2002 in Ukraine
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Events in the year 2002 in Ukraine.
Incumbents
[edit | edit source]- President: Leonid Kuchma
- Prime Minister: Anatoliy Kinakh (until 21 November), Viktor Yanukovych (from 21 November)
Events
[edit | edit source]- 27 July – A Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 piloted by Volodymyr Toponar and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov crashed during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, killing 77 people and injured 543, 100 of whom were hospitalized, making it the deadliest air show accident in history.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- Nikolai Amosov, medical doctor (12 December)
- Valeriy Lobanovskyi, football player and manager (13 May)
- George Shevelov, linguist (12 April)
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