1 декабря 1991 года на Украине был проведен референдум по Акту провозглашения независимости. Подавляющее большинство избирателей – 92,3% – одобрили декларацию о независимости, принятую Верховной Радой 24 августа 1991 года. В тот же день состоялись президентские выборы. Со 2 декабря 1991 года Украина была признана другими странами мира как независимое государство. Также 2 декабря Президент РСФСР Б.Н. Ельцин признал независимость Украины. В поздравительной телеграмме президента СССР Михаила Горбачева, направленной Кравчуку вскоре после референдума, Горбачев выразил надежду на тесное сотрудничество и взаимопонимание Украины в “становлении союза суверенных государств”. Украина была второй по экономической и политической мощи республикой в Советском Союзе (после России), и ее отделение лишило Горбачева реальных шансов сохранить СССР. На этих увлекательных снимках, сделанных американским фотографом Питером Тернли, запечатлена повседневная жизнь Украины в 1991 году.
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Kiev, Ukraine, 1990
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A man holds a sign above the crowd at a Ukrainian pro-independence rally, Ukraine, 1991
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A woman holds a sign above the crowd at a Ukrainian pro-independence rally, 1991
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A worker operates a press at the Lviv Bus Plant (Lvivsky Avtobusny Zavod, or LAZ), Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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A worker operates a press at the Lviv Bus Plant (Lvivsky Avtobusny Zavod, or LAZ), Ukraine, 1991
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A worker poses inside the Lviv Bus Plant (Lvivsky Avtobusny Zavod, or LAZ), Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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A young man waves the Ukrainian flag on the heavily graffitied base of a statue of Lenin while others watch, Ukraine, 1991
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| Architecture in Lviv, Ukraine, 1991 |
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At the cashier of a liquor and confectionery store, Ukraine, 1991
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Boy standing on the heavily graffitied base of a statue of Lenin, Ukraine, 1991
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Bride and groom at the wedding reception in Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Central market of Kiev, Ukraine, 1991
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Christian woman at home, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Crowd gathering outside bakery, Kiev, Ukraine, 1991
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Elderly woman counting money, Ukraine, 1991
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| Farm couple riding on wagon, Ukraine, 1991 |
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Farm worker on a collective farm in Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Farm workers harvesting crops, Ukraine, 1991
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Farmers harvesting wheat on collective farm, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Farmers harvesting wheat on collective farm, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Inside of Kiev center market, Ukraine, 1991
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Kiev, Ukraine, 1991
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Lenin statue, Ukraine, 1991
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Lviv Bus Plant (Lvivsky Avtobusny Zavod, or LAZ), the Ukraine’s only bus manufacturer and the largest factory in Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Men drinking beer at bar in Ukraine, 1991
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Men drinking beer outside bar in Ukraine, 1991
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| Passengers by windows of a train car, Ukraine, 1991 |
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People playing chess in the park, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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People playing chess in the park, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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People praying at Orthodox Catholic Church in Ukraine, 1991
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People praying at Orthodox Catholic Church in Ukraine, 1991
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| Potato harvest, Ukraine, 1991 |
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Pro-independence rally, Ukraine, 1991
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Sundown on cobblestone street, Ukraine, 1991
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The girl at the meat stall on the street of Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Thieves stealing potatoes, Ukraine, 1991
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Two women chatting in the hallway of a building in Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Two young police officers outside a building, Ukraine, 1991
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Ukraine daily life, 1991
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Ukraine daily life, 1991
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Ukrainian bus factory worker, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Wheat harvest on a collective farm, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Wheat harvest on collective farm, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Wheat harvest on collective farm, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Woman at Orthodox Catholic Church in Ukraine, 1991
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Woman weighing apples, Ukraine, 1991
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Worker at Ukrainian bus factory, Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Workers assemble axles at the Lviv Bus Plant (Lvivsky Avtobusny Zavod, or LAZ), Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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Workers forge metal bars at the Lviv Bus Plant (Lvivsky Avtobusny Zavod, or LAZ), Lviv, Ukraine, 1991
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| Young mother and child boarding a tram in Lviv, Ukraine, 1991 |
