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Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
Конгрес українських націоналістів
Leader Stepan Bratsiun Founded October 18, 1992 Headquarters Kiev, Ukraine Ideology National conservatism, Ukrainian nationalism International affiliation None European affiliation Alliance for Europe of the Nations Official colours Red Website http://www.cun.org.ua Politics of Ukraine
Political parties
ElectionsThe Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (Ukrainian: Конгрес українських націоналістів Konhres Ukrayinskykh Natsionalistiv) is a right-wing political party in Ukraine. It was founded on October 18, 1992 and registered with the Ministry of Justice on January 26, 1993.[1] The party leader from its formation and until her death in 2003 was Yaroslava Stetsko (people's deputy of three VR conventions).
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History
During the 1998 parliamentary election the party was part (o.a. together with a predecessor of the Ukrainian Republican Party Assembly) of the Election Bloc "National Front"[1] (Ukrainian: Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт») which won 2,71%[1] of the national votes and 6 (single-mandate constituency) seats.
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine[1]. The party's leader is Oleksiy Ivchenko, who was the head of Naftogas of Ukraine under the Yuiry Yekhanurov government. He was elected as the party leader on the seventh convention of the party on April 13, 2003. At the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Our Ukraine alliance[1].
The party refused to join the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc in August 2007[2] and did not run in the 2007 parliamentary elections.[1]
In the 2010 local elections the party biggest achievement was winning two seats in the Lviv Oblast Counsel.[3]
Goals
- Strengthening of Ukrainian national values among the masses of Ukrainian society
- Strengthening political, social and cultural rights of the Ukrainian Nation
- Bringing to power highly educated professionals - Patriots
- Overcoming the consequences of the colonial past: cosmopolitanism (derogatory epithet for Jews coined by Joseph Stalin during his anti-Semitic campaign of 1949 – 1953), mass-russification, complex of less-worth culture, and others
- Insuring politically free comprehensive development and full self-expression of creative and spiritual forces of the Ukrainian Nation, and its establishment in the circle of freedom-loving nations of the world as the fully valued subject of history
- Removal of "visual vestiges" of the Soviet Union from Ukraine, including monuments to Lenin.[4]
In their fight against "cosmopolitanism", many KUN leaders espouse anti-Semitic views. In 2005 the official organ of KUN, newspaper "The Nation and Power" published an article which said: "The titular nation in Ukraine [ethnic Ukrainians] will disappear in 2006 [after the elections].... After the 2006 election, Ukrainians will dance around the Jews."[5]. In his speech at the opening of the Holodomor Memorial in November 2007, the Head of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists [KUN] in the Zaporozhye region B. Tymchina declared: "Our time has come, and the Dnieper will soon be red with the blood of Kikes [Jews] and Moskals [Russians]."[6] The Kommersant newspaper on 26.01.2010 quoted the head of the Kiev city organization of KUN Yuri Shepetyuk saying: "There is no anti-Semitism in Ukraine. The Jews themselves organize various provocations, and then talk about the persecution in their address, to get even more funding from abroad". Kommersant notes: "However, he [Yuri Shepetyuk] did not specify what provocations were staged in Ukraine by representatives of the Jewish community."[7]
Motto
Glory to Ukraine! To Heroes (her) Glory!
other versions include, but not limited to Glory to free Ukraine! To Heroes (her) Glory!Symbols
- The flag of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists is a rectangular two-color banner with two horizontal halves. The upper half is red and the bottom half is black. It is inspired by the flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
- The emblem is based on that of the former Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. The red background circle is in-framed by the black (outside) and gold (inside) line with a cross which is placed in the middle and appears to be as a sword. The sword, being aimed blade down, has a dual meaning: the organization in its activities is guided by the principles of Christian morality and the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists is ready to protect the Ukrainian State.
Past leaders
- Yaroslava Stetsko (October, 1992 - March, 2003)
- Oleksiy Ivchenko (April, 2003 - present)
Members of Presidium
- Volodymyr Boreychuk - vice-president
- Maria Oliynyk - vice president
- Stepan Bratsiun - chief of Party staff
- Bohdan Diakiv - head of the regional department of the Party (Kharkiv Oblast)
- Andriy Lopushanskyi
- Mykola Pshevlotskyi - head of the regional department of the Party (city of Lviv), assistant to leader (Lviv Oblast)
- Volodymyr Chybras - head of the regional department of the Party (Ternopil Oblast)
References
- ^ a b c d e f (Ukrainian) Конгресс Українських Націоналістів, Database DATA
- ^ (Russian) КУН не пойдет в Раду вне очереди, Kommersant (August 7, 2007)
- ^ (Ukrainian) Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps by Ukrayinska Pravda (November 8, 2010)
- ^ Nationalists want all monuments to Lenin removed from Ukraine, Kyiv Post (7 November 2011)
- ^ Nation and Power, № 52, 27.12.05-2.01.06 (translation from Ukrainian)
- ^ «Украина криминальная», 29 ноября 2007, 14:15
- ^ http://www.kommersant.ua/doc.html?DocID=1310744 Украине задали еврейский вопрос, Артем Скоропадский, 26.01.2010
External links
- (Ukrainian) Official website
Categories:- Nationalist parties
- Political parties in Ukraine
- Political parties established in 1993
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