Independence Day of Ukraine
August 24 · Level 10 · #54 of 2238
A national holiday marking the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, adopted on 24 August 1991. It is a day when the country remembers its choice and the value of freedom.
How it is celebrated: people raise national flags, lay flowers at monuments, wear embroidered vyshyvanka shirts, and attend concerts and memorial ceremonies. During the war, mass events are limited for safety, and the fallen defenders are honoured.
The declaration was confirmed by a nationwide referendum on 1 December 1991, in which more than 90 percent of voters backed independence.