Editing Liberalism in Ukraine (section)

==History==
In the mid-1990s, the [[Liberal Party of Ukraine]] (''Liberalna Partia'', observer [[Liberal International|LI]]) formed out of small parties in [[Crimea]]. The [[Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc]] seemed to develop into a more or less liberal party. The [[Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform|UDAR]], which as of 2013 holds 42 seats in the [[Verkhovna Rada]], has been described as a "Western-style liberal party".<ref>{{cite news |title=Vitali Klitschko, Heavyweight Boxing Champion, And UDAR Party Surge In Ukraine Election Polls |author=Balmforth, Richard |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/vitali-klitschko-ukraine-election_n_1948065.html |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=27 August 2013}}</ref> Other, small liberal parties include [[Liberal Democratic Party of Ukraine]], [[Reforms and Order Party]], [[PORA]] and [[Yabluko]]. Also, the [[Democratic Party of Ukraine]] and the [[Democratic Union (Ukraine)|Democratic Union]] have sometimes been referred as liberal parties,{{citation needed|date=January 2010}} though their liberal nature has not been confirmed.

===Ukrainian Radical Democratic Party===
*1905: Inspired by the ideas of [[Michailo Drahomanov]], sympathizers of the Russian [[Constitutional Democratic Party]] in Ukraine formed the liberal [[Ukrainian Radical Democratic Party]] (''Ukrajin'ska Radikal'no-Demokratyčna Partija'').
*1908: The party is reorganized into the [[Ukrainian Progressive League]] (''Tovarystvo Ukraijins'kych Progresystov''), which became the dominant party.
*1917: The party is renamed "[[Ukrainian Party of Federalist Socialists]]" (''Ukrajin'ska Partija Federalistiv-Socialistiv''), which was, despite its name, a liberal democratic party led by [[Serhij Jefremov]]. He did not survive the anti-Ukrainian processes by the communist regime. In exile, the party was renamed into its original name, the Ukrainian Radical Democratic Party.