| Reunion Day - Ukraine  Reunion Day is a rare holiday in Ukraine in that it marks neither tragedy nor defeat nor bloodshed. On this day in 1919, West Ukraine joined Greater Ukraine. The two republics signed the Act Zluky to form an independent united Ukraine. The triumphant ceremony took place at St. Sophia Square in Kiev. On January 21, 1999, the President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma issued a decree, creating a government holiday the "Day of Reunion of Ukraine", which is to be celebrated every year on January 22. To mark the 71st anniversary of the signing of the Act Zluky in 1990, over 300,000 Ukrainians created a human chain (approx. 482 km (300 mi)) from the capital Kiev to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on January 21, 1990. The chain, the largest public demonstration in Ukraine since the beginning of Glasnost,was funded by the People's Movement of Ukraine. Also, for the first time since the period of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the blue and yellow national flag was raised. 
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