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.
| Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine | |
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Typewritten version of the act | |
| Original title | Ukrainian: Акт проголошення незалежності України |
| Created | 24 August 1991 |
| Ratified | 24 August 1991 |
| Location | Central State Archive of the higher governing bodies of Ukraine, Kyiv |
| Author(s) | Levko Lukianenko |
| Signatories | Leonid Kravchuk |
| Purpose | Declaration of independence |
| Full text | |
| Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine at Wikisource | |
| Ukraine portal |
The Act reestablished Ukraine's state independence. 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.
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