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European Solidarity

European Solidarity (Європейська солідарність, YeS) is a political party in Ukraine. It has its roots in a parliamentary group called Solidarity dating from 2000 and has existed since in various forms as a political outlet for Petro Poroshenko. The party with its then name Petro Poroshenko Bloc won 132 of the 423 contested seats in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, more than any other party.

In August 2015, the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR) merged into the party. In May 2019, the UDAR undid this merge. In October 2017, the party had about 30,000 members; former members of Party of Regions are denied membership. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 23 seats on the nationwide party list and 2 constituency seats.

Initially formed as a social democratic party, it shifted to the centre-right during the formation of Petro Poroshenko Bloc in 2014. Since then, it has been described as Christian democratic, liberal conservative, conservative, liberal, and civic nationalist. Regarding their foreign stances, they support the membership of Ukraine in the European Union and a peaceful end to the Russo-Ukrainian War. In its program, they stated their support for decentralization and anti-corruption among other principles.

Solidarity (2000–2013)
The party started in 2000 as a parliamentary faction called "Solidarity", set up by Petro Poroshenko, until then a member of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) faction. Taras Kuzio claims that this happened with the help of then President Kuchma, who allegedly wanted to limit the influence of the SDPU(u). Many deputies elected in 1998 for the Peasant Party of Ukraine and Hromada joined the new parliamentary faction. Based on his parliamentary faction Poroshenko eventually established the Party of Ukraine's Solidarity. In 2000 that party merged into what would become the Party of Regions (later to become for a period the biggest party of Ukraine ) and Poroshenko became a Party of Regions deputy.

In 2001, Poroshenko expressed interest in the creation of the Our Ukraine Bloc. However, in order to receive quote in Our Ukraine he had to join the bloc with his whole party. The Party of Ukraine's Solidarity failed to break away from the Party of Regions, therefore Poroshenko decided to create a new phantom party with a similar name, the party "Solidarity". At the 2002 parliamentary elections Solidarity was able to join Our Ukraine. Top party members who received a parliamentary mandate on party list of the Our Ukraine electoral bloc in 2002 were Volodymyr Plyutynsky, Volodymyr Makeyenko, Eduard Matviychuk, Anatoliy Korchynsky, while a single constituency in Vinnytsia Oblast was won by Petro Poroshenko.

After 2002, Solidarity stopped participating in elections. In 2004, the party left Our Ukraine, and was represented by 23 deputies in the Verkhovna Rada (the forming of new factions whose parties were not directly elected into parliament was not unique in Ukraine at the time.) In March 2013 the Ministry of Justice asked the Central Election Commission of Ukraine for evidence that Solidarity had not been involved in elections since 2003.

On 17 June 2013, Fatherland member of parliament Yuriy Stets became head of the party. Stets was a member of the united opposition's political council.

On 16 October 2013, a court cancelled the registration certificate of Solidarity. The party could have challenged this on appeal, but did not and was legally eliminated on 31 December 2013 "due to lack of reporting". and because for more than 10 years had not participated in any election.

Petro Poroshenko Bloc (2014–2019)
Early in 2014, Poroshenko became leader of the National Alliance of freedom and Ukrainian patriotism "OFFENSIVE", which was renamed "All-Ukrainian Union Solidarity". By doing so, Poroshenko de facto prolonged the life of Solidarity and de facto merged the National Alliance of freedom and Ukrainian patriotism "OFFENSIVE" into Solidarity (legally the original party "Solidarity" does not exist anymore  ). National Alliance of freedom and Ukrainian patriotism "OFFENSIVE" was registered in May 2000 under the name All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity (Всеукраїнська партія миру i єдності, HPEM). It was not allowed to participate in the electoral alliance "Rainbow" in the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections. In the 2006 elections, the party failed as part of the electoral alliance Yuriy Karmazin Bloc to win parliamentary representation. In the 2007 elections, the party failed again as part of the All-Ukrainian Community to win parliamentary representation. After this election (the party) "All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity" was renamed National Alliance of Freedom and Ukrainian patriotism "OFFENSIVE". National Alliance of freedom and Ukrainian patriotism "OFFENSIVE" did not participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections.

In May and June 2014, Ukrainska Pravda characterised the party ("All-Ukrainian Union Solidarity") as "a myth with no website, unknown phone numbers and non existing addresses". At the 2014 presidential election, Poroshenko was elected President of Ukraine.

During a 27 August 2014 party congress, the "All-Ukrainian Union Solidarity" changed its name to "Bloc of Petro Poroshenko" (Блок Петра Порошенка, Blok Petra Poroshenka), and elected the former Minister of Internal Affairs, Yuriy Lutsenko, as the new leader of the party.

On 2 September, Vitali Klitschko, then parliamentary leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform, stated that since his party and the Petro Poroshenko Bloc had agreed to joint participation in parliamentary elections on 29 March 2014, the two parties were in discussion about running a joint list at the October 26 parliamentary election. On 15 September it became clear that 30% of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc election list would be filled by members of UDAR and that UDAR leader Klitschko was at the top of this list; Klitschko vowed not to resign as incumbent Mayor of Kyiv, but on 21 November he gave up his seat in the new parliament. According to political scientist Tadeusz A. Olszański (in mid-September 2014) this deal with UDAR "enables it to use that party's large-scale structures, which the Poroshenko Bloc itself lacks". The party won the parliamentary election with 132 seats, beating the runner-up People's Front, who won 82 seats. People's Front was first in the nationwide party vote (22.14% against 21.81%) but the party won 69 constituency seats while People's Front won only 18. On 27 November 2014, the party formed a parliamentary faction of 145 people (at the opening session of the new parliament).

Top 10 politicians on the party list to the Ukrainian parliament: 1. Vitaliy Klychko, 2. Yuriy Lutsenko, 3. Olha Bohomolets, 4. Volodymyr Hroysman, 5. Mustafa Dzhemilev, 6. Yuliy Mamchur, 7. Maria Matios, 8. Mykola Tomenko, 9. Iryna Herashchenko, 10. Vitaliy Kovalchuk.

On 21 November 2014, the party became a member of the coalition supporting the second Yatsenyuk government and endorsed nine new ministers for the government.

In March 2015, "Solidarity" was added to the name "Bloc of Petro Poroshenko". On 28 August 2015 UDAR and Petro Poroshenko Bloc officially merged into Petro Poroshenko Bloc. UDAR party leader Vitali Klitschko became so the new party leader.

The party was one of the winners of the 2015 Ukrainian local elections. It did well in West and central Ukraine and Kherson Oblast region. Why a 'Star Wars' Emperor Won Office in Ukraine, Bloomberg News (26 October 2015) Exit Polls Show Ukraine Divided For, Against Poroshenko Rule, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (27 October 2015) After Ukraine’s Local Elections: Early Misinterpretations, Carnegie Europe (27 October 2015) Poroshenko hobbles on, Politico Europe (26 October 2015) [http://www.unian.info/politics/1164949-weeks-milestones-elections-to-be-continued-blackmail-in-minsk-and-emotional-lustration.html Week’s milestones. Elections to be continued, blackmail in Minsk, and emotional lustration], UNIAN (27 October 2015)

According to Ukrainian media research of February 2016 22% of the parties' representatives in regional councils and 12% of the parties' parliamentary deputies were former members of the Party of Regions.

Following the fall of the second Yatsenyuk government, the party joined the coalition that supports the 14 April 2016 installed Groysman Government. In the weeks prior to this 11 MPs had switched to the faction making forming the coalition possible.

Klitschko resigned as Petro Poroshenko Bloc chairman (on 26 May) after a new law barring him as head of the Kyiv City State Administration to be chairman or a member of a political party took effect on 1 May 2016.

On 18 May 2019, Klitschko announced that UDAR would take part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election autonomously.

European Solidarity (from 2019)
The party changed its name to its current form on 24 May 2019. According to party leader Poroshenko this had to be done in order to bring in a new leadership of the party and to win the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

Top 10 politicians on the party list to the Ukrainian parliament in these elections were 1. Petro Poroshenko, 2. Andriy Parubiy, 3. Iryna Herashchenko, 4. Mykhailo Zabrodskyi, 5. Sofia Fedyna, 6. Mustafa Dzhemilev, 7. Yana Zinkevych, 8. Oleh Synyutka, 9. Akhtem Chyihoz, 10. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze.

In the 2019 parliamentary election, European Solidarity scored badly, dropping to 8.10% of votes and electing 23 MPs (37% of which were women ) on the nationwide party list and winning 2 constituency seats. The party voted against the confidence vote in the new Honcharuk Government.

In June 2020, former Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council during Poroshenko's presidency Oleksandr Turchynov became head of the 2020 Ukrainian local elections headquarters of the party. In this election European Solidarity did well in West and central Ukraine and it significantly improved on its 2019 parliamentary election result in all Ukrainian oblasts. 3,543 people won seats in local councils on behalf of the party, that is about 10.73% of the available seats.

