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Declaration of Independence of Ukraine

The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Акт проголошення незалежності України, romanized: Akt proholoshennia nezalezhnosti Ukrainy) was adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on 24 August 1991.[1]

Not to be confused with Act of restoration of the Ukrainian state.

Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine

Ukrainian: Акт проголошення незалежності України

24 August 1991

24 August 1991

Central State Archive of the higher governing bodies of Ukraine, Kyiv

Levko Lukianenko

Leonid Kravchuk

Declaration of independence

The Act reestablished Ukraine's state independence from the Soviet Union.[2][1] The declaration was affirmed by a majority of Ukrainians in all regions of Ukraine by an independence referendum on 1 December, followed by international recognition starting on the following day. Ukrainian independence led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union by 26 December 1991.

(in Ukrainian) – Official Verkhovna Rada website

Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine

(in English) – Official Verkhovna Rada website

Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine

(in English) – The Ukrainian Weekly, translation by The Ukrainian Weekly

Act of Declaration of the Independence of Ukraine

(in English) – The Windsor Viter, Volume 12, Number 1, July, 2001 Part 2, translation by Andrew Gregorovich

Declaration of Independence of Ukraine

(in Ukrainian) – an interview with writer and parliament deputy Stepan Pushyk on the events of August 24, 1991.

"Great Saturday"