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November 1976 — Ukrainian community groups was established to promote the implementation of the Helsinki agreements. Almost all members of this Ukrainian Helsinki Group where subsequently repressed, four of them (V. Stus, Yu. Lytvyn, O. Tykhyi, V. Marchenko) died in Soviet camps (Gulag).
March 1988 — Ukrainian Helsinki Union (UKhS) was formed. Since 1989, UKhS has moved to open propaganda activity of promoting the independence of Ukraine.
April 29–30, 1990 — Ukrainian Republican Party (URP) was established in the place of the UKhS. The party was registered on November 5, 1990 by the Ministry of Justice of the Ukrainian SSR as the first political party in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Republican Party (Ukrainian: Українська республіканська партія; Ukrajinska Respublikanska Partija) reregistered in December 2006[17][14][15] as Ukrainian Republican Party Lukyanenko (Ukrainian: Українська республіканська партія Лук’яненка).[17] The party was led by political veteran Levko Lukyanenko(1928-2018).[14][15] The party did not participate in the 2007 parliamentary election[17] as well as the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election nationwide proportional party-list system;[18] instead three members of the party tried to win a seat in three of the 225 local single-member districts.[19] None of the parties candidates did win.[20]
The party did participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election in 5 single-member districts; but again did not win seats.[21] The party has not taken part in national elections since 2012.[22]