Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
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)
Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR was the supreme soviet and the highest organ of state power of Ukraine when it was known as the Ukrainian SSR, one of the union republics of the Soviet Union. The Supreme Soviet was the sole branch of government in Ukraine, and per the principle of unified power, all state organs were subservient to it. It was established in 1937 replacing the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets.
Image: Burmistrenko
Image: Александр Евдокимович Корнейчук
Image: Александр Евдокимович Корнейчук
Image: Ситник Костянтин Меркурійович