10 May 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma visited the grave of his father who died at an army hospital in Novgorod Oblast during World War II, RIA-Novosti reported on 9 May.
According to the agency, the fact of Senior Sergeant Daniil Kuchma's death on 7 February 1942 was not firmly established
until the spring of 1996.
In 2001, President Putin visited the grave while visiting Velikii Novgorod.
until the spring of 1996.
In 2001, President Putin visited the grave while visiting Velikii Novgorod.