Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na November 5, 1968, o gburu onwe ya site n'ịkụ onwe ya ọkụ na Khreshchatyk, isi okporo ámá nke Kyiv, na-emegide ọchịchị Soviet nke Ukraine, megide russification nakwa
Ndị Soviet wakporo Czechoslovakia. Tupu ọ nwụọ, Makukh tiri mkpu 'Long live free Ukraine!' N'abalị isii nke ọnwa Nọvemba n'afọ 1968, ọfịs onye ọka iwu nke Leninsky District nke obodo Kyiv meghere ikpe mpụ megide ya n'ihi igbu onwe ya, nke a na-amaghị ihe ga-esi na ya pụta.