After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, how did Ukraine become independent?

Historically, Ukraine once belonged to the Russian Empire.

1654, Ukrainian cossack leader Khmelnitski signed the Treaty of Peleyaslav with the Russian czar, inviting Russia to rule eastern Ukraine. Since then, the eastern part of Ukraine (the left bank of Dnieper River) has officially merged with the Russian Empire, and the history of alliance between Ukraine and Russia has begun.

/kloc-in the 0 th and 8 th centuries, Russia successively incorporated Ukraine and a large area on the northern shore of the Black Sea into its territory. By 1795, except Galicia (1772- 19 18 belongs to Austria), the rest of Ukraine was under the rule of the Russian Empire.

During the chaotic period of World War I and the Russian Revolution, Ukraine was temporarily independent from 19 17 to 192 1. After the civil war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became one of the founding countries of the Soviet Union in 1922, and it was the second largest country after Russia. The Soviet Union was founded in 1922, and eastern Ukraine joined the Union and became one of the founding countries of the Soviet Union. According to the Riga Treaty signed between Poland and the Soviet Union, western Ukraine became Polish territory, 1939 165438 10. When World War II broke out, Poland was divided and occupied, and western Ukraine merged with the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

194 1 On June 22nd, 2008, the Soviet-German war broke out. The war first burned to Ukraine, and the Soviet Union was defeated in Ukraine. In the battle of Kiev, the Soviet Union lost about 700,000 soldiers, and Germany occupied the whole territory of Ukraine at will.

1944165438+1October, Soviet troops returned to Ukraine. During World War II, Ukraine became the hardest hit area of the war, with heavy casualties among soldiers and civilians and countless material losses.

1985, Gorbachev came to power, and various contradictions accumulated in Soviet history and reality began to appear on the surface. Nationalism and separatism rose rapidly, and the national political situation began to be violently turbulent. At the same time, Ukraine began the pace of independence.

1989 In September, the Ukrainian People's Reform Movement (hereinafter referred to as "Ruhe") was established, and its members quickly expanded to one million. 1990 On July 16, the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the Declaration on National Sovereignty of Ukraine.

199 1 On August 24th, the Ukrainian government issued a declaration of national independence, officially announcing its independence from the Soviet Union and changing its name to Ukraine. On February 8, 65438, the leaders of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus signed the Belovezh Agreement in Minsk, declaring that the Soviet Union ceased to exist, establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States, and finally completing Ukraine's independence. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Ukraine ended its 337-year alliance with Russia and became an independent country.

199 1 After Ukraine became independent on August 24th, there was a great contradiction between Russia and Ukraine because of the separation of the Black Sea Fleet. For Ukraine, whose military strength is far weaker than that of Russia, it is natural that Russia does not want to station troops in Ukraine. But for Russia, losing the Black Sea Fleet means losing control of the Black Sea region, which Russia cannot tolerate.

From 65438 to 0996, Ukraine adopted a new constitution, which confirmed that Ukraine was a sovereign, independent and democratic country ruled by law and implemented the * * * system. After the presidential election, the term of office is five years, and the Supreme Council has 450 seats.