Ukraine and Hungary

With the loosening of central control, the fifteen “Socialist Soviet Republics” started to (re)assert themselves. After the failed coup in August 1991, following the Baltic states, Ukraine declared itself independent. Even before that Hungary started to build close relations with its largest neighbor, and on December 6, 1991, signed a treaty with Kyiv “on good-neighborhood and cooperation.” An integral part of the treaty was a Protocol on the protection of national minorities. That provided e…