The film is dedicated to the birth of a new state — Ukraine — following 1991 and is illustrated by a chronicle of landmark events. It shows the ceremonial sitting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to mark the first anniversary of Ukraine’s independence; V. M. Chornovil, L. V. Kostenko, V. O. Yavorivskyi, I. F. Drach, L. M. Kravchuk and members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine at the monument to T. H. Shevchenko; events marking the opening of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; a military parade in the centre of Kyiv; the inauguration ceremony of the President of Ukraine, L. M. Kravchuk; and a public gathering on St Sophia’s Square.