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Leonid Kravchuk: First president of independent Ukraine

The politician played a key role in the dissolution of the USSR and helped usher in a new era for the eastern European country

The Independent UK · May 14, 2022

Leonid Kravchuk obituary

First president of an independent Ukraine who played a key role in bringing the Soviet Union to an end

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2022

Leonid Kravchuk, first president of Ukraine, dies aged 88

Former leader relinquished his country’s Soviet nuclear arsenal, the third-largest in the world

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2022

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Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's 1st president, dies at age 88

Kravchuk led Ukraine as its Communist Party boss in the waning years of the Soviet Union. He played a pivotal role in the demise of the USSR before holding the Ukrainian presidency from 1991 to 1994.

WEKU · May 10, 2022

Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's first president, dies at 88

Leonid Kravchuk, a former communist who helped sign the Soviet Union's death warrant and then served as the first president of independent Ukraine, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.

Reuters · May 10, 2022

Stanislau Shushkevich, post-Soviet leader of Belarus, dies

Stanislav Shushkevich, the former leader of Belarus who led it to independence during the breakup of the Soviet Union, has died

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

Ex-Belarus leader Shushkevich, the man who sacked Gorbachev, dies at 87

Former Belarus leader Stanislav Shushkevich, the man who broke the news to Mikhail Gorbachev that the Soviet Union was being consigned to history, has died at the age of 87, Belarusian media quoted his wife as saying on Wednesday.

Reuters · May 4, 2022

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