Events in the year 1991 in
Ukraine
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.
Incumbents
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President
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:
Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (, ; 10 January 1934 – 10 May 2022) was a Ukrainian politician and the first president of Ukraine, serving from 5 December 1991 until 19 July 1994. In 1992, he signed the Lisbon Protocol, undertaking to give up Ukrai ...
*
Prime Minister
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:
Vitold Fokin
Vitold Pavlovych Fokin (; 25 October 1932 – 20 March 2025) was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Ukraine from the country's declaration of independence on 24 August 1991 until 1 October 1992. He had earlier ser ...
Events
* August 24 – The
country declares its independence from the
Soviet Union
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.
* October 6 –
Soviet President Gorbachev condemns
antisemitism in the Soviet Union
The February Revolution in Russia officially ended a centuries-old regime of antisemitism in the Russian Empire, legally abolishing the Pale of Settlement. However, the previous legacy of antisemitism was continued and furthered by the Soviet s ...
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
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.
* December 8 – In the
Białowieża Forest
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Nature Reserve in Belarus, the leaders of
Russia
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,
Belarus
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, and
Ukraine
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sign
an agreement officially ending the
Soviet Union
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and establishing the
Commonwealth of Independent States
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(CIS) in its place.
* December 12 –
Ukraine
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becomes the first
post-Soviet republic to
decriminalize homosexuality.
Births
* 29 June -
Anton Kukhta, Ukrainian footballer
Deaths
References
{{Year in Europe, 1991
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
1990s in Ukraine
Years of the 20th century in Ukraine