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The referendum followed the Declaration of State Sovereignty by the republic's parliament on 16 July 1990 as sovereign republic within the Soviet Union in line with the results. [1] In August 1991, with the New Union Treaty having not been adopted by the Soviet Union, a withdrawal from the USSR was proposed.
On December 1, 1991, a referendum, initiated by parliament of Ukraine, took place. On August 26, 1991, the parliament adopted the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, and the referendum was called with a question: "Do you support the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine". Of registered voters, 84.18% participated in the referendum, and 90. ...
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991, [1] the first direct presidential elections in the country's history. Leonid Kravchuk, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and de facto acting president, ran as an independent candidate and was elected for a five-year term with 62% of the vote.
[16] [17] That month the independence of Ukraine was recognized by 68 states, and in 1992 it was recognized by another 64 states. [18] In January 1992, U.S. President George H. W. Bush approved a program of American humanitarian support for Ukraine and the rest of the former USSR, supervised by the Secretary of Defense. [19]
During the only referendum in the history of the USSR (All-Union Referendum on the Preservation of the USSR), which took place on March 17, 1991, with the assistance of the Government of the Ukrainian SSR, a republican consultative poll was held in Ukraine at the insistence of the People's Movement for Perestroika as part of the Union of ...
The resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on adopting the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, 1991. 1991 brought further victories for Rukh and the protest movement. On 17 March 1991 Ukraine's declaration of state sovereignty was confirmed in a referendum, with 81.69% voting in favour. [25]
The ballot used in the referendum. The Crimean ASSR was originally created in 1921, as part of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union. [5] Crimea was invaded by Nazi Germany during World War II, and when the region was reclaimed by the USSR in 1944, the Crimean Tatars and other ethnic groups were deported to Central Asia, [6] [7] and the ASSR was dissolved in 1945 with Crimea becoming an oblast ...
Référendum sur l'indépendance de l'Ukraine; Usage on he.wikipedia.org טיוטה:משאל העם לעצמאות אוקראינה (1991) Usage on ja.wikipedia.org 1991年ウクライナ独立住民投票; Usage on no.wikipedia.org Folkeavstemningen over Ukrainas selvstendighet 1991; Usage on sl.wikipedia.org Referendum o neodvisnosti Ukrajine ...