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style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kharkiv_Oblast" title="Governor of Kharkiv Oblast">Governor of Kharkiv Oblast</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 March 2014<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 3 February 2015<sup id="cite_ref-RyninBio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RyninBio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mykhailo_Dobkin" title="Mykhailo Dobkin">Mykhailo Dobkin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ihor_Raynin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ihor Raynin">Ihor Raynin</a><sup id="cite_ref-RyninBio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RyninBio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1970-12-10</span>) </span>December 10, 1970<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 54)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian SSR">Ukrainian SSR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Batkivshchyna" title="Batkivshchyna">Batkivshchyna</a> until 2014 <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Pediatrician<sup id="cite_ref-DWBaluta_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWBaluta-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ihor Myronovych Baluta</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>: <span lang="uk">Ігор Миронович Балута</span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Ukrainia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainia">Ukrainian</a> <a href="/wiki/Pediatrician" class="mw-redirect" title="Pediatrician">pediatrician</a>, businessman, <a href="/wiki/Ukrainia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainia">Ukrainian</a> politician and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kharkiv_Oblast" title="Governor of Kharkiv Oblast">Governor of Kharkiv Oblast</a> from March 2014 to February 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-DWBaluta_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWBaluta-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RyninBio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RyninBio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ihor_Baluta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/60px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/120px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Baluta was born 9 July 1970 in <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1993 he graduated from <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_National_Medical_University" title="Kharkiv National Medical University">Kharkiv Medical Institute</a> (specializing in <a href="/wiki/Pediatrics" title="Pediatrics">pediatrics</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1993 until 1998 he worked at a <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_hospital" title="Children's hospital">children's hospital</a> in Kharkiv.<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baluta was an assistant at the laboratory of <a href="/wiki/Clinical_Immunology" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinical Immunology">Clinical Immunology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allergology" class="mw-redirect" title="Allergology">Allergology</a> of the Kharkiv Research Institute of Microbiology and Immunology Department of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Academy_of_medical_sciences_of_Ukraine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Academy of medical sciences of Ukraine (page does not exist)">Academy of medical sciences of Ukraine</a> in Kharkiv from early 1999 until early 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2002 until 2005 he was <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> of two commercial enterprises.<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Late 2004 he participated in the <a href="/wiki/Orange_Revolution" title="Orange Revolution">Orange Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From April 2005 until September 2010 Baluta served as head of the main Directorate of labour and social protection of the population of <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast" title="Kharkiv Oblast">Kharkiv Oblast</a> (province).<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/2010_Ukrainian_local_elections" title="2010 Ukrainian local elections">2010 he was elected</a> as a Deputy of the Kharkiv Oblast Council (for <a href="/wiki/Batkivshchyna" title="Batkivshchyna">Batkivshchyna</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DWBaluta_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWBaluta-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election" title="2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election">2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election</a> Baluta was for Batkivshchyna in constituency 168 situated in Kharkiv.<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Short_bio_of_Valeriy_Pysarenko_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Short_bio_of_Valeriy_Pysarenko-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished second in this race with 29.34% (winner <a href="/wiki/Valeriy_Pysarenko" title="Valeriy Pysarenko">Valeriy Pysarenko</a> of <a href="/wiki/Party_of_Regions" title="Party of Regions">Party of Regions</a> won with 43.44%).<sup id="cite_ref-Short_bio_of_Valeriy_Pysarenko_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Short_bio_of_Valeriy_Pysarenko-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 March 2014 Baluta was appointed Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.<sup id="cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2014_pro-Russian_conflict_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine">At the time of his appointment Kharkiv Oblast was in uproar</a> because of <a href="/wiki/Pro-Russian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-Russian">pro-Russian</a> protests.<sup id="cite_ref-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the day of his appointment on his Government office the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian flag">Ukrainian flag</a> was replaced with a <a href="/wiki/Russian_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian flag">Russian flag</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baluta's first public appearance was two days later when he spoke to a crowd of <a href="/wiki/Euromaidan" title="Euromaidan">pro-EU demonstrators</a> expressing his support for the new <a href="/wiki/First_Yatsenyuk_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="First Yatsenyuk Government">Yatsenyuk Government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From then until 13 April regional (Baluta's Government office the) <a href="/wiki/2014_pro-Russian_conflict_in_Ukraine#Kharkiv_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine">state administration building was occupied</a> multiple times by pro-Russians (until it became fully under Ukrainian control); accompanied by violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian demonstrators.