Ukraine celebrates its Independence on August 24. This is the date of 1991 proclamation which was part of the USSR dissolution.But earlier in the 20th century, Ukraine also proclaimed its Independence. After the fall of the Tsarist Russian Empire and the Great October Revolution led by Lenin, the Government of Ukraine (then called the Ukrainian People's Republic) saw no more possibility to keep any ties with Russia and issued the 4th Universal proclaiming the Independence.
On January 22, 2018, the leaders of Ukraine brought flowers to monuments to Taras Shevchenko, 19th century Ukrainian poet, and Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, head of the Central Rada (1917-1918 Ukraine's Parliament).
The official ceremony having ended, Uqraine.com team came to Volodymyrska Street in Kyiv to commemorate Mykhailo Hrushevskyi. The white building in the left was his Parliament's building where 300 members gathered. Today it is Kyiv City Teacher's House.
On January 22, 1919, Act Zluky ("Unification Act") was signed by the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic on the St. Sophia Square in Kyiv. It inspired Ukrainians form a human chain from Kyiv to Lviv (482 km) on January 22, 1990.
Since 1999, January 22 was a state holiday in Ukraine.
Glory to Ukraine!
