1991 in Ukraine

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Events in the year 1991 in Ukraine .

Incumbents

• President: Leonid Kravchuk
• Prime Minister: Vitold Fokin

Events

• August 24 – The country declares its independence from the Soviet Union. ^[1]
• October 6 – Soviet President Gorbachev condemns antisemitism in the Soviet Union in a statement read on the 50th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacres, which saw the death of 35,000 Jews in the country during WWII. ^{[2] [3]}
• December 1 – The 1991 Transcarpathian general regional referendum is held. The vast majority of those who participated in the referendums voted for the "Independence of Ukraine" (90.13%) and the accession of Transcarpathia to Ukraine with the status of a "Special self-governing territory" (78%).
• December 8 – In the Białowieża Forest Nature Reserve in Belarus, the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine sign an agreement officially ending the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in its place. ^{[4] [5]}
• December 12 – Ukraine becomes the first post-Soviet republic to decriminalize homosexuality. ^[6]

Births

• 29 June - Anton Kukhta, Ukrainian footballer

References

1. Paul G. Lewis; Professor Paul Lewis (2001). Party Development and Democratic Change in Post-Communist Europe: The First Decade. Psychology Press. p. 141. ISBN   978-0-7146-5155-2.
2. Clines, Francis X. (1991-10-07). "Gorbachev Condemns Anti-Semitism, Past and Present". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-06-12.
3. Vincent J. Schodolski. "GORBACHEV RUES JEWISH EXODUS". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
4. "The Belavezha Accords signed". Presidential Library. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
5. "Belovezha Accords and Beyond: Delineating the Russian State. | National Technical Reports Library - NTIS". ntrl.ntis.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
6. Ottosson, Daniel (May 2008). "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-06. Retrieved 5 May 2009.