Ideology and positions
The party officially decries populism and advocates for pragmatism and realism. According to Oleg Varfolomeyev of the Eurasia Daily Monitor the party is a liberal party (and UDAR was as well). According to Bohdan Butkevych of The Ukrainian Week, the party does not have an ideological unity. Due to the fact the party was created shortly before the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election and then its "party list was drawn up by taking almost anyone who was ready and willing to invest their own resources". Hence, its parliamentary faction consists of people who "have very different interests, methods of getting into parliament and plans". (Hence) the party's MPs tend not to vote alike.

The party broadly reflects Poroshenko's ideology. On 27 August 2014, newly elected party leader Yuriy Lutsenko stated that the Petro Poroshenko Bloc should help Poroshenko implement his election promises. Official party positions include:
 * Open list elections
 * Decentralization
 * Creating a public television network
 * Bringing attention to the plight of the Crimean Tatars
 * Enforcing Ukrainian as the sole official language
 * Membership of Ukraine in the European Union
 * Welfare and social protection for poor citizens
 * Law enforcement reform and creation of an independent judiciary
 * Ending corruption
 * Ensuring Ukraine's territorial integrity
 * Energy independence for Ukraine
 * Abolishing the immunity of senior officials
 * Privatizing all Ukrainian coal mines and liquidate or mothball all mines that cannot be privatized, with social support for the workers of the liquidated or mothballed mines and the population of these territories
 * Legislation to restrict religions whose leadership reside in aggressor states, e.g. Russia.

Party leaders

 * Solidarity

 * All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity/National Alliance of freedom and Ukrainian patriotism "OFFENSIVE"

 * Petro Poroshenko Bloc

 * European Solidarity

Election results
Election results for Solidarity, All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity, Petro Poroshenko Bloc and European Solidarity political party.

Verkhovna Rada

 * Solidarity

 * All-Ukrainian Party of Peace and Unity

 * Petro Poroshenko Bloc

 * European Solidarity

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General Trias

General Trias, officially the City of General Trias (Lungsod ng General Trias), formerly known as San Francisco de Malabon is a 1st class component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 450,583 people.

Etymology
During the earlier part of the Spanish colonial period, General Trias was often referred to as Las Estancias (the ranches), which was once a part of Cavite el Viejo, the present-day Kawit. It was also called Malabón Grande. The name Malabón is derived from Tagalog, meaning "having many silt deposits".

The first reference seems to be more probable because General Mariano Trías, a noted writer, adopted the nom de guerre "Labong," a word he often used in his writing and conversation. Grande, on the other hand, was affixed to the appellation because at the time, the place was a vast wilderness covering Sitio Tejero, frequently called by the revolutionary as Salinas (present-day Rosario), Santa Cruz de Malabon or Malabon el Chico (present-day Tanza) and Tierra Alta (present-day Noveleta). When the town was made independent from Cavite el Viejo, it was finally called by its popular name San Francisco de Malabon, in honor of patron saint, Saint Francis of Assisi.

First Cry of Cavite
The first uprising in Cavite known as the "First Cry of Cavite" occurred in San Francisco de Malabon about ten o’clock in the morning of August 31, 1896, when the town tribunal was attacked by Filipino revolutionaries led by Mariano Trías, Diego Mojica and Nicolas Portilla in Pasong Kalabaw (now known as Santa Clara). The second incident followed at twelve noon at Tierra Alta and the third in Cavite el Viejo between two and three o’clock in the afternoon.

Tejeros Convention
A town chapter of the Katipunan known as Balangay Mapagtiis had already been in existence in the place for sometime. The Sangguniang Bayang Magdiwang headed by Gen. Mariano Álvarez of Tierra Alta and the Sangguniang Bayang Mapagtiis of San Francisco de Malabon later merged under the name Magdiwang Council with Álvarez as president. The Magdiwang Council hosted the Tejeros Convention on March 22, 1897, in a friar estate house in Sitio Tejero (now part of Rosario) wherein Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was elected president and Mariano Trías, then lieutenant general, as vice-president in a revolutionary government replacing the Katipunan.

American occupation
On October 15, 1903, Act No. 947 was approved by the Philippine Commission, merging the adjacent town of Santa Cruz de Malabon (present-day Tanza) with San Francisco de Malabon, with the latter designated as the municipal seat. In 1909, a resolution was passed by the San Francisco de Malabon municipal council to separate Santa Cruz de Malabon to become an independent municipality of its own; it took effect in 1910.

On February 28, 1914, Act No. 2390 was passed by the Philippine Assembly, changing the town's name to Malabon. On February 24, 1920, Act No. 2889 was approved, renaming the town after General Mariano Trías, who passed away six years earlier.

Cityhood
On August 19, 2015, President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10675 which converted the municipality of General Trias into a component city of Cavite. The bill finally came into full effect after majority of the city's residents voted yes to cityhood through a plebiscite. General Trias thus became the seventh city in the province and the 145th in the country.

Lone District of General Trias
On September 14, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11069, reapportioning the province of Cavite into eight legislative districts to make General Trias the province's sixth legislative district.

Geography
General Trias is an inland city of Cavite located 33 km southwest of Manila and 23 km from Imus. It straddles the northeastern part of the province. The city is surrounded by the municipalities of Rosario and Noveleta in the north, by Tanza and Trece Martires in the west, by Amadeo in the south, Silang in the southeast, and the cities of Dasmariñas and Imus to the east. General Trias has a total land area of 81.46 sqkm.

Climate
Unlike the tropical weather of its lowlands and lower highlands, the upland villages of Panungyanan and Javalera enjoy tropical highland weather due to their nearness to Tagaytay and Amadeo, which is south of the city.

Barangays
General Trias is politically subdivided into 33 barangays: Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

 * Alingaro
 * Arnaldo
 * Bacao I
 * Bacao II
 * Bagumbayan
 * Biclatan
 * Buenavista I
 * Buenavista II
 * Buenavista III
 * Corregidor
 * Dulongbayan
 * Governor Ferrer
 * Javalera
 * Manggahan
 * Navarro
 * Panungyanan
 * Pasong Camachile I
 * Pasong Camachile II
 * Pasong Kawayan I
 * Pasong Kawayan II
 * Pinagtipunan
 * Prinza
 * Sampalucan
 * Santiago
 * San Francisco
 * San Gabriel
 * San Juan I (Poblacion)
 * San Juan II
 * Santa Clara
 * Tapia
 * Tejero
 * Vibora
 * 1896th (Poblacion)

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of General Trias, Cavite, was 450,583 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.

Religion
A vast majority of inhabitants are Roman Catholics while Protestanism is the second largest denomination in the city and some migrants from Mindanao practicing Islam.

Language
Filipino, English are the most used language.

Local government
Pursuant to Chapter II, Title II, Book III of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991, the city government is to be composed of a mayor (alkalde), a vice mayor (bise alkalde) and members (kagawad) of the legislative branch Sangguniang Panlungsod alongside a secretary to the said legislature, all of which are elected to a three-year term and are eligible to run for three consecutive terms.

Executive
As with every Philippine city, the city mayor serves as General Trias' chief executive. Elected to a term of three years and limited to three consecutive terms, the mayor appoints the directors of each city department, which include the office of administration, engineering office, information office, legal office, and treasury office. The current mayor is Luis Ferrer IV.

The city's vice mayor performs duties as acting mayor in the absence of the mayor. The vice mayor automatically succeeds as mayor upon the death of the incumbent, or if the mayor is unable to fulfil their duties. The vice mayor also convenes the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the city's legislative body. The current vice mayor is Jonas Glyn Labuguen.

Legislative
Within the city, the City Board or Sangguniang Panlungsod crafts all city ordinances, performs appropriation of city funds, issues franchises and permits, impose fees on city services, and exercise other duties and powers as stipulated by the Local Government Code of 1991.

Under R.A. 10675 Article V Section 10 (a). General Trias is entitled to a City Board composed of 10 members.

Industrial estates
General Trias has been gradually undergoing industrialization since the turn of the 21st century. Several major industrial estates, such as Gateway Business Park, a world class business community in Javalera and the New Cavite Industrial City (NCIC) in Manggahan, have chosen General Trias to be their home base.

The Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) occupies about 0.60 sqkm of land belonging to General Trias. 110 factories operate in the CEPZ. The others are the Golden Gate Industrial Park (Phase I) in Buenavista II and Golden Gate Industrial Park (Phase II) in Panungyanan while the rest are found at Barangay Manggahan, Barangay San Francisco and along Governor's Drive.

Private subdivisions
General Trias is considered one of the new frontiers of growth and development in the Calabarzon area as attested by the giant industrial subdivisions located in the city. Many of these are in the highland barangay of Manggahan, located along Governor's Drive, the barangays of San Francisco, Santiago on the Arnaldo Highway, and barangay Pasong Camachille II on Open Canal Road.

