Einsatz Gruppe kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine

Hitler in Ukraine

1941-12-03 Adolf Hitler views Poltava, Ukraine

1942-01-28 Soviet troops under General Semyon Timoshenko's troops move into Ukraine
1942-06-30 Col-general Von Paul's 6th Army enters Ukraine
1942-07-03 Adolf Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bock's headquarters in Ukraine
1942-07-13 5,000 Jews of Rovno Polish Ukraine, executed by Nazis
1942-11-24 German Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk, Ukraine
1943-02-17 Adolf Hitler visits field marshal Erich von Manstein's headquarters in Zaporozje, Ukraine and stays until the 19th
1943-09-29 Zjadovs 5th Gardeleger/Managarovs 53rd Army reconquer Kremenchuk (Ukraine)
1943-10-30 Soviet forces under Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin commenced offensive on the 4th Ukrainian Front
1945-06-29 Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, annexed by Soviet Union, becomes Ukrainian SSR
1954-04-26 USSR Supreme Soviet transfer the Crimean oblast from Russian SFSR to Ukrainian SSR
1979-03-28 Frank Lazarus & Dick Vosburgh's stage musical comedy "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in Ukraine" premieres at the Mayfair Theatre, London, England
1979-08-17 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed

The Motherland Monument

1981-05-09 The Motherland Monument at 62 m (203 ft) high is opened in Kyiv, Ukraine in ceremony attended by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev

1986-12-30 Ballon d'Or: Dynamo Kyiv's Ukrainian forward Igor Belanov is named best football player in Europe ahead of Barcelona striker Gary Lineker and Real Madrid forward Emilio Butragueño
1988-09-28 Despite totally dominating his sport for 14 years, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka wins his only Olympic gold medal with a vault of 5.90m at the Seoul Games
1990-07-16 Ukraine declares independence
1991-08-24 Ukraine declares independence from USSR
1991-12-01 Ukrainian people vote for independence
1991-12-08 Russia, Belorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States
1993-09-21 Ukraine government of Kutshma resigns
1993-09-22 Ukrainian Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma resigns due to the "slow pace of reform"
1993-11-24 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
1994-01-10 Ukraine says it will give up world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal
1994-07-19 Leonid Kvetjsma sworn in as Ukraine president
1994-09-24 Parliamentary election in Ukraine
1995-03-01 Ukraine premier Vitaly Massol resigns

Election of Interest

1996-05-28 Pavlo Lazarenko becomes Prime Minister of Ukraine

Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko

1996-06-28 The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.

Boxing Title Fight

2000-04-01 American boxer Chris Byrd wins WBO Heavyweight title after Ukrainian champion Vitali Klitschko retires with a shoulder injury at the end of the 9th round in Berlin, Germany

Boxer and Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko

2000-11-28 Ukrainian politician Oleksander Moroz begins the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze

Beatification

2001-06-27 Pope John Paul II beatifies 28 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, including 27 martyrs most of whom were killed by the Soviet secret police. Beatification takes place at the service in Lviv, western Ukraine during his first visit to this country.

Sports History

2001-08-06 Two-time champion Marion Jones is disqualified and has her string of 42 consecutive 100m final victories snapped by Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada

Track and Field Athlete and Drug Cheat Marion Jones

2001-10-04 Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed.
2002-07-27 A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an airshow at Lviv, Ukraine, killing 85 and injuring more than 100 in the largest airshow disaster in history
2004-05-16 Day of Mourning at Bykivnia forest, just outside of Kyiv, Ukraine where during 1930s and early 1940s communist bolsheviks executed over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians
2004-08-17 Yana Klochkova of Ukraine wins the 200m individual medley in 2:11.14 at the Athens Olympics to wrap up the 200/400m medley double
2004-11-21 The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, unleashing massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
2004-11-22 The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections

Ballon d'Or

2004-12-13 Ballon d'Or: Milan's Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko is named best football player in Europe ahead of Deco (Porto/FC Barcelona) and Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho

