Today, 22 January - the day of Unity of Ukraine

Today, 22 January the Ukrainian people celebrate the Day of national Unity. The holiday was established by the decree of the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma of January 21, 1999, in commemoration of the proclamation on this day in 1919, the act of unification of the Ukrainian national Republic and the Western Ukrainian national Republic in a single state.
In this celebration of traditional country became a "live chain", symbolizing the unification of the country. In 1990, "human chain" who took over from the hands of the people connected Kyiv and Lviv, the number of participants reached from 1 to 3 million Ukrainians, symbolizing the spiritual unity of the nation. Such actions are often held in Ukraine on bridges and overpasses . The connection of the opposite shores of the "human chain" - a symbol of the unity of the country.

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