WorldDrama, determination and risk: Remembering how Ukraine’s independence unfolded
On Aug. 24, 1991, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada adopted the Declaration of Independence, while making its final effect conditional on a Dec. 1 referendum. The authors recall Rukh’s role, the 1990 human chain from Lviv to Kyiv, and the conditions the United States wanted before recognizing independence.
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Drama, determination and risk: Remembering how Ukraine’s independence unfolded
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