The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine was adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on 24 August 1991.
Typewritten version of the act
People celebrate the declaration near the Verkhovna Rada building (24 August 1991)
The front page of the parliamentary newspaper Holos Ukrayiny with the text of the declaration printed on the lower half (27 August 1991)
1991 Soviet coup attempt
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In August 1991, hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attempted to forcibly seize control of the country from Mikhail Gorbachev, who was Soviet president and General Secretary of the C
Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
…the following day. Ukrainian independence led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union by 26 December 1991. The Act was adopted in the aftermath of the coup attempt in the Soviet Union on 19 August, when hardline Communist leaders attempted to restore central Communist party control over the USSR. The text was largely composed during…
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Thursday morning on Smolenskaya