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{{distinguish|United Ukraine}}
{{Infobox political party
| country = Ukraine
| native_name = За Єдину Україну!
| logo = For United Ukraine party logo.svg
| leader = [Volodymyr Lytvyn](/source/Volodymyr_Lytvyn)[{{cite web |url=http://www.zaedu.org.ua/index.phtml?razd=leaders |title=Leaders of the "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu" bloc |access-date=2008-02-25 |date= 2002-11-24 |work=Za Yediny Ukrayinu! |language=uk |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041208203028/http://www.zaedu.org.ua/index.phtml?razd=leaders |archive-date= 2004-12-08}}]
| foundation = {{start date|2001|12|15|df=yes}}
| ideology = {{plainlist|
*Pro-[Kuchma](/source/Leonid_Kuchma)
* [Authoritarianism](/source/Authoritarianism)[{{Cite news |date=9 April 2002 |title=Чим є блок "За єдину Україну", який посів третє місце на виборах у загальнодержавному окрузі і має шанси сформувати найбільшу фракцію у парламенті за рахунок депутатів від мажоритарних округів? |language=uk |trans-title=What is the "For United Ukraine" bloc, which took third place in the elections in the state-wide district and has a chance to form the largest faction in the parliament at the expense of deputies from the majority districts? |work=[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty](/source/Radio_Free_Europe%2FRadio_Liberty) |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/888446.html |access-date=16 July 2022}}][{{Cite news |last1=Ocheretiana |first1=Mariia |last2=Zabolotnyi |first2=Nazar |date=26 August 2021 |title=Carried away by authoritarianism. Lessons of the second term of Kuchma |work=Centre of United Actions |url=https://centreua.org/en/parliamentary-republic/carried-away-by-authoritarianism-lessons-of-the-second-term-of-kuchma/ |access-date=2 June 2022}}]
* [Regionalism](/source/Regionalism_(politics))
* [Russophilia](/source/Russophilia)
* [Parliamentarism](/source/Parliamentarism)
}}
| position = [Centre](/source/Centrism)
| colorcode = {{party color|For United Ukraine!}}
| dissolved = June 2002
| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|For United Ukraine!}}|border=darkgray}} [Blue](/source/Blue) and {{Color box|#FFD800}} [Yellow](/source/Yellow) ([Ukrainian national colors](/source/Flag_of_Ukraine))
| headquarters = [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv)
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20050210095119/http://www.zaedu.org.ua/ www.zaedu.org.ua]
}}
{{Politics of Ukraine}}
'''For United Ukraine!''' ({{langx|uk|«За Єдину Україну!»|translit=Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!}}) was a political alliance and an electoral bloc in [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine) founded in December 2001 to participate in the [parliamentary election](/source/2002_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election) held on 31 March 2002.
==History==
In the parliamentary election, the party was supportive of authoritarian,[{{Cite journal |last=Kuzio |first=Taras |date=June 2005 |title=Regime type and politics in Ukraine under Kuchma |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967067X05000231 |journal=Communist and Post-Communist Studies |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=167–190 |doi=10.1016/j.postcomstud.2005.03.007 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}][{{Cite journal |last=Way |first=Lucan A. |date=April 2005 |title=Ukraine's Orange Revolution: Kuchma's Failed Authoritarianism |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236704745 |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=131–45 |doi=10.1353/jod.2005.0037 |s2cid=154821116 |via=ResearchGate}}] incumbent [President](/source/President_of_Ukraine) [Leonid Kuchma](/source/Leonid_Kuchma), and opposed to the pro-democratic [Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc](/source/Our_Ukraine%E2%80%93People's_Self-Defense_Bloc).[{{Cite news |date=10 May 2002 |title=Чи перетворяться блоки "Наша Україна" і "За єдину Україну" на єдині потужні партії? |language=uk |trans-title=Will blocs "Our Ukraine" and "For United Ukraine" become powerful parties? |work=[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty](/source/Radio_Free_Europe%2FRadio_Liberty) |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/889637.html |access-date=16 July 2022}}] It was described by [Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty](/source/Radio_Free_Europe%2FRadio_Liberty) as a "[party of power](/source/party_of_power)", including oligarchs, bureaucrats, and pro-Kuchma politicians, as an attempt to further increase Kuchma's power through constitutional and extra-constitutional means.