Independence Day: 2006

2006, Sofia Square. The video highlights a fragment of the celebrations on the occasion of the 15th Independence Day of Ukraine.

On the video: a fragment of the speech of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko; among those present are the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma; Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine Filaret; Patriarch-Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Lyubomyr Huzar; Primate of the UAOC His Beatitude Methodius; Prime Minister of Ukraine (2006–2007) Viktor Yanukovych; Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2006–2007); St. Sophia Cathedral; performance of choral compositions, including "Earth, My All-Fruitful Mother" (based on the words of Ivan Franko); military orchestra; stand-up by journalist Kateryna Bessarabova.