Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 6851 (Master Record)
| Title | Year | Date |
| 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE | 1999 | 1999-09-05 |
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Details
Original Format: VHS Colour: Colour Sound: Sound Duration: 2 hrs 15 mins Genre: Documentary Subject: Politics Celebrations/Ceremonies Arts/Culture |
| Summary This film documents a concert held in the main hall at Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre to celebrate the 8th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS). |
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Description
This film documents a concert held in the main hall at Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre to celebrate the 8th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS).
UVAS notes contain programme: CYM sing Razom; Boris Rainczuk makes opening address; Chervona Kalyna by trio of bandurists; Svyatoslav Maksymuk does a reading; Chervona Kalyna by trio of bandurists; Jaroslav Vasiliuk does the referat; Duma choir with banurists perform Marsh Ukrayiny;...
This film documents a concert held in the main hall at Bradford Ukrainian Cultural Centre to celebrate the 8th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. It was made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society (UVAS).
UVAS notes contain programme: CYM sing Razom; Boris Rainczuk makes opening address; Chervona Kalyna by trio of bandurists; Svyatoslav Maksymuk does a reading; Chervona Kalyna by trio of bandurists; Jaroslav Vasiliuk does the referat; Duma choir with banurists perform Marsh Ukrayiny; Mrs Hodovaniuk does a reading; choir Duma andwith bandurists perform Rodymiy Krayu; Svyatoslav Maksymuk; choir Dibrova with bandurists perform My Rostem Kobzari; choir Dibrova perform Tukha Voda; Mr Kraynyk does a reading; choir Duma Hray banduro; Zenko Lastowieki gives closing speech; choir Duma perform Pleche v Pleche; Svyatoslav Maksymuk; Ukrainian national anthem.
Context
On 24th August 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine (Akt proholoshennya nezalezhnosti Ukrayiny), re-establishing Ukraine as an independent state. A referendum on Ukrainian independence and the first direct Presidential election were held on 1st December, 1991. 84% of the Ukrainian electorate took part in the referendum, with more than 90% voting in favour of independence. Leonid Kravchuk was elected President from a group...
On 24th August 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine (Akt proholoshennya nezalezhnosti Ukrayiny), re-establishing Ukraine as an independent state. A referendum on Ukrainian independence and the first direct Presidential election were held on 1st December, 1991. 84% of the Ukrainian electorate took part in the referendum, with more than 90% voting in favour of independence. Leonid Kravchuk was elected President from a group of six candidates. A week after his election, he and the Russian president Boris Yeltsin and Belarussian president Stanislav Shushkevich, signed the Belavezha Accords which declared that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist, and it was officially dissolved on 26th December, 1991. Since 1992, 24th August has been celebrated as Ukrainian Independence Day.
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