This day in history

1668: Petro Doroshenko is elected Hetman of Ukraine.

1904: A monument to Alexander Pushkin (designed by sculptor Boris Edwards) is unveiled in Kharkiv.

1934: The Soviet Union institutes criminal prosecution for the relatives of defendants charged with high treason for having failed to report their crimes to authorities.

1937: The first congress of architects is called to order in Kyiv.

1947: Two-way navigation resumes on the Dnipro after the lock at Zaporizhia becomes operational.

1993: Ukrainian coal miners go on a nationwide strike, which results in a drop in output and the industry falling into decay.

1995: President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine signs an edict appointing Yevhen Marchuk as Prime Minister.

1995: President Kuchma and Speaker Oleksandr Moroz sign the Constitutional Agreement between the Verkhovna Rada and the President of Ukraine on the fundamental principles of organization and functioning of the political system.