Tuesday is the 30th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence from the Soviet Union.
In commemoration, there will be a flag-raising ceremony at Dauphin City Hall on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
Jan Sirksi, Vice President of Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival says that around 1990 the Ukrainian Government declared a state of sovereignty from the Soviet Union.
She adds that in 1991 there was a failed coup by the Soviet Government to restore the Communist rule in Ukraine, and the governing body was worried that they were going to go back under Soviet rule.
“They basically symbolically took the Ukrainian flag and put it into their governing building. That was a symbol of their stand that they wanted to be independent. With that, they put together on August 24th, the Act of Independence of Ukraine. That was adopted, and the yellow and blue flag was flown over the governing buildings.”
Sirski says that she’s grateful to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Manitoba, which has done a lot of work for this day.
“They’re going to be doing several workshops, they ordered a huge Ukrainian flag which will be unfurled in Winnipeg, which is apparently the size of a football field, so I think they’ll be doing an event for that, also they’re doing pop-up concerts with local artists, and some short speeches.”
The UCC is also offering an online Painting workshop for children.
