People's Movement of Ukraine

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The People's Movement of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Народний Рух України, romanized: Narodnyi Rukh Ukrayiny) is a Ukrainian political party and one of the first opposition parties in Soviet Ukraine. It is often simply referred to as the Movement (Ukrainian: Рух, romanized: Rukh). The party under the name Rukh was an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) until 2013. It is considered to have played a key role in Ukraine regaining its independence in 1991. Rukh gathers most of its voters and support from Western Ukraine. In November 2016, the party had 35,000 members.

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