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Unit 11: Ukrainian People's Republic

This theme is dealt with in a lot of historical sources. The following citation is to illustrate this:

 

“On June 23, 1917 the Tsentralna Rada declared its autonomy as part of the Russian Republic by its First Universal at the All-Ukrainian Military Congress. The highest governing body of the Ukrainian People's Republic became the General Secretariat headed by Volodymyr Vynnychenko.

After the October Revolution the Kievan faction of Bolshevik instigated the uprising in Kiev on November 8, 1917 in order to establish the Soviet power in the city. The Kiev Military District forces attempted to stop it, but after the Tsentralna Rada threw its support behind the Bolshevik the Russian forces were eliminated out of Kiev. After expelling the government forces, the Rada announced a wider autonomy for the Ukrainian Republic, still maintaining ties to Russia, on November 22, 1917. Further the Tsentralna Rada in its Universal stated that because there is no Government in the Russian Republic after the October Revolution it proclaims itself the Supreme governing body on the territory of Ukraine until the order in the Russian republic will be restored. The Central Rada called all the revolutionary activities such as the October Revolution a civil war and expressed its hopes for the resolution of the chaos.

After a brief truce, the Bolsheviks realized that Rada has no intention to support the Bolshevik Revolution. They re-organized into an All-Ukrainian Council of Soviets in December 1917 in an attempt to seize power. When that failed due to the Bolsheviks' relative lack of popularity in Kiev, they moved to Kharkiv. The Bolsheviks of Ukraine declared the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic outlaw and proclaimed the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets with capital in Kiev, claiming that the government of the People's Secretaries of Ukraine is the only government in the country. The Bolshevik Red Army entered Ukraine from the Russian SFSR in support of the local Soviet government.

Due to the aggression from the Soviet Russia on January 25, 1918, the Tsentralna Rada issued its Fourth Universal (dated January 22, 1918), breaking ties with Bolshevik Russia and proclaiming a sovereign Ukrainian state. Less than a month later, on February 9, 1918, the Red Army seized Kiev. …”

The complete version of this text is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_People%27s_Republic

 

Assignments

 

1) Give Ukrainian equivalents to the following:

Governing body, uprising, military forces, support, elimination, to announce, brief truce, sovereign state

2) Give definitions to the following:

Autonomy, to restore, revolution, capital, local government, civil war

3) Answer the questions on the text:

Why did theTsentralna Rada issue its First Universal?

1. What did the First Universal proclaim?

2. What happened on November 8, 1917?

3. Who were the General Secretariat headed by?

4. When did the Tsentralna Rada declare its autonomy?



4) Speak on this issue adding extra information from other sources.

5) Tell us something about this building


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