Township Developments
From small private subdivisions, General Trias has been a leading destination for large scale township developments in recent years. To date, a total of 5 townships under construction and development in the city namely: These townships helps generate jobs and contribute with General Trias' Tax Revenues to be one of the highest in the Province of Cavite.
 * The 140 hectare Maple Grove, situated on Brgys. Bacao 1 and 2, San Juan II, and Tejero.
 * The 2500 hectare Lancaster New City, covering the Brgys. of Navarro, Bacao 1, Pasong Camchille 1 & 2, Pasong Kawayan 1, Santiago, Sta. Clara, Tapia.
 * The 300 hectare Riverpark North, on Brgys. Pasong Camchille 1 & 2. and
 * The 300 hectare Riverpark South, on Brgys. Pasong Kawayan 1 & 2 and Santiago.
 * The 200 hectare Allegria, located in Brgy. San Francisco.

Leisure and shopping malls
Located at the Tejero intersection and opened in May 2016, the 55,000 sqm Robinsons Place General Trias (now Robinsons General Trias) is Robinson's fourth shopping mall in the province and the first full-scale mall in General Trias.

On the southern part of the city, lies one of the biggest Golf and Country residential estate Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club. It covers about 700 ha, which makes it one of the largest residential estate in the Country. The Golf & Country Club, which is one of the component of Eagle Ridge development, is nearing its completion with three playable golf courses and two operational satellite clubhouses.

The 300 ha Eagle Ridge Residential expanse features a very upscale housing community, the integral component of the project will make up the whole concept of Eagle Ridge as a golf and residential site.

Since the fourth quarter of 2017, a number of shopping malls and areas are currently being built, including Vista Mall General Trias.

Festival
General Trias celebrates its Valenciana Festival every year. Valenciana, a variation of the Valencian paella, was first popularized in General Trias and became part of their culture.

Local government projects
The master plan for General Trias is to achieve an agro-industrial and residential balance. The City of General Trias already have its recreational amenities like a Convention/Cultural Center, Sports Center, Sports Park w/ Grandstand (popular called Track 'n field), and a City Park at Barangay San Juan 2. Since its cityhood numerous renovations of public infrastructure are underway including the building of General Trias City Hall-Manggahan Annex and the takeover of the General Trias Medicare Hospital run by the provincial government converted into the City of General Trias Medicare Hospital run by the city government. The road-widening activities conducted to fill the increasing number of vehicles that passed through its roads especially in Arnaldo Highway, Governor Ferrer Drive, Crisanto M. De Los Reyes Avenue, and Governor's Drive. It also invested on making Diversion Roads to ease traffic congestion problem and provides an easy and better access of transportation to its constituents who live in remote areas of the city like the road connecting Governor Ferrer Drive of Barangay Buenavista 1 to Arnaldo Highway of Barangay Santiago (Mayor's Drive).

Transportation
General Trias would soon be more accessible with the C-6 Expressway's construction connecting North and South Luzon and the Cavite–Laguna Expressway's development connecting CAVITEX to SLEX. The expansion of the LRT Line 6 from Bacoor to Dasmariñas would also provide fast access from General Trias to Metro Manila.

Healthcare
Several hospitals, both private and government-owned, have also sprouted throughout General Trias ranging from government health centers to private clinics to complete hospitals. GenTri Medical Center and Hospital Inc. and Gentri Doctors Medical Center to name a few are among the biggest hospitals in the entire province of Cavite.

Education
General Trias is home to several educational institutions, notably Lyceum of the Philippines University-Cavite campus, Cavite State University-General Trias campus, which was established in 2012, and the AMA Computer University located inside Ara Vista Village in Barangay Biclatan. Also in General Trias there are several private and public elementary and high schools which is supervised by its own DepEd City School Division.

Notable personalities

 * Mariano Trías (1868-1914), considered the first de facto Vice President of the revolutionary government established at the Tejeros Convention. The town was renamed in his honor after the Revolution.
 * Kokoy De Santos (born 1998), actor.

Sister cities

 * 🇯🇵 Tozawa, Yamagata, Japan

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Third Ukrainian Republic (party)

Third Ukrainian Republic (Третя Українська Республіка) is a political party in Ukraine. The party was formally named (from its creation in May 1999 till April 2010 ) Forward, Ukraine! (Вперед, Україно!; Vpered, Ukrajino!) and (from April 2010 till July 2014) People's Self-Defense Political Party (Політична партія Народна Самооборона).

In December 2011 the party announced it would be merged into All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland". However, in July 2014 the party was re-energised and renamed.

Forward, Ukraine! electoral bloc
Originally, the party takes its roots from the electoral bloc "Forward, Ukraine!" that was formed on April 3, 1997. Composed out of several political formations such as the parliamentary faction "Reforms", the Christian-Democratic Party of Ukraine (leader V.Stretovych), the Christian Democratic Union, the Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party, Hromada (led by Oleksandr Turchynov), Christian Democratic Youth of Ukraine, the trade union "Our Right", the charity fund "Ukrainian Perspective", Ukrainian fund in support of reforms, and the political association "Young Ukraine". The leading section of that bloc was the parliamentary faction "Reforms" led by Serhiy Sobolyev. In June 1997 the faction changed its name to "Forward, Ukraine!" as well whose unofficial leader became the deputy speaker Viktor Musiyaka.

Right before the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections however the bloc fell apart, out which was created the Reforms and Order Party of Viktor Pynzenyk. The rest of the bloc consisting of the Christian Democratic Union, the Ukrainian Christian Democratic Party and the Young Ukraine went to the elections under its original name and led by the former deputy speaker of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Viktor Musiyaka. The bloc "Forward, Ukraine!" proved to be an unsuccessful political project gathering only 1.73% at the elections and receiving no representation. Next year Viktor Musiyaka transformed the bloc into a party with the same name. In 2012 another party with the same name Ukraine - Forward! led by Natalia Korolevska copied the statute of the "Forward, Ukraine!" and also failed to place any representation in parliament in 2012.

Forward, Ukraine!
As a political party "Forward, Ukraine!" was registered by the Justice Ministry on May 13, 1999.

At the 2002 elections, the party was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine. "Forward, Ukraine!" in parliament was represented only by its leader Viktor Musiyaka.

At the 2006 elections it decided to participate alone gathering only 6,934 votes (0.02%).

At the 2007 elections, the party joined Viktor's Yushchenko Bloc once more within the Yuriy Lutsenko's People's Self-Defense. Being part of the Our Ukraine alliance the party received 6 out of 72 parliamentary seats that were won by the alliance. Parliamentary mandates were received by Oleh Novikov, Kateryna Lukianova, Kyrylo Kulykov, Serhiy Kharovsky, Yuriy Hrymchak, and Serhiy Lutsenko.

In an interview with the Silski Visti (Village News) newspaper on 29 January 2009 interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko declared that Civil Movement "People's Self-Defense" as an insurgent, protesting, and not very structured civil movement has ceased to exist". Lutsenko also said he was planning to direct the organisational changes of Forward, Ukraine!.

The party supported Yulia Tymoshenko as presidential candidate in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election. The party did not support the dismissal of the second Tymoshenko Government.

People's Self-Defense Political Party
At the ninth congress of the Forward, Ukraine! Party on February 26, 2010 the decision was taken to rename the party. Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych signed a relevant decree April 20, 2010.

On August 4, 2010 party leader Yuriy Lutsenko declared that the party would participate in the 2010 local elections in collaboration with All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" on joined lists. But eventually the party did independently participate in the election. Now with much success, the party won no representatives in Oblast Councils (regional parliaments); its biggest success was winning seats in the city council of several towns in the Lviv Oblast.

The party announced it will be merged into All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" in December 2011. This process started late December 2011. As of mid-April 2013 there have been no reports about the party holding a congress to pass a decision on this merge. And the party was still registered at the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice.

The party competed on one single party under "umbrella" party "Fatherland", together with several other parties, during the 2012 parliamentary elections     During the election this list won 62 seats (25.55% of the votes) under the proportional party-list system and another 39 by winning 39 simple-majority constituencies; a total of 101 seats in Parliament.

Third Ukrainian Republic
On 1 July 2014 the party was officially renamed "Third Ukrainian Republic". New party leader Roman Bezsmertnyi (that day) stated to materialise the "ideas of Yuriy Lutsenko" by active citizens who had rallied around Lutsenko". Instead, he also said that Lutsenko was not a member of the party; but he would head the party if Lutsenko would not join the party Solidarity. According to Bezsmertnyi Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was at the time negotiating with Lutsenko to make him party leader of Solidarity. Bezsmertnyi assured that if Lutsenko would become party leader of Solidarity he and his fellow and Third Ukrainian Republic members would "think whether to go to the polls without our leader". On 27 August 2014 Lutsenko was elected party leader of Solidarity (that party was renamed Bloc of Petro Poroshenko the same day).

