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

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brought in his ally Hurenko in to replace Vladimir Ivashko as First Secretary of the

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on 23 June 1990. He resigned his position as First Secretary on 30 August 1991 , when the failure of the

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in Moscow, the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine were banned. Then he served as the

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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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