page_title: 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Ukraine
section_title: Attending dignitaries
hierarchical_section_title: 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Ukraine / Attending dignitaries
caption_attribution_description: English: At the gala event in honour of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine.
context_page_description: The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Ukraine was a celebration in Kiev, Ukraine on October 27–28, 2004 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazi Invaders. It was notable in that it was timed to the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election that occurred a week later. It was the first time the anniversary was celebrated since independence.
context_section_description: Ukrainian
  President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma
  Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn
  Ukrainian Prime Minister and Presidential Candidate Viktor Yanukovych
  Mayor of Kiev Oleksandr Omelchenko
  Russian
  President Vladimir Putin
  Kremlin Chief of Staff Dmitry Medvedev
  Ambassador of Russia to Ukraine and Former Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin
  Gennady Zyuganov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Leader of the CPRF in the State Duma
  Other
  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (who left Kiev before the parade)
  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
  Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was also invited to the celebrations.
caption: The gala event.
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