2005-12-28 A U.S. immigration judge orders John Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed during World War II.
2006-08-25 Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion
2006-10-28 Funeral service for the peace of the executed at Bykivnia forest, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, with reburial of 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s - early 1940s.
2012-04-27 Four explosions in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, kill 27 people
2012-12-01 Ukrainian Anna Ushenina beats Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria, 3½-2½ in 2 rapid tie breaks to win the World Women's Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
2013-02-01 Zenit-3SL, a Ukrainian-Russian carrier rocket, fails 40 seconds after liftoff and crashes into the Pacific Ocean

Klitschko vs. Povetkin

2013-10-05 Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko beats Russian Alexander Povetkin in a 12 round unanimous points decision in Moscow to retain his WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles

2014-02-02 Protests in Ukraine turn violent after parliament passes legislation that outlaws protest

Revolution in Ukraine

2014-02-18 Ukrainian Revolution of 2014 begins as protesters, riot police and unknown shooters take part in violent events in the capital, Kiev, culminating after five days in the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych

Clashes in Kiev, Ukraine during the 2014 revolution

2014-02-19 Death toll in Ukraine reaches 26 after Government crackdown on protesters

Yanukovych Ousted

2014-02-22 Viktor Yanukovych is ousted as President of Ukraine by the parliament following the Euromaidan revolution

2014-02-23 A pro-Euromaidan rally is held in Simferopol, Ukraine, while in Kerch, protesters attempt to replace the Ukrainian flag from city hall with a Russian flag
2014-02-27 Arseniy Yatsenyuk appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine
2014-02-27 Unmarked Russia special forces invade neighboring Crimea, Ukraine to assist pro-Russian nationalists, occupying government buildings in preparation for annexation

Event of Interest

2014-03-01 US President Barack Obama warns Russian President Vladimir Putin over involvement in Ukraine

2014-03-02 President Vladimir Putin receives unanimous approval from Russia's parliament to send troops to Ukraine

Event of Interest

2014-03-10 German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns Russia's Vladimir Putin that making Crimea part of Russia is illegal and in violation of Ukraine's constitution

2014-03-16 Voters in Crimea vote overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia amid international condemnation of its design
2014-03-18 Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. by signing Treaty on Accession
2014-03-19 Russia captures the Ukrainian naval base in Sevastopol
2014-03-24 Ukraine withdraws its forces from the Crimea
2014-03-28 Russia increases the price of gas to Ukraine by 80%
2014-04-30 Masked gunmen and pro-Russian separatists take control of more buildings in eastern Ukraine
2014-05-07 Fighting between pro-Russian and Kiev forces continue amid fears internationally of a civil war in Ukraine
2014-05-12 Voters in Eastern Ukraine vote for self-rule in referendum

Poroshenko Elected

2014-05-25 Petro Poroshenko is elected President of Ukraine

2014-06-14 49 people are killed after a Ukrainian Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down
2014-06-24 Rebels in Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire
2014-07-17 Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down over Eastern Ukraine by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board
2014-07-30 The EU and US extend sanctions on Russia to include banks, energy, and defense firms; Moscow denies the allegation that Russia is arming rebels in Eastern Ukraine
2014-11-04 Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities to combat potential rebel offensive

Gorbachev's Warning

2014-11-08 Mikhail Gorbachev warns that tensions between America and Russia over Ukraine have put the world on the brink of a new Cold War

Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev

2014-12-04 Ukraine and Pro-Russian rebels agree to cease fire in the eastern war zone, beginning December 9
2015-08-31 Violent protests in Kiev after Ukraine parliament vote leave 1 national guard dead, 100 injured
2015-11-28 British boxer Tyson Fury beats Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision to win WBA, WBO, IBF, IBO, The Ring magazine and lineal heavyweight titles in Düsseldorf, Germany; ends Klitschko's 9 year reign as champion
2018-03-26 US, European Union and Ukraine expel more than 100 Russian diplomats in response to Russian use of nerve gas in UK
2018-05-29 Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko fakes his own death with Ukrainian security services to foil an assassination plot
2018-10-28 Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina registers biggest win of her career when she rallies for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 triumph over American Sloane Stephens in a classic WTA Finals title decider in Singapore
2018-11-26 Ukraine declares martial law in areas bordering Russia after Russia seizes three of its naval vessels
2018-12-15 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announces establishment of independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, splitting from Russian Orthodox
2019-01-05 Orthodox Church of Ukraine granted independence from the Russian Orthodox Church by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Election of Interest

