1991 in Ukraine

Events in the year 1991 in Ukraine.

Incumbents

August 24 – The country declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
October 6 – [Mikhail Gorbachev|Soviet President Gorbachev] condemns antisemitism in the Soviet Union in a statement read on the 50th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacres, which saw the death of History of [the Jews in Ukraine|35,000 Jews] in the country during WWII.
December 1 – The 1991 Transcarpathian general regional referendum is held. The vast majority of those who participated in the referendums voted for the "Independence of Ukraine" and the accession of Transcarpathia to Ukraine with the status of a "Special self-governing territory".
December 8 – In the Białowieża Forest Nature Reserve in Belarus, the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine sign an agreement officially ending the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in its place.
December 12 – Ukraine becomes the first post-Soviet republic to LGBT rights by [country or territory|decriminalize homosexuality].