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

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Confusion with WWII movement
i hate it to make a fuss, but do you really think that a wrestling team is more qualified to get the "la resistance"-redirect, than the ww2-movement in france? what the heck were you thinking?--- Anon
 * Well if you dont like it, make it a "disambiguation page". as far as im concerned if noone else had decided to use it for that means until i got there i had fair right to place a redirect --- Paulley 21:12, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I just converted La Résistance to a dab page as suggested both above and below. To most people, the phrase refers primarily to the French resistance movement of WWII. —BarrelProof (talk) 09:28, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

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The result was move to La Résistance (professional wrestling), which appears to be the consensus. The Evil Spartan (talk) 22:29, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

La Résistance (Wrestling stable) → La Résistance — Article was moved without any discussion. There is no page with the name (it was turned into a redirect to French resistance). There is already a hatnot at the top of the article for those who might be looking for the French resistance. — TJ   Spyke   06:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

 * Oppose I think the best route is a DAB page at La Résistance. I can see people looking for the French Resistance searching for La Résistance or La Resistance. Narson (talk) 16:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment If the dab is upheld... is "(Wrestling stable)" a consistent choice for the dab? JPG-GR (talk) 06:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it should just be (Wrestling). Unless there is some other wrestling term 'La Résistance'? Though, only use I can imagine is a move and that would be on the wrestler's page. Narson (talk) 07:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * From what i've seen, the disambiguation for teams and stables is "(professional wrestling)".  TJ   Spyke   01:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, I can imagine actual wrestlers probably get a tad miffed if we bung them together with professional wrestlers. Narson (talk) 09:47, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * So... is that a consensus for "La Résistance (professional wrestling)"? If so, that move seems to be unobstructed. -GTBacchus(talk) 05:35, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oppose. I would guess that the most common use of 'La Resistance' is to refer to the French resistance, so redirecting to the wrestling term seems like a bad idea to me. A disambiguation page, as suggested by Narson, might be a better idea. Terraxos (talk) 02:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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Gustave Gingras

Gustave Gingras (January 18, 1918 – May 9, 1996) was a Canadian physician and founder of the Montreal Institute of Rehabilitation in 1949.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he studied medicine at the Université de Montréal following the completion of his BA at College Bourget in Rigaud, Quebec. In 1942, he joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and served overseas during World War II. There, he studied neurosurgery as an intern at the Canadian Neurosurgical and Plastic Surgery Hospital in Basingstoke, England. Upon his return to Canada, he was inspired by Wilder Penfield, a neurosurgeon in Montreal, to focus on helping paraplegic and quadriplegic veterans of the war. As an expert in rehabilitation of the disabled, he served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian International Development Agency. He was president of the Canadian Medical Association from 1972 to 1973. He was Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1974 to 1982.

Honours

 * In 1967, he received an honorary doctorate from Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.
 * In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
 * In 1972, he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada.
 * In 1998, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
 * Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John.

Books

 * Gustave Gingras: Combats pour la Survie. Paris: Robert Laffont / Opera mundi, 1975.

 * Gustave Gingras: Feet Was I to the Lame. Translated by Joan Chapman. London: Souvenir Press, 1977.

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Houston Christian University

Houston Christian University (HCU), formerly Houston Baptist University (HBU), is a private Baptist university in Houston, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Its Cultural Arts Center houses three museums: the Dunham Bible Museum, the Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts, and the Museum of Southern History.

The Houston Theological Seminary is one of the university's graduate schools that offers the Doctor of Ministry and Master of Divinity, among other degrees.

History
The university was founded in 1960 by the Baptist General Convention of Texas as Houston Baptist College. In 1973, it became a university. The university announced a name change from Houston Baptist University to its current name in September 2022.

Campus
It is located in Sharpstown Section 3A, within the Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown) in Houston, Texas, near the Southwest Freeway.

According to the Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, the land housing HCU is in the Chinatown area.

Campus housing
The Reuben & Rebecca Bates Philips Residence Colleges for Men and Women are two separate residence hall facilities for freshmen, with each serving one gender. The Sadie & Doug Hodo Residence College is the largest single residential building on campus that houses both genders on opposite sides of the building. Husky Village, seven apartment buildings with various layouts, are usually reserved for the university and house mostly upper classmen and staff.

Community life and worship
Eighty Community Life and Worship Credits (CLW Credits) are required for graduation from HBU. Transfer students are also allotted 0.75 CLW Credits for each credit hour transferred into the university. CLW Credits may be accrued from a variety of opportunities including: campus service, a weekly traditional chapel service known as Convocation, a weekly student-led contemporary worship service known as Quest, small group Bible studies, lecture series and through the Assisting Communities Through Students office which coordinates community service and volunteer work in the Houston community. The on-campus "Community Life and Worship" biyearly magazine lists the different opportunities through which students may earn CLW Credits. The spiritual life office also awards credits for students who participate in church or university sponsored mission trips.

The university received a Title IX exemption in 2017, which allows the university to legally discriminate against LGBT students on religious grounds. University president Robert Sloan has stated that special civil rights protections for people who engage in homosexuality are unnecessary because like "a tendency towards arson or theft" homosexuality is a sinful tendency that stems from a person's individual and therefore chosen "behavior."

Athletics
The Houston Christian athletic teams are called the Huskies. The university is a member of the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Southland Conference for most of its sports since the 2013–14 academic year, while its men's soccer team competes in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Huskies previously competed the D-I Great West Conference from 2008–09 to 2012–13 after spending one season as an NCAA D-I Independent during the 2007–08 school year (since returning back to NCAA D-I as a transitional member); in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1998–99 to 2006–07; and as an NAIA Independent from 1989–90 to 1997–98. Houston Christian's (HCU) official school colors are royal blue and orange.

HCU competes in 17 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer and track and field (indoor and outdoor); while women's sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, track and field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball.

Football
Houston Christian's football program began in 2013. For its first 10 years, Husky football was led by Vic Shealy. As of 2023, HCU football’s head coach is Braxton Harris. Former Huskies in the NFL as of 2023 are Caleb Johnson (Jacksonville Jaguars) and Bailey Zappe (New England Patriots).

Baseball
The HCU baseball team participated in the 2015 NCAA Baseball Tournament, winning the Southland Conference tournament championship in Sugar Land, Texas, and advanced to the Houston Regional, hosted by the University of Houston. The Huskies also won the Great West's final championship at the 2013 GWC Baseball Tournament.

As of 2022, the HCU baseball team is managed by Lance Berkman - Houston Astros Hall-of-Famer, 2011 World Series Champion with the St. Louis Cardinals, and 1997 National College Player of the Year. The Huskies currently compete in the Southland Conference.

Women's soccer
The HCU women's soccer team participated in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, winning the Southland Conference tournament championship in Beaumont, Texas, before falling to No. 5 Texas A&M in the first round.

The HCU women's soccer team made their second appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2016 after winning the Southland Conference tournament championship in Corpus Christi, Texas. They fell to No. 1 Stanford in the first round.

Women's basketball
During the 2016 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, senior Anna Strickland posted 21 points, 31 rebounds, eight assists, and seven blocked shots in the Huskies' first-round loss to Lamar University. Her 31 rebounds broke the Southland Conference single-game record, established a new tournament record, and were the most rebounds in Division I women's basketball in 2016. Strickland's all-around stat sheet has not been achieved in men's or women's Division I basketball or the NBA in the past twenty years.

Men's soccer
Two student athletes have earned CoSIDA Academic All-American status: volleyball's Allison Doerpinghaus and men's soccer's Bryan Brody. Both students earned the honor in 2015. They join numerous student-athletes who have earned CoSIDA Academic All-District and academic all-conference honors, and numerous Academic All-American at the NIAA level.

Achievements
Notable NCAA D-I athletic achievements:
 * 1983 NCAA high-jump champion, Ricky Thompson; t-32nd place in the 1983 Track & Field Championships
 * Alma Mater of European Tour great Colin Montgomerie
 * 1983-84 Men's basketball team participated in the NCAA tournament in the play-in game vs. Alcorn State; 1983-84 Men's basketball team led the entire NCAA in team field-goal percentage, shooting 55.2% - this is also tenth all-time in NCAA history
 * Participants in the NCAA men's golf championships in 1984, 1987 (5th place), and 1988
 * Participants in the NCAA men's gymnastics championships in 1982 (10th place) and 1987 (7th place); 1987 men's gymnastics (Rings) champion, Paul O'Neill
 * 1982, 83, 84, 85 Trans-America (now Atlantic Sun) Men's soccer Champions, and conference tournament champions in 82, 84, and 85
 * 1982, 83, 84, 85 Trans-America (now Atlantic Sun) men's cross country champions; individual titles won by Charlie Foreman (83 & 84) and Magnus Fyhr (85)

Notable NAIA athletic achievements:
 * 2007 NAIA Baseball World Series, third place; 2007 Baseball Region VI Champions
 * Participants in NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament ten straight seasons from 1997 to 2007
 * Dwight Jones II, son of Dwight Jones Sr. who played on the 1972 USA Olympic Silver medal basketball team in Munich, was drafted by the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA Developmental League as well as the East Kentucky Miners in the CBA draft

