Yeltsin in Kyiv: agreement between the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR, 1990

November 18-19, 1990, Kyiv.

The video shows the visit of the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Boris Yeltsin to sign the "Treaty between the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR on the Fundamentals of Interstate Relations". Yeltsin gets off the plane, the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR Leonid Kravchuk meets the Russian delegation, girls in national costumes with bread and salt, Yeltsin's speech from the rostrum in the Verkhovna Rada, deputies applaud, Leonid Kravchuk hands Yeltsin a vase - a traditional gift for high-ranking guests who are officially welcomed in the session hall.

Reference: On November 19, the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Boris Yeltsin and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR Leonid Kravchuk signed the "Treaty between the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR on the Fundamentals of Interstate Relations". On the one hand, it symbolically recognized Ukraine's sovereignty, established the right to independently decide on internal and external affairs, and this looked like a diplomatic success. On the other hand, it left points for further control of Ukraine.