Viacheslav Chornovil

(1937-1999)

Member of Ukrainian Parliament

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Viacheslav Chornovil (Ukrainian: В'ячесла́в Макси́мович Чорнові́л) (December 24, 1937 in Yerky, Katerynopil Raion, Kyiv Oblast – March 25, 1999, near Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast) was a Ukrainian politician. A prominent Ukrainian dissident in the Soviet Union, he was arrested multiple times in the 1960s and 1970s for his political views. A long-time advocate of Ukrainian independence, he was one of the most prominent political figures of the late 1980s and early 1990s who paved the path of the contemporary Ukraine to its independence.

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Born	24 December 1937 Yerky, Katerynopilskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Died	25 March 1999 (aged 61) Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Zodiac	Capricorn
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