Leonid Kuchma wearing the electric welder uniform

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma wearing the electric welder uniform, left, prepares to weld the last “golden junction” of the oil-pipe line “Odessa-Brody” on Sunday, August 19, 2001, the village of Yuzhnoe, Odessa outskirts. This day State leadership and foreign states representatives took part in the ceremonial opening of the first launch of pipe “Odessa-Brody”. The capacity of the first launch will make up 12 million of tons of oil per year, the second – 40 million tons per year, respectively. The length of the pipeline “Odessa-Brody” is 673 kilometers, diameter – 1020mm. Photo by Valery Soloviev/ UNIAN