Notable alumni

 * Voddie Baucham, Jr. Pastor, preacher, author, apologist, and current Dean of Theology at African Christian University
 * Van G. Garrett, Poet
 * Rubén González, Olympian
 * Colin Montgomerie, Professional Golfer
 * Elliot Segal, DJ host of Elliot in the Morning (did not graduate)
 * Caleb Johnson, NFL Player
 * Bailey Zappe, NFL Player
 * Jerreth Sterns, CFL Player

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Talk:Edith Wilson

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Untitled
Have had to paste an old version of this entry, due to vandalism. Apologies for the lack of dignity it has as I am unable to give it sufficent tidy-up at present. Apologies paulburgin
 * I've reverted to a previous clean version. Have a look at How to revert a page to an earlier version to see how to do this in future. -- Michael Warren | Talk 20:32, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Racist?
That she referred to black people as "darkies" did not prove she was racist. That was a polite term for black people back then. "Colored" was another. "Black," back then, was considered derogatory. If she had called them "niggers" in otherwise polite conversation, that would help prove a charge of racism. Also, many people, North and South, believed that some blacks were worse off after slavery. They had been given only their freedom. They had no money, no education, no training, and many of them resorted to a life of crime and destitution and wound up in prison. One of the correlative obligations of the master, on the other hand, was the duty to provide food, clothing, and shelter for the slave, and to care for him in his times of sickness, infirmity, and old age.John Paul Parks (talk) 15:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Descent from Pocahontas
The Bollings are among several famous Virginia families descended from Pocahontas. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was a 13th-great-granddaughter, in the direct line of descent, via the marriage of her ancestor Thomas Bolling to Pocahontas's granddaughter Jane Rolfe.
 * Where is a credible source for that? Also, you need to sign your comments -- Sleyece (talk) 14:16, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It is also in the article and sourced at the time of this comment -- Sleyece (talk) 14:23, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Widowhood
Sarah Polk survived James K. Polk by 42 years, thus making her, and not Edith Wilson, the First Lady with the longest widowhood.
 * Is there a credible source for that? Also, you need to Sign your comments. -- Sleyece (talk) 14:17, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

Mistress
Was she really Wilson's mistress during his first marriage?

 * No, they met in late March 1915. --Hanover81 13:49, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I marked the phrase, "Complicating matters were rumors, apparently groundless, that Wilson had been cheating on his first wife or that he and Mrs. Galt had actually murdered the First Lady," as needing clarification. My understanding is that Wilson cheated on his first wife several times, but did not meet Mrs. Galt until after the first wife died. Does the word "rumors" refer to his infidelity, or to a supposed plot between him and Mrs. Galt? John Paul Parks (talk) 15:06, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

article name
It would be more appropriate for this article to be named "Edith Wilson" which is the far more common usage. There are 56,000 Google hits for "Edith Wilson" vs 2000 for "Edith Galt Wilson". The lowest number of hits is for "Edith Boling Galt Wilson" at 1400. Any objection? Tvoz | talk 03:43, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Woodrow Wilson was mad?
18:20, 30 July 2018 (UTC)}I read on a book (The Madness of Kings) that Woodrow Wilson became mad, from 1919, until his death.Is this true?Agre22 (talk) 23:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)agre22
 * There is a clip of film showing him walking in the street, making exaggerated bows to passers-by. Valetude (talk) 01:38, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

De-Facto President
I've removed the box describing her as acting president. The article it linked to described the title "acting president" as: "a reference to a person who is legitimately exercising the Presidential powers even though that person does not hold the office of the President of the United States." Clearly she couldn't be described as legitimately exercising such powers, so the box is incorrect. the addition of "unofficial" to the box left it as nonsensical, particularly since the predecessor and successor were legitimate. she simply does not belong in that line of succession, and since the rest of the article explains her role in the Wilson administration, the box didn't add any useful information to the article. 60.240.104.183 (talk) 15:21, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * More than eight years after the above comment was made, I totally agree with it. Info boxes should used for basic objective information, not for subjective notions. Motsebboh (talk) 16:48, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Ms. Wilson was listed as De-Facto President. It has been reverted on several times. I believe the it is an important historical footnote. --Sleyece (talk) 00:41, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Listed where as De Facto President? Motsebboh (talk) 19:28, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Listed at the BEGINNING of the article, until, of course, you blanked information. Good on you, my friend! -- Sleyece (talk) 15:12, 6 January 2017 (UTC)
 * The sources say that Wilson brought information to her husband. It doesn't say she was the President of the United States. It's presumptuous to put an unofficial office in the infobox.--Sunshineisles2 (talk) 00:25, 7 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I think calling it presumptuous is presumptuous.

 * http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-inauguration-edith-wilson-kogan-ent-0117-20170116-story.html
 * https://www.biography.com/news/edith-wilson-first-president-biography-facts
 * https://allthatsinteresting.com/edith-wilson
 * https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/edith-bolling-galt-wilson/
 * https://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/wilson-edith-1913-firstlady
 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/did-we-once-have-an-unelected-madam-president/2016/11/17/79f47a22-a850-11e6-8042-f4d111c862d1_story.html?utm_term=.e45527ac1d0a

This is only the tip of the iceberg of abundant credible sources showing that the subject of the article was indeed President in all but name. -- Sleyece (talk) 22:36, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

book Edith and Woodrow cited, but pages should be cited
The article cites Phyllis Lee Levin as a source. I've added her book on Edith as a bibliography item. What I don't know is whether any passage in the article should be attributed to Phyllis Lee Levin's book, since I didn't write those passages in the article and I've just started reading the book, and may not notice the exact passages in the book, especially if they can't be found by its index.

If you know the pages that should be cited, please edit the article to cite them.

Thank you. Nick Levinson (talk) 16:36, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Bad link for reference 2
The link for reference 2, which is supposedly about Edith's opposition to the Vice President assuming the presidency, leads to a page in Japanese about used cars! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.191.111.35 (talk) 22:45, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Middle name?
I have yet to find a reputable resource that indicates her middle name was "White." Lordmarmont (talk) 18:51, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Seeking consensus
Should the subject of the article be recognized as De Facto President in the infobox from October 2, 2019 - March 4, 1921? -- Sleyece (talk) 15:49, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * No. The article text describing the situation is sufficient. Trying to shoehorn this info into the infobox as if it were some kind of official position she was appointed to or elected to is a very bad idea.  Peacock (talk) 17:45, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

 * No, this is better dealt with in prose. To say that she was ever the de facto or acting president is controversial in itself (she personally denied it), let alone for the entire period after her husband had a stroke. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 04:08, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

De facto President or not?
Edith Wilson should be recognised in the infobox (like so) and in the article as de facto President of the United States. She essentially was at this time, even if not officially (of course). And while she didn't call it this - she used terms such as "stewardship", she did exercise the responsibilities and (basically) the powers of President from October 1919 to 1921. See also previous discussion (not resolved) in support of this position. Thunderstorm008 (talk · contributions) 23:16, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

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I submitted my biography last week and it now says there is a copyright problem. Can you please explain? —the preceding unsigned comment is by 128.83.86.45 (talk • contribs) 2005-06-09 15:26:07 (UTC)

 * When we see a new article that's word-for-word the same as an existing website, we assume it's plagiarized from that site and hence a copyright violation. I notice that the source has a GFDL notice on it so I'll remove the copyvio notice. Writing an article about yourself is generally frowned on, though, see Vanity page. Also, please capitalize article titles correctly when creating them. DopefishJustin (･∀･) 17:16, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

I think Marc is allowed to write the article about himself, as he is a minor celebrity. If Tom Petty submitted his own biography to the Wikpedia, would that be considered "vanity" ? Whotookthatguy 20:59, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

RfC: seems to violate "original research" policy
While I know Marc is a real person, this seems to be largely self-promotional and in violation of the original research policy. chupacerveza 17:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, Or does permit citing oneself, provided that the information has been properly published somewhere. The larger problem seems to be with WP:Autobiography. The guideline is to first publish the article somewhere in userspace, and then reach consensus vis-a-vis notability, and then publish it. - super βεε cat 05:13, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

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People's Democratic Party (Ukraine)

The People's Democratic Party (Народно-демократична партія; abbreviated NDP) is a political party in Ukraine established on 24 February 1996. It was registered with the Ministry of Justice on 30 May 1996. The party is Russophone.

History
The People's Democratic Party was established at its constituent congress in Kyiv. The party was created through a merger of three political parties (The Party of Democratic Revival of Ukraine, the Toiling Congress of Ukraine, and the Union of Support for Republic of Crimea), two public organizations (The Union of Students of Ukraine and the New Wave) and two political clubs (New Ukraine and the Association of Young Ukrainian Politicians and Political Scientists). Anatoliy Matviyenko was elected party chairman.