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KRR2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KRR2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kharkivinfiltrate_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kharkivinfiltrate-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kernessep_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernessep-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DWBaluta_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWBaluta-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OSCEmonitor_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSCEmonitor-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kharkiv returned to relative calm by 30 April.<sup id="cite_ref-OSCEmonitor30_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OSCEmonitor30-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 February 2015 <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">President of Ukraine</a> <a href="/wiki/Petro_Poroshenko" title="Petro Poroshenko">Petro Poroshenko</a> replaced Baluta and appointed <a href="/wiki/Ihor_Raynin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ihor Raynin">Ihor Raynin</a> as governor in his place.<sup id="cite_ref-RyninBio_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RyninBio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the October <a href="/wiki/2015_Ukrainian_local_elections#Kharkiv" title="2015 Ukrainian local elections">2015 Ukrainian local elections</a> Baluta was a candidate for <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Kharkiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor of Kharkiv">Mayor</a> of Kharkiv for the party <a href="/w/index.php?title=Volunteer_Party_of_Ukraine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Volunteer Party of Ukraine (page does not exist)">Volunteer Party of Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election was won by incumbent Mayor <a href="/wiki/Hennadiy_Kernes" title="Hennadiy Kernes">Hennadiy Kernes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the October <a href="/wiki/2020_Ukrainian_local_elections#Kharkiv_Oblast" title="2020 Ukrainian local elections">2020 Ukrainian local elections</a> Baluta was a candidate for the <a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast_Council" title="Kharkiv Oblast Council">Kharkiv Oblast Council</a> for the party <a href="/wiki/Aktsent" title="Aktsent">Aktsent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He, nor his party, were elected to this regional parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ihor_Baluta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-bioBalSQ-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioBalSQ_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sq.com.ua/rus/files/65/">Short bio</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140615150654/http://www.sq.com.ua/rus/files/65">Archived</a> 2014-06-15 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, SQ</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RyninBio-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RyninBio_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RyninBio_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RyninBio_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RyninBio_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Ukrainian)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://espreso.tv/news/2015/02/03/poroshenko_znyav_balutu_i_pryznachyv_raynina_holovoyu_kharkivskoyi_oblasti">Poroshenko replaced Baluta and Raynin is appointed head of Kharkiv Oblast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Espreso_TV" title="Espreso TV">Espreso TV</a> (3 February 2015)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://day.kyiv.ua/ru/news/120914-glava-harkovskoy-oga-vyshel-iz-batkivshchiny">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DWBaluta-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-DWBaluta_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DWBaluta_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DWBaluta_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DWBaluta_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dw.de/kharkiv-torn-between-europe-and-russia/a-17478397">Kharkiv torn between Europe and Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Welle" title="Deutsche Welle">Deutsche Welle</a> (6 March 2014)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Newly_appointed_Kharkiv_governor_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/photo/kharkivs-euromaidaners-gather-newly-appointed-governor-attends-the-rally-338393.html">Newly appointed Kharkiv governor makes first public appearance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Post" title="Kyiv Post">Kyiv Post</a> (March 4, 2014)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Ukrainian)</span> Blog by <a href="/wiki/Arsen_Avakov_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsen Avakov (politician)">Arsen Avakov</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/avakov/4ff7ba5d603f1/view_print/">Represent candidates - District N168 (Kharkiv) - IHOR Baluta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukrayinska_Pravda" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrayinska Pravda">Ukrayinska Pravda</a> (7 July 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Short_bio_of_Valeriy_Pysarenko-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Short_bio_of_Valeriy_Pysarenko_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Short_bio_of_Valeriy_Pysarenko_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.segodnya.ua/elections/elections2012/Dose-mazhoritarshchika-Valeriy-Pisarenko.html">Short bio of Valeriy Pysarenko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Segodnya" title="Segodnya">Segodnya</a> (19 September 2012)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Latest+from+the+Special+Monitoring+Mission+in+Ukraine+%E2%80%93+based+on+information+received+up+until+29+April+2014&rft.pub=Organization+for+Security+and+Co-operation+in+Europe&rft.date=2014-04-30&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.osce.org%2Fukraine-smm%2F118186&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIhor+Baluta" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Ukrainian)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/3573784-khto-rvetsia-do-vlady-v-naibilshykh-mistakh-ukrainy">He rushes to the authorities in