People's Movement of Ukraine
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The People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political party and one of the first opposition parties in Soviet Ukraine. It is often simply referred to as the Movement. The party under the name Rukh
Inaugural congress of the movement in Kyiv, 1989
Gathering of People's Movement of Ukraine at the October Revolution Square (now Maidan Nezalezhnosti) during the raising of the Ukrainian flag in Kyiv on 24 July 1990
2nd Congress of the People's Movement of Ukraine, 1990
A leaflet in support of Ukraine's independence spread by Rukh activists in 1991
Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991. Leonid Kravchuk, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and de facto incumbent head of state, won with 61.6% of the vote, defeating five can
Leonid Kravchuk (left) and US president George H. W. Bush, 1992. Kravchuk's frequent meetings with foreign leaders led voters to view him as a symbol of stability.
Viacheslav Chornovil at a rally for the People's Movement of Ukraine in Kryvyi Rih, 1990. Chornovil travelled throughout southern and eastern Ukraine both to support his presidential campaign and the independence referendum.
Levko Lukianenko (right) at a campaign rally in Pyriatyn, 8 September