#23 On December 8, 1991, Ukrainian President Kravchuk (second from left), Belarusian Supreme Soviet Chairman Stanislav Shushkevich (third from left), and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (second from right) signed a declaration that “the Soviet Union as a geopolitical reality [and] a subject of international law has ceased to exist.”

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#23 On December 8, 1991, Ukrainian President Kravchuk (second from left), Belarusian Supreme Soviet Chairman Stanislav Shushkevich (third from left), and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (second from right) signed a declaration that “the Soviet Union as a geopolitical reality [and] a subject of international law has ceased to exist.”

Heartwarming Photos Show Ukrainians Celebrating Independence from the Soviet Union, 1991

#23 On December 8, 1991, Ukrainian President Kravchuk (second from left), Belarusian Supreme Soviet Chairman Stanislav Shushkevich (third from left), and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (second from right) signed a declaration that “the Soviet Union as a geopolitical reality [and] a subject of international law has ceased to exist.”

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