From: war.Ukraine.ua 🇺🇦 On July 15, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Ukrainian Statehood. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy established this official state holiday back in 2021, and in July 2022, Ukrainians celebrated it for the first time despite Russia’s full-scale invasion.
This is an important day that symbolizes Ukraine’s statehood not only as a fact but also as the accumulation of a thousand years of Ukrainian history, cultural heritage, and the struggle for its independence.
after the liberation of the city from Russian occupation. November 13, 2022.
Рhoto: Serhii Nuzhnenko (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
What is the Statehood Day of Ukraine
The history of the Day of Ukrainian Statehood is closely linked to the Day of the Christianization of Kyivan Rus, which (as historians estimate) took place in 988. The adoption of Christianity by Grand Prince Volodymyr the Great was a civilizational choice that gave impetus to the development of culture and education, as well as the opportunity to build diplomatic ties with other countries.
Kyivan Rus and Volodymyr the Great laid the foundation for a state with a European vector for the development of cultural and religious space, which was continued by the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia, the Cossack state, the Ukrainian National Republic, the Western Ukrainian National Republic, the Ukrainian State of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi.
Modern Ukraine has become an heir to the history of state-building and continues to defend its right to independence and agency.
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