Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine

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The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine was marked on a 1991 USSR postage stamp

The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Декларація про державний суверенітет України) was adopted on July 16, 1990 by the recently elected parliament of Ukrainian SSR.

The Declaration established the principles of Self-Determination of the Ukrainian Nation, Rule of the People, State Power, Citizenship of the Ukrainian SSR, Territorial Supremacy, Economic Independence, Environmental Safety, Cultural Development, External and Internal Security, and International Relations.

See also

• Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
• Ukrainian sovereignty referendum, 1991
• Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

External links

• (English) Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine at the Wayback Machine (archived January 11, 2010) - Verkhovna Rada website
• (Ukrainian) Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine - Verkhovna Rada website