The Soviet Union officially dissolved on 26 December. Since 1992, the 24th of August is celebrated in Ukraine as Independence Day. International recognition. Poland and Canada were the first countries to recognize Ukraine's independence, both on 2 December 1991. On the same day (2 December) it was reported during the late-evening airing of the ...

Dec 24, 2021 · To understand the friction between Russia and Ukraine, it's important to go back to 1991. Exactly 30 years ago this weekend, the Soviet Union formally dissolved and broke up into 15 separate nations.

May 10, 2022 · KYIV, Ukraine -- Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence amid the Soviet Union’s collapse and served as its 1st president, dies.

Nov 05, 2009 · In 1922, Ukraine became one of the original constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); it would not regain …

The German minority population in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union stemmed from several sources and arrived in several waves. Since the second half of the 19th century, as a consequence of the Russification policies and compulsory military service in the Russian Empire, large groups of Germans from Russia emigrated to the Americas (mainly Canada, the United States, Brazil …

May 14, 2022 · A fully independent Ukraine emerged only late in the 20th century, after long periods of successive domination by Poland-Lithuania, Russia, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). Ukraine had experienced a brief period of independence in 1918–20, but portions of western Ukraine were ruled by Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia in the period …

Mar 15, 2022 · Independence from Moscow. 1991: Leonid Kravchuk, leader of the Soviet republic of Ukraine, declares independence from Moscow. In a referendum and presidential election, Ukrainians approve ...

May 10, 2022 · KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence amid the Soviet Union’s collapse and served as its 1st president, dies.

Mar 08, 2022 · In 1991, at the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union, Ukraine declared independence after nearly 70 years under Moscow's control. And when Russian President Vladimir Putin took power a decade ...

Dec 10, 2008 · On March 21, 1921, Poland and Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Riga. Poland was granted all Galician territory. The rest of Ukraine was recognized as Soviet Ukraine. Although the Directorate continued to fight and made significant gains throughout the course of the year, on November 17, 1921 the Ukrainian White Movement was finally destroyed.