What is Independence Day of Ukraine?
[[File:Independence Day of Ukraine 2022 in Warsaw - Russiaisaterroriststate.jpg|thumb|Independence Day of Ukraine 2022 in Warsaw.]] '''The Independence Day of Ukraine''' (Ukrainian: День Незалежності України) is the main state [[holiday]] in [[Ukraine]]. It is held on August 24, remembering the Ukrainian [[Declaration of independence|Declaration of Independence]] of 1991.<ref>''Twenty Years After Communism'', eds. Michael Bernhard; Jan Kubik (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), p. 154</ref> It was first celebrated on 16 July 1991, as the first anniversary of the [[Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine]].<ref>''Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis'', eds. Zbigniew Brzezinski; Paige Sullivan (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1996), p. 26</ref> Since the Declaration of Independence was issued later, and confirmed by a [[referendum]] on 1 December 1991, the date of the holiday was changed. Starting in 2004, 23 August is celebrated as the [[Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)|Day of the National Flag]]. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Ukrainian culture]] {{europe-stub}}