Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk dies

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Category : Obituaries Published on: May 13 2022

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Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president has died.
He was 88.
Kravchuk led Ukraine as its Communist Party boss in the waning years of the Soviet Union, and played a pivotal role in the demise of the USSR before holding the Ukrainian presidency from 1991 through 1994.