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In Photos: Funeral Of Ukraine's First President, Leonid Kravchuk, Held In Kyiv

Ukraine's first president, Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk, was buried at Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv on May 17, a week after his death at the age of 88. Kravchuk served as the country's president between December 5, 1991, and July 19, 1994. Days after his election, he was a signatory to the Belavezha Accords that declared the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He is survived by his wife, Antonina, and their son and grandsons.


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