Independence Day of Ukraine

Independence Day of Ukraine 2022 in Warsaw.

The Independence Day of Ukraine (Ukrainian: День Незалежності України) is the main state holiday in Ukraine. It is held on August 24, remembering the Ukrainian Declaration of Independence of 1991.^[1] It was first celebrated on 16 July 1991, as the first anniversary of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine.^[2] Since the Declaration of Independence was issued later, and confirmed by a referendum on 1 December 1991, the date of the holiday was changed. Starting in 2004, 23 August is celebrated as the Day of the National Flag.

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Ukrainian Independence Day in Luhansk
Ukrainian Independence Day celebrations in Toronto, Canada in 2017
The March of Defenders during independence day 2019, featuring the UPA battle flag.
Protestors demanding the release of war in Donbas veterans that were arrested in December 2019 on the suspicion of killing journalist Pavel Sheremet during the 2020 March of Defenders
2022 participation of the President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center) and First Lady Olena Zelenska (not pictured) in the events on Independence Day of Ukraine.
Independence Day of Ukraine in Warsaw - 2022.

References

↑ Twenty Years After Communism, eds. Michael Bernhard; Jan Kubik (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), p. 154
↑ Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis, eds. Zbigniew Brzezinski; Paige Sullivan (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1996), p. 26

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[1] Twenty Years After Communism, eds. Michael Bernhard; Jan Kubik (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), p. 154

[2] Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis, eds. Zbigniew Brzezinski; Paige Sullivan (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1996), p. 26

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