Ukraine

 

Today (August 24th) is Ukrainian Independence Day (Ukrainian: День Незалежності України.)

It marks the Ukraine’s Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991.

On December 1, 1991 the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics held an Independence Referendum where 92.3% of those with Ukrainian Nationality on their Soviet-Issued Mandatory Internal Passports voted in favor of an Independent Ukraine.

Poland and Canada were the first Countries to recognize Ukrainian Independence on December 2, 1991.

The United States recognized Ukraine’s Independence on December 25, 1991 (after the Soviet Union Collapsed.)

In 1991, for the first time ever, Ukraine became an independent Country.