At the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party gained 5% of the votes and 28 seats in the Verkhovna Rada. At the time of the election, the party's key member, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, was Prime Minister of Ukraine. Pustovoitenko became the party's leader in May 1999 until April 2006. In September 2001, the Interregional Bloc of Reforms (MBR) was merged into the party.

At the parliamentary elections in 2002, the party was part of the For United Ukraine alliance, the alliance won 11.77% of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats in the Verkhovna Rada.

At the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the NDP took part in the alliance Block of People's Democratic Parties, but this alliance did not overcome the 3% threshold (winning only 0.49% of the votes), and therefore taking no seats. After taking responsibility for the defeat Valeriy Pustovoitenko resigned as leader of the party. In his place the party was led by Lyudmyla Suprun.

In the 2007 elections, the party failed again as part of the Ukrainian Regional Asset to win parliamentary representation. The current chairman of the NDP is still Lyudmyla Suprun.

In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party competed in/for 9 constituencies (seats); but it won in none and thus missed parliamentary representation.

The party did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.

Party's Values
Person - Family - Prosperity - Ukraine

Associated organizations

 * Association of Deputies "Trust"
 * Cultural center "Ukraine Spiritual"

Chairpersons

 * 1996 - 1999 Anatoliy Matviyenko
 * 1999 - 2006 Valeriy Pustovoitenko
 * 2006–present Lyudmyla Suprun

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Strong Ukraine

Strong Ukraine (Сильна Україна); formerly the Labour Party Ukraine, is a political party in Ukraine that was re-established in April 2014. It was originally registered in August 1999 and dissolved in March 2012 after it had merged with the Party of Regions on 17 March 2012. Since late 2009 the party was and is the main vehicle of billionaire Serhiy Tihipko. After the parties merger Tihipko became a member of the Party of Regions. On 7 April 2014 the political council of this party expelled Tihipko from the Party of Regions.

The party claimed to have over 80,000 members in mid-May 2010.

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won one constituency parliamentary seat.

Labour Party Ukraine

Founded on 19 June 1999 as Labour Party Ukraine it did not participate in the legislative elections of 30 March 2002.

In the 2006 elections, the party failed as part of "Bloc Borys Olijnyk and Myhailo Syrota" to win parliamentary representation (the Bloc won 0,08% of the votes).

In the 2007 parliamentary elections the party was part of the Lytvyn Bloc alliance, that won 20 out of 450 seats.

Re-branding and merger with Party of Regions
On 28 November 2009, at the 10th Congress, Labour Party Ukraine was renamed Strong Ukraine.

Strong Ukraine endorsed its new leader Serhiy Tihipko (former partyleader of Labour Ukraine ), also elected in November 2009, in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election. Fellow billionaire Oleksandr Kardakov was another influential member of the party.

On 22 February 2010, during a party congress, the party announced it would compete in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election not as part of the Lytvyn Bloc but in an electoral alliance with the party Information Ukraine.

On 11 March 2010 party leader Tihipko was elected as one of six deputy Prime Ministers (in charge of economic issues ) in the Azarov Government.

A March 2010 poll predicted that the party would get 7.3% of the vote at the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. A May 2010 poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology showed that the party had the greatest support among voters in central Ukraine (11%), and less supported in the west and south (7%); the lowest number of this party's supporters was in east Ukraine (5%). At the 2010 local elections the party gained about 6% of the votes nationwide.

In the 2010 local elections the party won representative in 20 of the 24 regional parliaments and in the Supreme Council of Crimea.

In May 2011 the rating of the party had dropped to about 5% in election polls.

In August 2011 Tihipko and Prime Minister (and a Party of Regions (POR) leader) Mykola Azarov announced that Strong Ukraine and POR are going to team up and eventually Strong Ukraine will be merged into POR. Tihipko will become a POR member along with other Strong Ukraine representatives. Mid-December 2011 Tihipko predicted the unification process would be completed late January 2012; but he also warned that if "problematic issues" would not be solved Strong Ukraine would not merge. The parties merged on 17 March 2012. According to Sociological group "RATING" the party would have collected 3.1% of the votes if Ukrainian parliamentary election would have occurred in February 2012. In August 2012 experts believed potential voters of Tihipko and his Strong Ukraine! shifted their allegiance to Ukraine – Forward!. In the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections Ukraine – Forward won 1.58% of the national votes and no constituencies and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.

Re-establishment
In March 2014 Tihipko became a self-nominated candidate for President of Ukraine in the 2014 presidential election. On 29 March a Party of Regions convention supported Mykhailo Dobkin's nomination as a presidential candidate. On 7 April 2014 the political council of the party expelled Tihipko from the party. He then accused that the party had "been turned into a branch of a specific financial and industrial group, a private enterprise". On 23 April 2014 Tihipko announced that Strong Ukraine would be revived and that its merger with Party of Regions had been "a mistake".

On 5 August 2014 the party held its first Congress since its re-establishment.

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Tihipko headed the party list of the party, followed by former government minister Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi. In the election the party failed to clear the 5% election threshold (it got 3.11% of the votes) but did win one constituency seat and thus one parliamentary seat.

Ideology and stances
According to Tihipko the party is "patriotic but not nationalistic". Tihipko has stated he wants to "unite the country".

Concerning the War in Donbass, on 5 August 2014 Tihipko said that in March and April 2014 the Yatsenyuk Government wasted a chance to resolve the conflict through negotiations, and that by early August 2014 this was no longer an option. He also stated that "Terrorists" and their supporters in the east of the country had passed a "point of no return". He supports a professional Ukrainian army to prevent the conflict spreading to other parts of the country. The party seeks a peaceful resolution to the conflict by negotiating with Russia through European mediators but not directly with the pro-Russian combatants.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Redlands Christian Reformed Church

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep (no consensus). Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:07, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Redlands Christian Reformed Church
I really don't think this is encylopedic. aliceinlampyland 20:26, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Interesting - I'd say this isn't a very notable Church - and this article doesn't give a lot of information - so I'd be inclined to say merge anything useful with Redland, Queensland. But then we don't seem to merge the average barely notable primary school, so ....--Doc (?) 22:38, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Link from the article about the location rather than merging. CalJW 00:04, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Close enough to be a copyvio from . Double Blue  (Talk) 01:19, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - needs some rewriting to avoid being accused of copyvio, but the organisation is verifiable and encyclopedic!--Takver 06:06, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Important social institutions are "encyclopaedic". Grace Note 06:15, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this should have been nominated on CP. JamesBurns 06:19, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If this is an important social institution, then I'm Elvis. Ambi 06:25, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless proven to be notable Proto 11:07, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete--Cyberjunkie 09:25, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, verifiable, locally important. Kappa 21:34, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Sci-Fi SKANE

Sci-Fi SKANE is a musical collaboration of Swedish musicians Thomas Öberg and Jonas Jonasson, members of Swedish rock groups bob hund and Bergman Rock.

Sci-Fi SKANE was started in 2005, and the goal was stated as being to "create stupidity and dance".

The word SKANE in the name is regarded as an ironic anglification of Skåne, the area the band originates from.

Sci-fi SKANE's musical style is of the same nature as bob hund's and Bergman Rock's style, but without live drums, and dominated by keyboards and programmed sounds. However, the somewhat ironic tone known from bob hund and Bergman Rock is present both in the music and in the lyrics.

So far Sci-Fi SKANE has released two singles: a cover of Canned Heat's "Going Up The Country" called "Jag har aldrig bott vid en landsväg" and another song called "Vi kommer försent till bluesen".

The duo's debut album Känslan av att jorden krymper växer ("the feeling that the Earth shrinks grows") was to be released in Sweden by Silence Records on November 16, 2005, but due to errors in the printing of its phosphorescent cover, the release was delayed.

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Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine

The Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (Партія промисловців i підприємців України) is a political party in Ukraine registered in April 2000. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Anatoliy Kinakh is one of its most noticeable members.

History
At the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002, the party was part of the For United Ukraine alliance. Party leader Anatoliy Kinakh was First Vice Prime Minister in the first Tymoshenko Government

At the parliamentary elections on 26 March 2006, the party took part in the new Our Ukraine bloc. At the early parliamentary elections parliamentary on September 30, 2007, party-members participated in the elections on the Party of Regions election-list.

In the 2010 local elections the party won 1 representatives in 3 regional parliaments and 6 in the Lviv Oblast.

The party did not participate in the 2012 parliamentary elections. And again not in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenix Kwok

Kenix Kwok
Fifth place in 1993's Miss Hong Kong pagent. Now maybe the winner, and maybe the runner up should get articles, but this is ridiculous. Some of this I guess soul dbe merged into an article on the 1993 Miss Hong Kong pagent, if there is one, but this is also full of irrelevent information like the fact that her house was broken into. -R. fiend 20:28, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I may have jumped the gun here; I guess she might be notable enough as an actress. Needs major rewrite though. I'll take a stab at it. -R. fiend 20:33, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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1999 Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes for 1999 were announced on April 12, 1999.

