Ceremony of placing wreathes on the monument to Taras Shevchenko
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (first line, center) surrounded by members of government and higher officials takes part in ceremony of placing wreathes on the monument to great Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv center on Friday, March 9, 2001. This day Ukraine celebrated the 187th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko's birthday. In the course of the scheduled anti-presidential campaign protesters tried not to let Leonid Kuchma lay the flowers on the monument. The numerous anti-presidential actions, were caused by the case of missing journalist Georgyi Gongadze and continue till now.
Photo by UNIAN
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- Author:
- Solovyov Valery
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- Ukraine / Kiev
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- 09.03.2001
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