2019-04-21 Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky wins the country's presidential election in a landslide

Actor, Comedian and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

2019-08-30 Second interstellar comet ever detected by Ukrainian amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov (later named 2I/Borisov)

Event of Interest

2019-09-22 US President Donald Trump admits he spoke to Ukrainian President about Joe Biden's son, after news a US intelligence officer made an official complaint about the call

45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality Donald Trump

46th US President, Vice President and Senator Joe Biden

2019-10-17 Mick Mulvaney, President Trump's acting chief of staff says the White House withheld nearly $400 million in military aid from Ukraine to further Trump's own political interests
2019-10-22 Top US diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, testifies President Donald Trump tied aid to Ukraine to demands the country open an investigation into the Biden family
2019-11-03 Australian world #1 Ashleigh Barty beats Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6–4, 6–3 to win the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, China, receives US$4.42m the biggest winner's prize in tennis history
2019-11-20 US Ambassador Gordon Sondland testifies in impeachment inquiry that “We followed the president’s orders.” and that “everyone was in the loop” over Ukraine dealings
2020-01-08 Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashes just after take-off from Tehran, Iran, killing all 176 people on board
2020-10-19 US charges six Russian military officers with massive cyber-attack meant to disrupt 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2017 French presidential election, and Ukraine's power grid
2021-04-21 Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West not to cross a "red line" in his state of the union address, amid massing of 100,000 Russian troops on Ukraine border
2021-10-24 COVID-19 cases in Eastern Europe pass 20 million with Russia, Ukraine and Romania in top five countries reporting deaths globally [1]

Biden Warns Putin over Ukraine

2021-12-07 US President Joe Biden warns Russian President Vladimir Putin of economic consequences if Russia continues a military build-up in Ukraine, during a virtual meeting

2022-02-07 European security facing its most dangerous moment since the Cold War, amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to EU foreign policy chief [1]
2022-02-07 French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow amid build-up of Russian troops on border with Ukraine
2022-02-21 Russian leader Vladimir Putin recognises Russia-backed separatists in two Ukrainian regions, ordering in troops for "peacekeeping functions" [1]
2022-02-22 US President Joe Biden announces new sanctions against Russia, saying its latest moves in Ukraine amount to "the beginning of a Russian invasion" [1]
2022-02-24 Russian leader Vladimir Putin announces the start of a three day “special military operation” in Ukraine to "demilitarize" the country. Moments before Russia launched a full-scale pre-dawn and unprovoked invasion by land, air and sea, with bombings in several cities. [1]
2022-02-27 Countries sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine; EU closes its airspace to Russian planes, Russian banks excluded from worldwide Swift payment system, Sweden sends arms to Ukraine
2022-02-27 EU warns Russian invasion of Ukraine means Europe facing major humanitarian crisis, 18 million Ukrainians displaced with four million refugees fleeing the country
2022-02-28 Russia shells the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, while a 40 mile Russian military convoy approaches capital city of Kyiv
2022-03-01 US President Joe Biden, in his State of the Union address, says Vladimir Putin has "badly miscalculated" by invading Ukraine [1]
2022-03-03 Russian forces seize the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest in Europe
2022-03-07 UN refugee agency says Russian invasion of Ukraine has now led to 1.7 million people fleeing the country, civilian deaths recorded at 406 with 801 injured [1]
2022-03-08 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invokes Winston Churchill speaking virtually to the UK parliament "We will not fail. We will fight till the end" [1]
2022-03-09 Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian city of Mariupol hit a hospital, killing at least three people, as attempts to create a humanitarian corridor out of the city fail [1]
2022-03-16 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses US Congress remotely pleading for further aid against the Russian invasion [1]
2022-03-20 Intense fighting in Ukrainian city of Mariupol continues as Russian forces encircle the city, trapping 300,000 people [1]
2022-03-23 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken formally declares that members of Russia armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine [1]