Journalism awards

 * Public Service:
 * The Washington Post, "for its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision."
 * Breaking News Reporting:
 * Staff of The Hartford Courant, "for its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a Connecticut Lottery employee killed four supervisors, then himself."
 * Investigative Reporting:
 * Staff of The Miami Herald, "for its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election, that was subsequently overturned."
 * Explanatory Reporting:
 * Richard Read, The Oregonian, "for vividly illustrating the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local industry that exports frozen french fries."
 * Beat Reporting:
 * Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik, the Los Angeles Times, "for their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola."
 * National Reporting:
 * Staff of The New York Times, and notably Jeff Gerth, "for a series of articles that disclosed the corporate sale of American technology to China, with U.S. government approval despite national security risks, prompting investigations and significant changes in policy."
 * International Reporting:
 * Staff of The Wall Street Journal, "for its in-depth, analytical coverage of the 1998 Russian financial crisis."
 * Feature Writing:
 * Angelo B. Henderson, The Wall Street Journal, "for his portrait of a druggist who is driven to violence by his encounters with armed robbery, illustrating the lasting effects of crime."
 * Commentary:
 * Maureen Dowd, The New York Times, "for her fresh and insightful columns on the impact of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky."
 * Criticism:
 * Blair Kamin, the Chicago Tribune, "for his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting the development of Chicago's lakefront area."
 * Editorial Writing:
 * Editorial Board, the New York Daily News, "for its effective campaign to rescue Harlem's Apollo Theater from the financial mismanagement that threatened the landmark's survival."
 * Editorial Cartooning:
 * David Horsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
 * Spot News Photography:
 * Staff of the Associated Press, "for its portfolio of images following the embassy bombing in Kenya and Tanzania that illustrates both the horror and the humanity triggered by the event."
 * Feature Photography:
 * Staff of the Associated Press, "for its striking collection of photographs of the key players and events stemming from President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and the ensuing impeachment hearings."

Letters awards

 * Fiction:
 * The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
 * History:
 * Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace (Oxford University Press)
 * Biography or Autobiography:
 * Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
 * Poetry:
 * Blizzard of One by Mark Strand (Alfred A. Knopf)
 * General Non-Fiction:
 * Annals of the Former World by John McPhee (Farrar)

Arts awards
Premiered on May 30, 1998, in Purchase, New York by the Westchester Philharmonic, and commissioned by that orchestra for Paul Lustig Dunkel.
 * Drama:
 * Wit by Margaret Edson (Faber and Faber)
 * Music:
 * Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion by Melinda Wagner (Theodore Presser Company)

Other awards
"Bestowed posthumously on Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture."
 * Special Citation:
 * Duke Ellington

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User talk:Dbulwink

January 2009
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. --Jeremy ( Blah blah... ) 05:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Civility warning
Hi there. Two things: you're edit-warring on a page that was merged and redirected as based on a lengthy community discussion found at Talk:Hoagie, and you just personally attacked another editor in this edit summary. Please stop doing both of the above, and discuss your concerns before reverting blindly and insulting other editors. Thanks. Tony Fox (arf!) 05:06, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. --Jeremy ( Blah blah... ) 05:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Please stop assuming ownership of articles. Doing so may lead to disruptive behavior such as edit wars and is a violation of policy, which may lead to a block from editing. --Jeremy ( Blah blah... ) 05:21, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I suggest that you look at a request for comment if you feel that the mediation discussion on the talk page didn't turn out the way that it should have. Reverting the article blindly is not a good approach to getting your changes made. Tony Fox (arf!) 05:42, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

"welcome to wikipedia"
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May Night

May Night (Майская ночь ) is a comic opera in three acts, four scenes, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov from a libretto by the composer and is based on Nikolai Gogol's story "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden", from his collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1829-1832).

The work was composed between 1878 and 1879 and first performed in 1880 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg in Russia.

May Night is not part of the standard operatic repertoire in the West.

Performance history
The St. Petersburg premiere took place on 21 January (O.S. 9 January) 1880 at the Mariinsky Theatre. It was conducted by Eduard Nápravník.

Other notable performances followed. In 1892 in Moscow, the Russian Private Opera's performance at the Shelaputin's Theatre was conducted by Iosif Pribik. Another Russian Private Opera production in 1898 was conducted by Sergei Rachmaninoff, while the Bolshoi Theatre presented the opera in 1909 conducted by Vyacheslav Suk.

Roles
Note: The Village-Head (Голова, Golova) is usually translated "Mayor". "Pannochka" is a diminutive of "Panna", a title in Polish and Ukrainian for an unmarried lady.

Synopsis

 * Time: Whitsuntide or "Rusalka week", beginning of the 19th century
 * Place: Near the village of Dikanka, Ukraine

Act 1
Village street outside Hanna's hut; evening

The people sing a folksong-game. After they disperse, Levko plays the bandura and sings outside Hanna's window. When she steps outside, she's afraid that people will be watching them. After some endearing exchanges, she asks about the old house across the way, over the pond. He tells her that a widower used to live there; his daughter (Pannochka), lived with him, and he decided to marry again. The new stepmother turned out to be a witch, and caused the father to banish his daughter from the house. In sorrow she drowned herself in the pond and became leader of the other rusalki (drowned maidens). One night, while they were all dancing in the moonlight, they saw the witch walking by, grabbed her, and pulled her into the water. The story goes that, now, when someone comes by the pond, Pannochka asks the person to point out which of them is the stepmother.

The story over, Hanna goes inside, and some maidens come around singing a sad "rusalka" song. In stumbles the drunken Kalenik on his way home; he tries dance the hopak and to kiss the girls, but they send him away to the Mayor's house, tricking him into thinking that it's his own.

When all is clear, the Mayor sneaks in, calling for Hanna; from the side, Levko notices that someone is there, and watches. The Mayor, who has his eyes on marrying Hanna, tries to impress her with his oft-repeated story about being a guide for Catherine the Great, but Hanna rebuffs him, sends him off, and goes inside. Levko calls the village lads together and teaches them a song to mock the Mayor and use in playing a trick on him.

Act 2
Scene 1: Interior of the Mayor's hut; late evening

The Mayor and his sister-in-law are entertaining the Distiller at dinner. The Distiller will soon be tearing down the old house by the pond to build a distillery. Kalenik mistakenly bursts in and causes a mild disturbance; then a rock breaks through a window, causing the Mayor to curse the unseen perpetrator outside. In superstitious alarm the Distiller warns the Mayor against such language, relating the story of his late mother-in-law and the ghost that haunted her because of her cursing at him in life. Suddenly, outside, the village lads start singing the taunting song that Levko taught them. The wind blows out the lights, and in the commotion the Mayor captures someone he thinks is the perpetrator, and locks "him" up in a side room. The Clerk enters to report that the lads are running about the village and that he has captured their leader. The Mayor, in disbelief, calls for a light, and they open the locked room. Out comes the Sister-in-Law, sobbing and not a little enraged. She goes outside. The Clerk, the Distiller, and the Mayor set off to find the scoundrel once and for all.

Scene 2: Village street outside the Clerk's hut; moonlit night

Outside the Clerk's hut, where the alleged true perpetrator is locked up, the three approach in trepidation. Crossing themselves against Satan, they open the door, and again out comes the Sister-in-Law, infinitely more angry than before. Then the village police arrive, holding Kalenik mistakenly as prisoner. With the police afraid to proceed, the Mayor threatens them with the wrath of the commissar, and they run off in obedience.

Act 3
 Shore of the lake near the old gentleman's house; luminous moonlit night

Beside the pond, Levko sings to his absent beloved, then asks the moon to shine its light on the path to her abode. A window opens in the old house, and Pannochka appears, begging Levko to sing further. He doesn't seem to notice her at first, but a strange feeling comes over him, and he sings again. Then the rusalki appear on the shore and dance. Overcoming his astonishment, Levko joins in singing their round-dance, while Pannochka begs Levko to find the stepmother-witch.

Then the rusalki begin to play the game called "Raven." The first raven-maiden finds that she cannot continue, and Levko realizes that she can't be the witch. But the second player of that role – the stepmother – exposes her true self; Levko points her out, and the other rusalki jump on her and drag her down to the depths of the pond. In gratitude, Pannochka gives Levko a letter to show to his father, and disappears as dawn breaks. Given that he cannot read, he does not know what the letter contains.

The Mayor and the policemen arrive and grab Levko. The Mayor is surprised to find that the disguised miscreant is his own son. Levko shows his father the letter, which is passed on to the Clerk to read out loud. The letter turns out to be from the commissar, and instructs the Mayor to allow his son to marry Hanna. As the villagers come on the scene to greet the new day, Levko invents the story that the commissar will be coming for dinner, and the Mayor, puffed up with his own importance, gives in to the marriage. Levko and Hanna say a prayer for Pannochka, Kalenik stumbles in again, and the Sister-in-Law gives the Mayor another verbal brow-beating, as the people celebrate.

