January 22 is a significant holiday for Ukraine – the Ukrainian Unity Day – which commemorates the first proclamation of Independence and the Act of Union between Ukrainian People’s Republic (UNR) and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic (ZUNR) in the early 20 Century. Read also: Liberov photographers show Christmas as celebrated by Ukrainian defenders on Donetsk frontline Independence was proclaimed on Jan. 22, 1918 by the Decree of Ukrainian Central Council, then Ukrainain Parliament, and a year later, on the same day, the historic unification of two Ukrainian states took place at Sophia Squ…