[{{Cite news |date=9 April 2002 |title=Чим є блок "За єдину Україну", який посів третє місце на виборах у загальнодержавному окрузі і має шанси сформувати найбільшу фракцію у парламенті за рахунок депутатів від мажоритарних округів? |language=uk |trans-title=What is the "For United Ukraine" bloc, which took third place in the elections in the state-wide district and has a chance to form the largest faction in the parliament at the expense of deputies from the majority districts? |work=[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty](/source/Radio_Free_Europe%2FRadio_Liberty) |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/888446.html |access-date=16 July 2022}}] At the election, the alliance won 11.77%[{{in lang|uk}} [http://da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/876.htm Політична партія „Трудова Україна“], Database DATA] of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats, placing it in third behind Our Ukraine and the [Communist Party of Ukraine](/source/Communist_Party_of_Ukraine).[{{Cite news |date=1 April 2002 |title="Наша Україна" лідирує в 14 областях України, Компартія - в 10, блок "За єдину Україну" – аж в 2-ох. Так чому ж такі результати? |language=uk |trans-title="Our Ukraine" leads in 14 oblasts, KPU in 10, "For United Ukraine" bloc in 2. Why these results? |work=[Ukrayinska Pravda](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda) |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2002/04/1/2987966/ |access-date=16 July 2022}}] Final poll results had predicted 7-8% of the total votes.[[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1898223.stm Ukraine's election frontrunners], [BBC News](/source/BBC_News) (28 March 2002)] The alliance received many of its votes from [Donetsk Oblast](/source/Donetsk_Oblast).[[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jlja1Brj8HkC&dq=%22For+a+United+Ukraine%22&pg=PA47 State Building in Ukraine: The Ukrainian parliament, 1990-2003 (BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies)] by [Sarah Whitmore](/source/Sarah_Whitmore), [Routledge](/source/Routledge), 2004, {{ISBN|0415331951}}/{{ISBN|978-0415331951}}]
The alliance consisted of the 5 following members:[[https://books.google.com/books?id=H23Pv4Ik3vMC&dq=Volodymyr+Shcherban&pg=PA391 Communist and Post-Communist Parties in Europe], [Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht](/source/Vandenhoeck_%26_Ruprecht), 2008, {{ISBN|3-525-36912-3}} (page 391)][{{in lang|uk}} [http://da-ta.com.ua/election_news/957.htm 2002 Виборчий блок політичних партій "За Єдину Україну!"], Database DATA]
* [Party of Regions](/source/Party_of_Regions) ({{Langx|uk|Партія регіонів|translit=Partiia rehioniv}}),[{{cite web|url=http://www.partyofregions.org.ua/eng/ |title=Official informational server |access-date=2008-02-24 |work=[Party of Regions](/source/Party_of_Regions) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215131815/http://www.partyofregions.org.ua/eng/ |archive-date=2011-02-15 }}] led by [Volodymyr Semynozhenko](/source/Volodymyr_Semynozhenko).
* [Agrarian Party of Ukraine](/source/People's_Party_(Ukraine)) ({{Langx|uk|Аграрна партія України|links=no|translit=Ahrarna partiia Ukrayiny}}), led by Governor of [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast) Mykhailo Hladiy.[
* [Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine](/source/Party_of_Industrialists_and_Entrepreneurs_of_Ukraine) ({{Langx|uk|Партія промисловців i підприємців України|links=no|translit=Partiya promyslovtsiv i pidpryiemtsiv Ukrayiny}}, PPPU),][{{cite web|url=http://www.pppu.info/|title=Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (PIEU)|access-date=2008-02-24|work=[Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine](/source/Party_of_Industrialists_and_Entrepreneurs_of_Ukraine)|language=uk|archive-date=2008-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216020655/http://www.pppu.info/|url-status=dead}}] led by [Anatoliy Kinakh](/source/Anatoliy_Kinakh).[
* [People's Democratic Party](/source/People's_Democratic_Party_(Ukraine)) ({{Langx|uk|Народно-демократична партія|links=no|translit=Narodno-demokratychna partiia}}),][{{cite web|url=http://ndp.org.ua/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981111190214/http://ndp.org.ua/|url-status=dead|archive-date=1998-11-11|title=Official website of the People's Democratic Party|access-date=2008-02-24|work=[People's Democratic Party](/source/People's_Democratic_Party_(Ukraine))|language=uk}}] led by former [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Ukraine) [Valeriy Pustovoitenko](/source/Valeriy_Pustovoitenko).[
