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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]
Leonid Kravchuk, the parliament chairman and de facto head of state, was elected to serve as the first President of Ukraine. [4] From 2 December 1991 onwards, Ukraine was globally recognized by other countries as an independent state. [5] [6] [7] Also on 2 December, the President of the Russian SFSR Boris Yeltsin recognized Ukraine as independent.
The 1989–1991 revolution led to the establishment of present-day Ukraine. Sometimes referred to as the "National Liberation Revolution" (Ukrainian: Національно-визвольна революція, romanized: Natsionalno-vyzvolna revoliutsiia) within the country, [1] it led to the establishment of the country's political system ...
Poland and Canada were the first countries to recognize Ukraine's independence, both on 2 December 1991. [12] [13] [14] On the same day (2 December) it was reported during the late-evening airing of the television news program Vesti that the President of the Russian SFSR, Boris Yeltsin, had recognized Ukraine's independence. [15]
Republic of Serbian Krajina (1991–1995) Republika Srpska (1992–1995) Supported by: Greece Russia China India. 1991 1991 Ten-Day War. Part of the Yugoslav Wars Slovenia. Supported by: Germany Italy Austria Croatia SFR Yugoslavia. Supported by: Greece Russia China India. 1991 1991 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
In August 1991, with the New Union Treaty having not been adopted by the Soviet Union, a withdrawal from the USSR was proposed. The overwhelming majority of voters backed the idea in an independence referendum in December , approving a declaration of independence .
Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula that year in retaliation after the country’s Moscow-friendly president, Viktor Yanukovych, was driven from power by the midwinter mass protests seen ...
Ukraine became independent when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. This started a period of transition to a market economy, in which Ukraine suffered an eight-year recession. [16] Subsequently however, the economy experienced a high increase in GDP growth until it plunged during the Great Recession. [17]