the largest cities of Ukraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korrespondent.net" title="Korrespondent.net">Korrespondent.net</a> (8 October 2015)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/300596.html">Kernes wins elections for Kharkiv mayor with over 65% of vote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interfax-Ukraine" title="Interfax-Ukraine">Interfax-Ukraine</a> (31 October 2015)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Ukrainian)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kh.depo.ua/ukr/kh/eks-golova-kharkivskoi-oda-balotuvatimetsya-do-oblradi-vid-partii-yakoyu-volodie-bogoslovska-202009181217281">The ex-head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration will run for the regional council from the party owned by Bogoslovska</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Depo.ua&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Depo.ua (page does not exist)">Depo.ua</a> (18 September 2020)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cvk.gov.ua/pls/vm2020/pvm057pid112=12pid102=5441pf7691=5441pt001f01=695rej=0pt00_t001f01=695.html">Results of the 2020 elections of the Kharkiv Oblast Council</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Election_Commission_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Election Commission of Ukraine">Central Election Commission of Ukraine</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ihor_Baluta&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" 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style="width:1%">General<br />topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_losses_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of aircraft losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Aircraft losses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_situation_during_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Humanitarian situation during the war in Donbas">Humanitarian situation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_war_in_Donbas" title="International reactions to the war in Donbas">International reactions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_and_organizations_sanctioned_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War">Sanctioned people</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OSCE_Special_Monitoring_Mission_to_Ukraine" title="OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine">OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trilateral_Contact_Group_on_Ukraine" title="Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine">Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_volunteer_movement_helping_Ukrainian_forces_in_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Civil volunteer movement helping Ukrainian forces in the war in Donbas">Civil volunteer movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War)" title="Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)">Little green men</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-terrorist_Operation_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-terrorist Operation Zone">Anti-terrorist Operation Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil%E2%80%93military_administrations_(Ukraine)" title="Civil–military administrations (Ukraine)">Civil–military administrations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2014)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2014)">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2015)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2015)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2016)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2016)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2017)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2017)">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2018)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2018)">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2019)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2019)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2020)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2020)">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2021)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2021)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_war_in_Donbas_(2022)" title="Timeline of the war in Donbas (2022)">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Battles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Donetsk_(2014)" title="Capture of Donetsk (2014)">Capture of Donetsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Artemivsk" title="Battle of Artemivsk">Battle of Artemivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sloviansk" title="Siege of Sloviansk">Siege of Sloviansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kramatorsk" title="Battle of Kramatorsk">Battle of Kramatorsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mariupol_(2014)" title="Battle of Mariupol (2014)">Battle of Mariupol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2014)" title="Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014)">Battles of Sievierodonetsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karlivka" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Karlivka">Battle of Karlivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="First Battle of Donetsk Airport">1st Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_the_Luhansk_border_base" title="Siege of the Luhansk border base">Siege of the Luhansk border base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krasnyi_Lyman" title="Battle of Krasnyi Lyman">Battle of Krasnyi Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelenopillia_rocket_attack" title="Zelenopillia rocket attack">Zelenopillia rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_in_Shakhtarsk_Raion" title="Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion">Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Horlivka" title="Battle of Horlivka">Battle of Horlivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yasynuvata" title="Battle of Yasynuvata">Battle of Yasynuvata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ilovaisk" title="Battle of Ilovaisk">Battle of Ilovaisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novosvitlivka_refugee_convoy_attack" title="Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack">Novosvitlivka refugee convoy attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Novoazovsk" title="Battle of Novoazovsk">Battle of Novoazovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offensive_on_Mariupol_(September_2014)" title="Offensive on Mariupol (September 2014)">Mariupol offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Donetsk_Airport" title="Second