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Leonoid Kravchuk Biography and Timeline

Follow Leonoid Kravchuk through 8 dated historical records for Ukraine.

Leonoid Kravchuk, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

8Distinct records
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1990–1993Years on this page

1990

President of Ukraine

President of Ukraine · Government / Government of Ukraine

Appointed President the Ukraine, first term, sovereignty is declared

Role range: 1990-1991

1991

Commonwealth

President of Ukraine · Government / Government of Ukraine

Yeltsin, Ukrainian Pres. Leonid Kravchuk, and Belarus Pres. Stanislav Shuskevich meet in a hunting lodge to proclaim the Soviet Union null and void and to form a loose Commonwealth of Independent States

Role range: 1991- – 1990-1991

Independence of Ukraine

President of Ukraine · Ukraine · Government / Government of Ukraine

Declares the independence of the Ukraine

Role range: 1990-1991

President of Ukraine

President of Ukraine · Government / Government of Ukraine

Appointed President of Ukraine

Role range: 1990-1991

President of Ukraine

President of Ukraine · Government / Government of Ukraine

Appointed President of the Ukraine, 2nd term

Role range: 1991-1996

1992

Independence of Ukraine

President of Ukraine · Ukraine · Government / Government of Ukraine

The Black Sea fleet is shared with Russia

Role range: 1991-

1993

Independence of Ukraine

President of Ukraine · Ukraine · Government / Government of Ukraine

Abolishes post of Prime Minister & rules directly

Role range: 1991-

Nuclear Power

President of Ukraine · Warfare / Nuclear

Start-1 is ratified & nuclear & a program of nuclear disarmament begins

Role range: 1991-

Records, sources and methodology

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