On July 16, Ukraine, and Ukrainians around the globe, remembered the historic Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine adopted on July 16, 1990, by the Supreme Soviet (Verkhovna Rada) of the Ukrainian SSR. That consequential declaration proclaimed “the state sovereignty of Ukraine as supremacy, independence, fullness and indivisibility of the republic’s authority within the boundaries of its territory, and its independence and equality in external relations.” (The first English translation of this remarkable document appeared in The Ukrainian Weekly’s issue dated July 22, 1990. To see that issue of our newspaper, which featured a large banner headline reading “Ukraine proclaims sovereignty,” go to the PDF Archive section of our website, www.ukrweekly.com.)