Rural Revival Party
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The Rural Revival Party is a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

.

History

The party was registered in May 1993 under the name Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine but did not participate in the 1998
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 1998
The second Ukrainian parliamentary election after the collapse of the Soviet Union took place on 29 March 1998. In comparison to the first parliamentary election, this time half of 450 parliament seats were filled by single-seat majority winners in 225 electoral regions , and the other half were...

 and 2002
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002
Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2002 took place on March 31. Half of the deputies to Verkhovna Rada were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies...

 elections.

In the parliamentary elections of 26 March 2006
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt...

 the party was part of the Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch
Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch
The Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, is a defunct political alliance in Ukraine led by Yuriy Kostenko and Ivan Plyushch.It consisted out of:*Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine*Political Party Cathedral Ukraine...

 which failed to win parliamentary seats. After this election the party changed its name to Rural Revival Party.

In the 30 September 2007 elections
Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt...

, the party failed as part of the Peasants' Bloc "Agrarian Ukraine" to win parliamentary representation.
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