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Volodymyr Shcherbytsky

1918–1990 · 20th century · Also known as Vladimir Shcherbitsky

Volodymyr Shcherbytsky was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1972 to 1989 and a member of the Soviet Politburo. A close ally of Leonid Brezhnev, he replaced Petro Shelest, pursued Russification and repression of dissidents, and led Soviet Ukraine at the time of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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Ukrainian SSR

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