Battle of Donetsk Airport">2nd Battle of Donetsk Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Debaltseve" title="Battle of Debaltseve">Battle of Debaltseve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyrokyne_standoff" title="Shyrokyne standoff">Shyrokyne standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marinka_(2015)" title="Battle of Marinka (2015)">Battle of Marinka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Svitlodarsk" title="Battle of Svitlodarsk">Battle of Svitlodarsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Avdiivka_(2017)" title="Battle of Avdiivka (2017)">Battle of Avdiivka (2017)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Donbas_status_referendums" title="2014 Donbas status referendums">Donbas status referendums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_Air_Force_Ilyushin_Il-76_shootdown" title="2014 Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shootdown">Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelling_of_Donetsk,_Rostov_Oblast" title="Shelling of Donetsk, Rostov Oblast">Shelling of Donetsk, Rostov Oblast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_cross-border_shelling_of_Ukraine" title="2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine">2014 Russian cross-border shelling of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 17">MH17 shoot-down</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17_shootdown" title="International reactions to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 shootdown">reactions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_2166" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 2166">UNSC Resolution 2166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wales_summit" title="2014 Wales summit">NATO summit in Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsk_agreements#Minsk_Protocol" title="Minsk agreements">Minsk Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Donbas_general_elections" title="2014 Donbas general elections">Donbas general elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_G20_Brisbane_summit" title="2014 G20 Brisbane summit">2014 G20 Brisbane summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volnovakha_bus_attack" title="Volnovakha bus attack">Volnovakha bus attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2015_Mariupol_rocket_attack" title="January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack">Mariupol rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Kramatorsk_rocket_attack" title="February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack">Kramatorsk rocket attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsk_agreements#Minsk_II" title="Minsk agreements">Minsk II ceasefire agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Kharkiv_bombing" title="2015 Kharkiv bombing">Kharkiv bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Zakharchenko#Death" title="Alexander Zakharchenko">Assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Donbas_general_elections" title="2018 Donbas general elections">Donbas general elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No_to_capitulation!" title="No to capitulation!">No to capitulation!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanytsia_Luhanska_kindergarten_bombing" title="Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing">Stanytsia Luhanska kindergarten bombing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Self-proclaimed<br />states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg/40px-Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg/60px-Flag_of_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a> (April 2014 – September 2022)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="Luhansk People's Republic">Luhansk People's Republic</a> (April 2014 – September 2022)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg/40px-War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg/60px-War_flag_of_Novorussia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Novorossiya_(confederation)" title="Novorossiya (confederation)">Novorossiya</a> (May 2014 – May 2015) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic_and_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" title="International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic">International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">(Pro-)<br />Russian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces">Russian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian separatist forces in Donbas">Separatist forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_used_by_Russian_separatist_forces_of_the_war_in_Donbas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of equipment used by Russian separatist forces of the war in Donbas">List of equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas#Luhansk_People's_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian separatist forces in Donbas">Army of the South-East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Army" title="Russian Orthodox Army">Russian Orthodox Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combatants_of_the_war_in_Donbas#Vostok_Battalion" title="Combatants of the war in Donbas">Vostok Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmius_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalmius Brigade">Kalmius Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sparta_Battalion" title="Sparta Battalion">Sparta Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia_Battalion" title="Somalia Battalion">Somalia Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prizrak_Brigade" title="Prizrak Brigade">Prizrak Brigade</a></li></ul></li> <li>Political parties and movements <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Republic_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donetsk Republic (political party)">Donetsk Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Russia_Party" title="New Russia Party">New Russia Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic">Communist Party of DPR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peace_to_Luhanshchina" class="mw-redirect" title="Peace to Luhanshchina">Peace to Luhanshchina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borotba" title="Borotba">Borotba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antifascist_Committee_of_Ukraine" title="Antifascist Committee of Ukraine">Antifascist Committee of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Choice" title="Ukrainian Choice">Ukrainian Choice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Russia_of_E._V._Limonov" title="The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov">The Other Russia of E. V. 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