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From the crowd in front of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR, a blue-and-yellow flag is secretly brought into the parliament. It is this flag that deputies will carry into the session hall when they adopt the Act of Proclamation of Independence — 24 August 1991. Probably there is no person in Ukraine who has not seen a photograph from that historic day at least once in their life.
In 35 years of its independence, Ukraine has traveled from searching for and implementing easy, sometimes misguided, solutions to abandoning illusions and understanding the direction of movement. The independence that in 91 was obtained almost “without a fight” had to be fought for again years later, but this time with losses of people and territory.
It is difficult to tell briefly about the years of Ukraine’s independence. Each stage is connected to another, and decisions made successfully or unsuccessfully in one period become the cause or consequence of another. We chose ten photographs, not the most famous, but which, in our opinion, illustrate turning points in Ukrainian history and accurately convey the atmosphere and moods of Ukrainians at different times. See the link.
