On August 24, 1991, the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR adopted, without exaggeration, a legal document historic in its political, legal and civilizational significance - the Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR with the title "On the Proclamation of Ukraine's Independence". Among other things, it approved the very laconic, but extremely fateful Act of Proclamation of Independence of Ukraine. The key provision of this act was the declaration of Ukraine's independence and the creation of an independent Ukrainian state - Ukraine. Subsequently, on December 1, 1991, Ukrainians by an absolute majority finally confirmed this act in a republican referendum.https://univd.edu.ua/uk/news/13688