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November, 21 The Presidium of the Supreme Council of
1949 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Revolution
approved attributes of statehood: a flag (re-
and-blue with a picture of a sickle and a
hammer), the National Emblem and the
National Anthem symbolizing Ukraine as a
constituent part of the USSR.
December M. Khrushchyov, who had headed the
1949 Communist Party of Bolsheviks since 1947,
was substituted by L. Melnykov. He
continued struggle with Ukrainians, ignoring
national traditions of Ukrainians, their history
and culture.
1946 –1949 “Zhdanov’s ideology” in Ukraine.
Strengthening of ideological control of power
over society. Persecution of famous
representatives of Ukrainian culture,
education and science (Y. Yanovsky, M.
Rylsky, V. Sosyura, A. Malyshko. M.
Petrovsky, O. Dovzhenko and others) started.
In all, 12 party resolutions about so-called
errors and disfiguration in ideological sphere,
where 3 theses prevailed: 1) critic of
manifestations of “Ukrainian bourgeois
nationalism”; 2) insufficient covering of
“problems of Soviet reality, socialist realism”
in belles-lettres; 3) calls for developing of
“Bolshevist critic, identification of enemies of
the people, strengthening of class struggle”.
March, 5 The death of Chief Commander of UIA
1950 Roman Shukhevych in the battle with units of
Ministry of Internal Affairs near Lviv.
November, 7 The first television centre started its work in

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