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others were captivated (359 captives were
shot in Bazary town, Volyn’). The remains
(120 people) with the headquarters managed
to get back to Poland.
October, 25 The USSR Land code was approved.
1922 According to its terms, land nationalization
was introduced, private property of land was
abolished. All lands were proclaimed to be
the property of the state.
December,10 VII All-Ukrainian Congress of councils in
1922 Kharkiv approved of the Declaration about
establishment of the USSR and the project of
Union treaty.
October, 30 I congress of Councils of USSR in Moscow
1922 proclaimed the establishment of the USSR. It
included the Russian Federation, Ukrainian
SSR, Bielorussian SSR, the Transcaucasian
federation (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan). G.
Petrovsky became the member of the Central
Executive Committee of Ukraine. As there
was only one ruling unitary Communist party
RCP(b), the Soviet Union as a union of
independent states was not more than a
fiction. The real status of republics was not
equal, any decision taken by Moscow CC was
a must to every republic.
March, 14 The resolution of the Ambassador Council of
1923 France, Italy, Japan and Great Britain about
recognition of Eastern Halychyna as a part
of Poland provided the above mentioned
lands would be given the status of autonomy.
However, the Polish government abolished
the status of Halychyna as a separate

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