OREANDA-NEWS. March 24, 2008. President Victor Yushchenko met today with Leonid Stadnyk, the world’s tallest living man according to Guinness World Records 2008. At the meeting Victor Yushchenko presented Leonid Stadnyk with a car specially adapted by AvtoZAZ for his stature in response to President’s request, which followed Mr. Stadnyk’s corresponding petition.

Leonid Stadnyk, born 1971 in Zhytomyr region, is 2.59m tall.