Author: Dennis Abrams
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Keywords: leaders, world, modern, yushchenko, viktor
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2007-04-30
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0791092666
ISBN-13: 9780791092668

With his election to the Ukrainian presidency, Viktor Yushchenko became a hero throughout the world for his courage in the face of nearly overwhelming adversity. After three elections (two of them marred by fraud), one attempted murder by poison, one revolution, and one decision by the Supreme Court of Ukraine, he was able to win the first truly free elections in his nation’s history. However, his real challenges were just beginning. Yushchenko was elected president of a country still struggling with independence, a country tainted by its history of corrupt and ruthless leadership. "Vict