Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, died Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. He was 88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kravchuk was known as the \u201cwily fox\u201d <\/strong>and he rose through the ranks of Ukraine\u2019s Communist Party. In 1990, he took over as head of the parliament. In 1991, He signed the Belovezha accords with Russian President Boris Yeltsin<\/strong> and Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich<\/strong> which effectively triggered the Soviet Union\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, died Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said. He was 88. Kravchuk was known as the \u201cwily fox\u201d and he rose through the ranks of Ukraine\u2019s Communist Party. In 1990, he took over as head of the parliament. 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