Stanislav Ivanovych Hurenko ( uk, Станісла́в Іва́нович Гуре́нко; russian: Станисла́в Ива́нович Гуре́нко, translit=Stanislav Ivanovich Gurenko; 30 May 1936 – 14 April 2013), was a Soviet Ukrainian politician and member of the
Soviet Communist Party
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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brought in his ally Hurenko in to replace
Vladimir Ivashko as
First Secretary of the
Ukrainian Communist Party
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on 23 June 1990. He resigned his position as First Secretary on 30 August 1991 , when the failure of the
August putsch
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in Moscow, the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine were banned.
Then he served as the
member
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of
Verkhovna Rada
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.
Hurenko retired and died on 14 April 2013, at the age of 76 after suffering from cancer.
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1936 births
2013 deaths
People from Ilovaisk
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute alumni
Institute of Industrial Economics (NANU) alumni
Donetsk National Technical University academic personnel
Ukrainian atheists
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Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) members
Communist Party of Ukraine politicians
Members of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
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Tenth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Eleventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union)
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Deaths from cancer in Ukraine
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