500th anniversary of the Zaporozhian Sich

500th anniversary of the Zaporozhian Sich
Part of dissolution of the Soviet Union
Native name	500-ліття Запорозького козацтва
Date	1–5 August 1990
Location	Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union; (primarily Dnipropetrovsk, Khortytsia, Nikopol, and Zaporizhzhia)
Theme	Ukrainian nationalism
Organized by	Taras Shevchenko Society for the Ukrainian Language; People's Movement of Ukraine; (Ivan Drach, Mykhailo Horyn, Ivan Plyushch, Dmytro Pavlychko);
Participants	300,000–500,000

The 500th anniversary of the Zaporozhian Sich (Ukrainian: 500-ліття Запорозького козацтва, romanized: 500-littia Zaporozkoho kozatstva) was a group of celebrations organised by the Taras Shevchenko Society for the Ukrainian Language and People's Movement of Ukraine and held in August 1990 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Zaporozhian Sich. The events, which were primarily organised by Ukrainian Sixtier poet Dmytro Pavlychko as well as other dissidents, took place in the southern Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, and served as a form of demonstrating Ukrainian nationalism and support for Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union.

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