Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has said he hopes that the construction of a Cossack capital near Kyiv will start this spring.
He said this at an extended meeting of the Council of Ukrainian Cossacks in Kyiv on Feb. 22.
"I’d like us to implement this project this spring, uniting all of our efforts," Yushchenko said.
He said that a land plot for the construction of the Cossack capital near Kyiv had already been allocated. He said that this was a good place within ten minutes’ drive of Kyiv, with a river and forest located nearby.
Yushchenko said that this would be the official residence of Ukrainian Cossacks.
