PoliticalLegal & treatiesCulturalSpace
- 1954Ratified the Genocide ConventionUN Treaty Collection
- 1973Ratified the ICCPR (civil & political rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1981Ratified CEDAW (women’s rights)UN Treaty Collection
- 1990First UNESCO World Heritage siteKyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk LavraUNESCO World Heritage
- 1991Independence24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: ca. 982 (VOLODYMYR I consolidates Kyivan Rus); 1199 (Principality (later Kingdom) of Ruthenia formed); 1648 (establishment of the Cossack Hetmanate); 22 January 1918 (from Soviet Russia)CIA World Factbook
- 1991Ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ChildUN Treaty Collection
- 1995First space object launchedSich-1GCAT
- 2016Ratified the Paris Climate AgreementUN Treaty Collection
- 2019Most recent legislative election2019-07-21IPU Parline
- 2023Most recent World Heritage inscriptionThe Historic Centre of OdesaUNESCO World Heritage
- 2023Most recent space launchGCAT
- 2024Joined the ICC (Rome Statute)UN Treaty Collection
