Ukrainian State

Ukrainian State
Українська Держава (Ukrainian)
Ukrainska Derzhava
1918
Anthem: Ще не вмерла України
Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy
"Ukraine has not yet perished"
State seal
Territories controlled (dark green) and claimed (light green) by the Ukrainian State
Territories controlled (dark green) and claimed (light green) by the Ukrainian State
StatusClient state of the German Empire
CapitalKyiv
50°27′00″N 30°31′00″E / 50.45°N 30.5167°E / 50.45; 30.5167
Common languagesUkrainian
Religion
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) and Greek Catholic Church
Demonym(s)Ukrainian
GovernmentProvisional semi-constitutional monarchy under an authoritarian military dictatorship
Hetman 
• 1918
Pavlo Skoropadskyi
Otaman-Minister 
• Apr-May 1918
Mykola Vasylenko
• May-Nov 1918
Fedir Lyzohub
• Nov-Dec 1918
Sergey Gerbel
Legislature
Historical eraWorld War I
• Established
29 April 1918
• Disestablished
14 December 1918
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukrainian People's Republic

The Ukrainian State (Ukrainian: Українська Держава, romanizedUkrainska Derzhava), sometimes also called the Second Hetmanate (Ukrainian: Другий Гетьманат, romanizedDruhyi Hetmanat),[1] was an anti-Bolshevik government that existed on most of the modern territory of Ukraine (except for Western Ukraine) from 29 April[2] to 14 December 1918.[3]

It was installed by German military authorities after the socialist-leaning Central Council of the Ukrainian People's Republic was dispersed on 28 April 1918. The Ukrainian State was governed by Pavlo Skoropadskyi, the hetman of all Ukraine, who outlawed all socialist-oriented political parties, creating an anti-Bolshevik front with the Russian State. It collapsed in December 1918, when Skoropadskyi was deposed and the Ukrainian People's Republic returned to power in the form of the Directorate.[3][4]

  1. ^ Magocsi, Paul Robert (18 June 2010). A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples, Second Edition. University of Toronto Press. p. 520. ISBN 978-1-4426-9879-6.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Orest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States 1999. London: Europa Publications. 1999. p. 849. ISBN 1-85743-058-1.
  4. ^ Yekelchyk, Serhy (2007). Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530546-3.[page needed]

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