Leonid Romanovych Korniyets (; 21 August 1901 – 29 May 1969) was a Ukrainian and

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politician, who served as the head of government of

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(today's equivalent of prime-minister) from 1939 to 1944.

Biography

Leonid Korniyets was born in a town of Bobrynets that today is in

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