People's Movement of Ukraine

Not to be confused with People's Movement of Ukraine for Unity.

People's Movement of Ukraine
Народний Рух України
AbbreviationNRU
Rukh
LeaderAndriy Kornat[1]
Founded8 September 1989 (1989-09-08)[2]
Registered9 February 1990 (1990-02-09)[2]
HeadquartersKyiv
Youth wingYoung People's Movement[3]
Membership (2016)35,000[4][needs update]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[13]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (until 2013)
Colours  Blue
  Yellow
SloganStatehood, Democracy, Reforms
Verkhovna Rada
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Lviv Oblast Council
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Website
rukh.team

The People's Movement of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Народний Рух України, romanized: Narodnyi Rukh Ukrayiny) is a Ukrainian political party and the first opposition party in Soviet Ukraine. It is often simply referred to as the Movement (Ukrainian: Рух, Rukh). The party under the name Rukh was an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) until 2013. It is considered to have played a key role in Ukraine regaining its independence in 1991.[14][15][16]

Rukh gathers most of its voters and support from Western Ukraine. In November 2016, the party had 35,000 members.[4]

  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) The People's Movement of Ukraine party nominated its presidential candidate, Ukrayinska Pravda (10 January 2019)
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  3. ^ https://mnr.in.ua/ [bare URL]
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  5. ^ D′Anieri, Paul (2007), Understanding Ukrainian Politics: Power, Politics, And Institutional Design, M. E. Sharpe, p. 113
  6. ^ Bugajski, Janusz (2002), Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, pp. 952–953
  7. ^ Magocsi, Paul Robert (2002), The Roots of Ukrainian Nationalism: Galicia As Ukraine's Piedmont, University of Toronto Press, p. 63
  8. ^ Harasymiw, Bohdan (2019). "Popular Movement of Ukraine". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  9. ^ Åslund, Anders (2009). How Ukraine became a market economy and democracy. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-88132-427-3. OCLC 666919338.
  10. ^ Interns (8 December 1998). "A president under siege - Dec. 09, 1998". KyivPost. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Newsline - March 27, 1997". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  12. ^ Salnykova, Anastasiya (2012), "Electoral Reforms and Women's Representation in Ukraine", Gender, Politics and Society in Ukraine, University of Toronto Press, p. 89
  13. ^ Haran, Olexiy; Burkovsky, Petro (2009), "In the Aftermath of the Revolution: From Orange Victory to Sharing Power with Opponents", Ukraine on Its Meandering Path Between East and West, Peter Lang, pp. 86, 96
  14. ^ Хотин, Ростислав (8 September 2019). "30 років Руху: Створення Народного руху в семи моментах, які наблизили Незалежність України". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  15. ^ "НАРОДНИЙ РУХ УКРАЇНИ" (in Ukrainian). Institute of History of Ukraine. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Народний рух України" (in Ukrainian). Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. Retrieved 6 January 2023.