The exhibition highlights the socio-political processes that have taken place in the Chernivtsi region from the late 1980s and early 1990s to the present day. The exhibition reflects:
- ecopolitical preconditions for democratic transformations, in particular popular protests caused by an unknown 'chemical illness' affecting children (alopecia), which broke out in Chernivtsi in 1988;
- activation of the public national movement in the Chernivtsi region (the creation and activity of public organizations and parties aiming to establish an independent Ukrainian state, the spread of samizdat newspapers 'Smoloskyp', 'Bukovynskyi Visnyk', etc., the participation of Bukovinians in the development and adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine on 16 July 1990, the Act of Independence of Ukraine on 24 August 1991, the popular will of Bukovinians for the creation of their own independent state at the All-Ukrainian Referendum on 1 December 1991, and the election of the first president of independent Ukraine – L. Kravchuk);
- development of national song creativity, in particular, the first All-Ukrainian festival of Ukrainian song 'Chervona Ruta' took place in Chernivtsi in 1989;
- socio-political development of the Chernivtsi region under independence, including the creation of a multi-party system and civil society (adoption of the Constitution of Ukraine on 28 June 1996, the Orange Revolution in 2004, and the Revolution of Dignity in 2013–2014;
- economic transformations in the region in the 90s (introduction of coupon-karbovanets in December 1991 and the national currency – hryvnia – from August 1996; dissolution of collective farms/state farms and the establishment of collective agricultural enterprises and subsequently – private farms, industrial development);
- creation of Ukrainian security and special structures (transformation of former Soviet armed forces into the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), establishment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES), etc.);
- reforming the medical sector to bring it closer to general European standards, challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic;
- changes in the education system: the emergence of private and Sunday schools, lyceums, gymnasiums alongside state ones, and the expansion of the network of higher education institutions;
- sports achievements of Bukovinians (World archery champions T. Muntyan, L. Herasymenko-Pavchuk, World champion in orienteering Yu. Omelchenko, World champion in athletics I. Heshko, etc.);
- restoration of activities of national-cultural societies (Ukrainian, German, Romanian, Polish, Jewish People's Houses operate);
- international cooperation in space research (L. Kadenyuk, a native of the village of Klishkivtsi, flew on the Space Shuttle 'Columbia' as part of an international space crew on 19 November 1997 and conducted scientific research in biology on board);
- religious and confessional development (restoration of the UGCC, granting of the Tomos to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine by the Ecumenical Patriarch in 2019, etc.).
