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which stood on anti-communist positions. L.
Lukyanenko was elected its head.
May, 15 The opening of the first session of the
1990 Supreme Council of Ukrainian Soviet
Socialist Republic. Two blocks of deputies
were formed (group “239” – Communist, and
opposition block “People’s Council” with
125 members, headed by I. Yukhnovsky).
June, 4 V. Ivashko, the First Secretary of CC CPU,
1990 was elected head of the Supreme Council.
June, 19-22 At the 28-th CPU congress S. Hurenko was
1990 elected the First Secretary. It was an attempt
to improve self-organization, discipline and
impact on opposition forces.
June The first assembly of the restored UAOC took
1990 place in Kyiv. Metropolitan Mstyslav, S.
Petliura’s nephew, was proclaimed the
patriarch of Kyiv and the whole Ukraine. In
October, 1990 he returned in Ukraine from
the USA.
July, 16 The Declaration of State Sovereignty of
1990 Ukraine was approved by the Supreme
Council. V. Ivashko resigned on July, 9,
leaving the Communist deputy majority
without their leader. “The People’s Council”
took advantage of that circumstance and put
“The Declaration…” on vote. 355 deputies
voted in favour of it, only 4 deputies were
against it. The parliamentaries’ position was
under the influence of the fact, that the similar
document had been approved by the Supreme
Council of RSFSR. The preamble of the
declarations secured “state sovereignty as

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