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Place of Birth: Poliske, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine
About Vasyl Chervoniy
- Vasyl Mykhailovych Chervoniy (Ukrainian: ?????? ?????????? ????????; 17 August 1958 – 4 July 2009) was a Ukrainian chemical engineer, cultural activist and later politician, member of the Verkhovna Rada. In 1981–1991 he worked at the factory "Rivne Azot".
- In 1988 Chervoniy was the first who created the Shevchenko Society of Ukrainian Language and in 1989 the first branch of the People's Movement of Ukraine. In 1990–2005 Chervoniy was a member of the Verkhovna Rada representing People's Movement of Ukraine (since 1999 Ukrainian People's Party).
- During the ongoing protests Ukraine without Kuchma, he was a member of the National Salvation Committee. In 2005–2006 he served as a Governor of Rivne Oblast.
- In 2008 Chervoniy ran unsuccessfully for a mayor of Rivne. In 2009 near a pond in Derazhne village, he was struck by lightning.
- Chervoniy was taken to the Central Hospital of Rivne Raion in Klevan where he died.
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