* [Labour Ukraine](/source/Labour_Ukraine) ({{Langx|uk|Трудова Україна|links=no|translit=Trudova Ukrayina}}),][{{cite web|url=http://trud.org.ua/ |title=Informational portal TRUD.org.ua (now defunct)|access-date=2008-02-24|date= 2006-06-12|work=[Labour Ukraine](/source/Labour_Ukraine)|language=uk |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060612201532/http://trud.org.ua/ |archive-date = 2006-06-12}}] led by [Serhiy Tyhypko](/source/Serhiy_Tyhypko).[
Top-10 party list: [Volodymyr Lytvyn](/source/Volodymyr_Lytvyn) (non-partisan), [Anatoliy Kinakh](/source/Anatoliy_Kinakh) ([Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine](/source/Party_of_Industrialists_and_Entrepreneurs_of_Ukraine)), Kateryna Vashchuk (Agrarian Party of Ukraine), [Volodymyr Boyko](/source/Volodymyr_Boyko) ([Party of Regions](/source/Party_of_Regions)), Viktor Skopenko ([Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine](/source/Party_of_Industrialists_and_Entrepreneurs_of_Ukraine)), [Valeriy Pustovoitenko](/source/Valeriy_Pustovoitenko) (People's Democratic Party), [Serhiy Tihipko](/source/Serhiy_Tihipko) ([Labour Ukraine](/source/Labour_Ukraine)), [Volodymyr Semynozhenko](/source/Volodymyr_Semynozhenko) ([Party of Regions](/source/Party_of_Regions)), Mykhailo Hladiy (Agrarian Party of Ukraine), [Heorhiy Kirpa](/source/Heorhiy_Kirpa) (non-partisan).][[https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2002/04/4/4366903/ Meet the "Eda" faction. 150 deputies (Знакомьтесь, фракция "еды". 150 депутатов)]. [Ukrayinska Pravda](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda). 4 April 2002]
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!rowspan=2|Party
!colspan=3|PR
!Constituency
!rowspan=2|Total
seats
!rowspan=2|+/–
|-
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!Seats
|-
|align=left|For United Ukraine (bloc)||'''3,051,056'''||'''12.2'''||'''35'''||'''66'''||'''101'''||New
|-
|align=left|[Party of Regions](/source/Party_of_Regions)|| || ||6||25||31||+29
|-
|align=left|[Agrarian Party of Ukraine](/source/People's_Party_(Ukraine))|| || ||7||15||22||+20
|-
|align=left|[Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine](/source/Party_of_Industrialists_and_Entrepreneurs_of_Ukraine)|| || ||5||1||6||New
|-
|align=left|[People's Democratic Party](/source/People's_Democratic_Party_(Ukraine))|| || ||7||10||17||-11
|-
|align=left|[Labour Ukraine](/source/Labour_Ukraine) (''Trudova Ukrayina'')|| || ||2||2||4||New
|-
|align=left|unaffiliated|| || ||8||13||21||-
|}
==Since the election==
The electoral bloc disintegrated in June 2002, following the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election.[[https://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/Kuzio_ComparativeRevolutions.pdf Democratic Breakthroughs and Revolutions in Five Post-Communist Countries: Comparative Perspectives on the Fourth Wave] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004134223/http://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/Kuzio_ComparativeRevolutions.pdf |date=2012-10-04 }} by [Taras Kuzio](/source/Taras_Kuzio), [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto)]
==See also==
* [United Russia](/source/United_Russia), a pro-Putin political project created in 2001
* [Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc](/source/Our_Ukraine%E2%80%93People's_Self-Defense_Bloc), main opponent
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.zaedu.org.ua/ |title=Main Page (now defunct)|access-date=2008-02-24|date= 2002-11-24|work=Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!|language=uk |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050210095119/http://www.zaedu.org.ua/ |archive-date = 2005-02-10}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.cvk.gov.ua/v98images/doc/Fin_195.htm|title=Financial account of the Electoral bloc "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!"|access-date=2008-02-24|work=[Central Election Commission of Ukraine](/source/Central_Election_Commission_of_Ukraine)|language=uk}}
* {{cite web|url=http://party.civicua.org/s0248033.htm|title=Electoral bloc "Za Yedynu Ukrayinu!"|access-date=2008-02-24|work=party.civicua.org|language=uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026185402/http://party.civicua.org/s0248033.htm|archive-date=2007-10-26}}
{{Ukrainian political parties}}
Category:Defunct political party alliances in Ukraine
Category:Parliamentary factions in Ukraine
Category:2001 establishments in Ukraine
Category:2006 disestablishments in Ukraine
Category:Leonid Kuchma
Category:Party of Regions
Category:Russophilic parties in Ukraine
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