Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council

Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council
IV Universal
Presented24 January [O.S. 11 January] 1918
Ratified22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1918
LocationEngrossed copy: Central State Electronic
Archives of Ukraine
[1] Rough draft: Central State Archives of Higher Organs of State Power and Administration of Ukraine[2]
Author(s)Mykhailo Hrushevskyi et al.
SignatoriesLower Council of the Ukrainian Central Council
PurposeTo announce and explain independence of Ukrainian People's Republic
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The Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council (Ukrainian: Четвертий Універсал Української Центральної Ради, romanizedChetvertyi Universal Ukrainskoi Tsentralnoi Rady) is a significant state-political declaration that proclaimed the full state independence of the Ukrainian People's Republic.[3][4] It was enacted by the Lower Council (Committee) of the Ukrainian Central Council in Kyiv on 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1918.[a][6] Its issuance followed the commencement of peace negotiations between the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Central Powers in Brest-Litovsk (now in Brest, Belarus).[3]


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