of the Commonwealth of Independent States On September 18, 1993 in Kyiv took place the third congress of GKU led by Oleksandr Bazyliuk. On December 18–19, 1993 in Kharkiv took place the fourth congress of GKU in order to nominate candidates of parliamentarians for the 1994 Ukrainian parliamentary election. At the congress the ideology of the party was identified as left-centrist. During the elections only two candidates were successful: Volodymyr Alekseyev (Electoral district 369, Industrial) and Yuriy Boldyriov (Electoral district 112, Kirovsk-Shakhtarsk). Both of them, however, oscillated from GKU after being elected. At the 1994 Presidential elections GKU supported both Leonid Kuchma and Oleksandr Moroz and at the second round - Leonid Kuchma. On November 5–6, 1994 in Donetsk took place the fifth congress of GKU at which Bazyliuk was reelected as the party's leader. On April 22, 1995, after the reaction in Crimea and exile of Yuriy Meshkov to Moscow, in Simferopol took place the seventh congress of the Republican Party of Crimea, which adapted decision about self-liquidation and proposed its members to join the Civil Congress of Ukraine. On March 16, 1996 GKU actively supported the creation of the Congress of Russian Organizations of Ukraine in Kyiv which was headed by Oleksandr Bazyliuk. The next day in Kyiv took place the sixth congress of GKU. On May 24, 1997 at the seventh congress of GKU Bazyliuk was reelected as the leader of GKU. For the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections the party along with the Ukrainian Party of Justice joined the Electoral bloc "Laborious Ukraine" (not to be confused with Serhiy Tihipko's parties Labour Ukraine or Labour Party Ukraine). The party list was headed by the General Ivan Herasymov. The elections were not successful for the "Laborious Ukraine" as it did not manage to obtain any seats in Verkhovna Rada. Slavic Party On April 26, 1998 in Donetsk took place the eighth congress where GKU was officially renamed as the Slavic Party. On May 15, 1999 in Donetsk took place the ninth congress of Slavic Party, which nominated Oleksandr Bazyliuk as a candidate to President of Ukraine. At the 1999 presidential elections Bazyliuk place second to last. It is currently a member of the Left Opposition. Results References External links Volodymyr Alekseyev, profile on website of the Verkhovna Rada Yuri Boldyriov, profile on website of the Verkhovna Rada Political parties of Ukraine Political Ukraine today Party self-liquidation in Ukraine