Incumbent Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his predecessors - Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko – have attended a flower laying ceremony at the monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko on the occasion of the 152nd anniversary of his reburial in Ukraine, the presidential press service reported on Wednesday.
The ceremony included a performance of some of Shevchenko's works by Ukrainian kozbar folk singers.
Flowers were also laid at the monument by Verkhovna Rada Speaker Volodymyr Rybak and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
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