Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty: In the land of Yanukovych's forefathers
The tiny village of Yanuki, in northern Belarus, has no post office, no stores, no school, and only four remaining residents, but it's the ancestral home of likely Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych.

Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty: In the land of Yanukovych's forefathers

Feb 9, 2010 at 20:05
The residents of one Belarusian village were particularly interested in the results of the Ukrainian election.The tiny village of Yanuki, in northern Belarus, has no post office, no stores, no school, and only four remaining residents, but it's the ancestral home of likely Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych. It was from Yanuki that Yanukovych's grandfather emigrated prior to the October Revolution, hoping to find better fortunes in neighboring Ukraine's Donbas region. Read the story here.

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