Principal arias and numbers

 * Overture

Act 1
 * Song: "The sun is down, evening is near" (Levko)
 * Duet: (Hanna, Levko)
 * Trio: "Love me, love me, beautiful maiden" (Hanna, Levko, Village-Head)
 * Song: "Song about the Mayor" (Levko, Lads)

Act 2
 * Scene: The Distiller's Narrative (Distiller)

Act 3
 * Song: "Sleep my beauty, sleep sweetly!" (Levko)
 * Duettino: (Pannochka, Levko)

Structure

 * Overture

Act 1
 * No.1 — Khorovod "Proso" (Chorus)
 * No.2 — Song (Levko)
 * No.3 — Duet (Levko, Hanna)
 * No.4 — Tale (Levko)
 * No.5 — Recitative and Song (Levko, Hanna, Chorus)
 * No.6 — Hopak (Kalenik, Maidens)
 * No.7 — Trio and Chorus (Mayor, Levko, Hanna, Lads)
 * No.8 — Recitative and Chorus "Song about the Mayor" (Levko, Lads)

Act 2 Scene 1
 * No.9 — Trio (Mayor, Sister-in-Law, Distiller)
 * No.10 — Scene with Kalenik and the Distiller's Tale (Kalenik, Mayor, Sister-in-Law, Distiller)
 * No.11 — Scene and Trio "Song about the Mayor" (Mayor, Sister-in-Law, Distiller, Levko, Lads, Clerk, Police)

Scene 2
 * No.12 — Finale (Mayor, Clerk, Distiller)

Act 3
 * No.13 — Scene of the Rusalki (Levko, Pannochka, Rusalki)
 * a) Ukrainian Night and Levko's Song
 * b) Chorus of the Rusalki
 * c) Khorovod of the Rusalki
 * d) Dances and Games of the Rusalki
 * e) Duettino
 * f) Sunrise
 * No.14 — Scene and Song (Mayor, Levko, Clerk, Distiller, Chorus, Hanna)
 * No.15 — Finale (All)

Related works

 * Alexander Dargomyzhsky: Rusalka (1855)
 * Mykola Lysenko: The Drowned Woman (1883)
 * Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (1900)

May Night features the folk character the rusalka, but the work should not be confused with either of the two operas named Rusalka, by Dargomyzhsky (based on Pushkin) and Dvořák (based on Erben and Němcová). Lysenko's opera, on the other hand, is also based on Gogol's story.

Recordings
Audio Recordings (Mainly studio recordings)

 * 1946, Nikolay Golovanov (conductor), Moscow Radio Choir and Orchestra, Moscow Radio Chorus, Sergey Krasovsky (Village-Head), Pyotr Malyutenko (Levko), Mariya Maksakova (Hanna), Georgiy Abramov (Village Clerk), Sergey Streltsov (Distiller), Yelizaveta Antonova (Sister-in-law), Yelizaveta Shumskaya (Pannochka)
 * 1948, Vasiliy Nebolsin (conductor), Bolshoy Theater Orchestra and Chorus, Sergey Krasovsky (Village-Head), Sergey Lemeshev (Levko), Vera Borisenko (Hanna), Pavel Volovov (Kalenik), Vsevolod Tyutyunnik (Village Clerk), Venyamin Shevtsov (Distiller), Yevgeniya Verbitskaya (Sister-in-law), Irina Maslennikova (Pannochka)
 * 1974, Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor), Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Radio Chorus, Aleksey Krivchenya (Village-Head), Konstantin Lisovsky (Levko), Lyudmila Sapegina (Hanna), Ivan Budrin (Kalenik), Gennadiy Troitsky (Clerk), Yuriy Yelnikov (Distiller), Anna Matyushina (Sister-in-law), Olga Pastusenko (Pannochka)
 * 1994, Andrey Chistyakov (conductor), Bolshoy Theater Orchestra, Sveshnikov Academic Choir, Vyacheslav Pochapsky (Village-Head), Vitaly Taraschenko (Levko), Nataliya Erasova (Hanna), Pyotr Glubokiy (Clerk), Aleksandr Arkhipov (Distiller), Nikolay Reshetnyak (Kalenik), Yelena Okolycheva (Sister-in-law), Marina Lapina (Pannochka)
 * 1994, Aleksandr Lazarev (conductor), Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Vladimir Matorin (Village-Head), Vladimir Bogachov (Levko), Tatyana Erastova (Hanna), Maksim Mikhailov (Village Clerk), Vladimir Kudryashov (Distiller), Galina Borisova (Sister-in-law), Yelena Brilova (Pannochka), Mikhail Krutikov (Kalenik)

Source: www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk

Video

 * 2008 Live performance. Dmitry Ulyanov (Mayor), Oleg Polpudin (Levko), Natalia Vladimirskaya (Hanna), Irina Chistyakova (Mayor’s sister-in-Law), Roman Ulybin (clerk),  Vyacheslav Voynarovsky (distiller), Anatoly Loshak (Kalenik), Valeria Zaytseva (Pannochka), Maria Lobanova, Maria Suvorova, Ella Feyginova (three mermaids). Orchestra, Chorus, Soloists, Dancers and Actors of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, Felix Korobov (conductor). Stage Director, Alexander Titel.

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Republican Platform

Republican Platform (Республіканська платформа) is a political party in Ukraine. It was the first registered political party in Ukraine, created on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of UkrSSR. RP was founded earlier that year in place of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group in April 1990.

Previous names

 * 1990 – 2002: Ukrainian Republican party
 * 2002 – 2011: Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" (Українська республіканська партія „Собор“)
 * 2011 – 2015: Ukrainian Platform "Sobor"
 * 2015: Republican platform

History
November 1976 – Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this Ukrainian Helsinki Group were subsequently repressed; four of them (V. Stus, Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps.

March 1988 – Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity, promoting the independence of Ukraine.

April 29–30, 1990 – Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) was established in the place of the UKhS. The party was registered on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of the Ukrainian SSR as the first political party in Ukraine.

A 1992 split in the party resulted in the creation of the rival Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party (UKRP) led by Stepan Khmara.

In the 1994 parliamentary elections the URP core party obtained nine seats initially, adding three more by the end of the year.

During the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party was part (together with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists & Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party) of the Election Bloc "National Front" (Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт») which won 2,71% of the national votes and 6 (single-mandate constituency) seats. In January 2001 the "National Front" parliamentary faction had grown to 17 deputies.

After being part of the National Salvation Committee the party became part of the Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc alliance during the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections. On April 21, 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".

On 15 October 2012 the party withdrew itself from the national list of the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. In the election it did not win any constituencies (it had competed in 12 constituencies ) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.

In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election the participated in 6 constituencies; but its candidates lost in all of them and thus the party won no parliamentary seats.

2010
In the 2010 local elections the party won a few representatives in 3 regional parliaments, all in Western Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Republican Party

The Ukrainian Republican Party (Українська Республіканська партія; Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija) was the first registered political party in Ukraine created on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of UkrSSR. URP was founded earlier that year in place of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group in April 1990. In April 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor". It then reformed in 2006.

History
November 1976 — Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this Ukrainian Helsinki Group where subsequently repressed, four of them (V. Stus, Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps (Gulag).

March 1988 — Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity of promoting the independence of Ukraine.

April 29–30, 1990 — Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) was established in the place of the UKhS. The party was registered on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of the Ukrainian SSR as the first political party in Ukraine.

A 1992 split in the party resulted in the creation of the rival Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party (UKRP) led by Stepan Khmara.

In the 1994 parliamentary elections the URP core party obtained nine seats initially adding three more by the end of the year.

During the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party was part (together with Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists & Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party) of the Election Bloc "National Front" (Виборчий блок партій «Національний фронт») which won 2,71% of the national votes and 6 (single-mandate constituency) seats. In January 2001 the "National Front" parliamentary faction had grown to 17 deputies.

After being part of the National Salvation Committee the party became part of the Yulia Tymoshenko Electoral Bloc alliance during the Ukrainian 2002 parliamentary elections. On April 21, 2002 the party merged with the Ukrainian People's Party "Sobor" as the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor".

In May 2006 Levko Lukyanenko tried to reestablish URP after URP Sobor switched to Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc; the new party became known as the URP of Lukyanenko and registered in 2006.

Reformation
The Ukrainian Republican Party (Українська республіканська партія; Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija) reregistered in December 2006 as Ukrainian Republican Party Lukyanenko (Українська республіканська партія Лук’яненка). The party was led by political veteran Levko Lukyanenko(1928-2018). The party did not participate in the 2007 parliamentary election as well as the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election nationwide proportional party-list system; instead three members of the party tried to win a seat in three of the 225 local single-member districts. None of the parties candidates did win.

The party did participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election in 5 single-member districts; but again did not win seats. The party has not taken part in national elections since 2012.

The party occupies a few seats in local and provincial councils. In the 2020 Ukrainian local elections the party gained 4 deputies (0.01% of all available mandates).

title: Ukrainian Republican Party