Petro Shelest

Petro Shelest (1908–1996) – Leader of Communist Ukraine

• Actions:
  • Appointed leader of Ukraine by Nikita Khrushchev.
  • Promoted Ukrainian national identity within the framework of the Soviet system.
  • Deposed by Leonid Brezhnev and replaced by Volodymyr Shcherbytsky.
• Significance:
  • Revived the idea of national communism, indirectly contributing to later Ukrainian nationalism.
• Successor and Legacy:
  • Succeeded by Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, a loyalist to Brezhnev.

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