Ukrainian officials commemorate 1918 independence

KYIV - President Leonid Kuchma along with Kyiv Mayor Oleksander Omelchenko and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ivan Pliusch gaze upon the memorial in Ukraine's capital city to Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukraine's first president, before placing wreaths at the base of the statue on "Den Sobornosty." Hrushevsky led the country after Ukraine proclaimed independence 83 years ago on January 22, 1918.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 3, 2002, No. 5, Vol. LXX

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