Commonwealth
Yeltsin, Ukrainian Pres. Leonid Kravchuk, and Belarus Pres. Stanislav Shuskevich meet in a hunting lodge to proclaim the Soviet Union null and void and to form a loose Commonwealth of Independent States
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1991 in Ukraine
Explore 4 historical events and records for Ukraine in 1991.
Historical records for Ukraine in 1991
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Independence of Ukraine
Declares the independence of the Ukraine
President of Ukraine
Appointed President of Ukraine
President of Ukraine
Appointed President of the Ukraine, 2nd term
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