Mykola Rohozhynskyy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ukrainian politician
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Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine
About Mykola Rohozhynskyy
- Mykola Volodymyrovych Rogozhynsky (Ukrainian: ??????? ????????????? ????????????) was a self-nominated candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.
- He chaired the Center for Juvenile Creativity, "Zvezdopad" also spelled "Zorepad" ("Starfall"), where more than 100 children aged from 5 to 18 study for free.
- Rogozhynsky was also a poet, his collection "If I could.." was nominated for the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature.
- When vying for the 2004 election, he promised to switch the Ukrainian economy to an innovative development model by development of hi-tech sector, modernization of science and education, investment in intellectual and labor potential of a human being.
- He also promised to turn companies that comprise the geostrategic potential of Ukraine into joint-stock companies with a majority ownership by state. In the first round of the election he polled 10,242 votes, 0.03% of the total, and was eliminated from the second round.
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