Ukrainian People’s Republic

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former country republic revolutionary state

The Ukrainian People’s Republic was a short-lived independent Ukrainian state that emerged after the Russian Empire’s collapse during World War I and became a key actor in the region’s wars and diplomatic struggles before being absorbed into the Soviet Union.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Ukrainian People's Republic 3
Central Council of Ukraine 1
Government of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former country ⓘ
republic ⓘ
revolutionary state ⓘ
alliedWith Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
capital Kyiv ⓘ
coatOfArms Tryzub ⓘ
surface form: trident (tryzub)
continent Europe ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
countryClaimedBy Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Russia
currency Ukrainian karbovanets ⓘ
surface form: karbovanets
dateDissolved 1921-11-18 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1917-11-20 ⓘ
dateProclaimedIndependence 1918-01-22 ⓘ
declaredBy Central Rada ⓘ
executiveBody Council of People’s Ministers ⓘ
General Secretariat of Ukraine ⓘ
flag blue-and-yellow horizontal bicolor ⓘ
followedBy Second Polish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Polish Republic (Second Polish Republic) in some western territories

Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
governmentType parliamentary republic ⓘ
republic ⓘ
headOfGovernment Volodymyr Vynnychenko ⓘ
Vsevolod Holubovych ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Chairman of the Council of People’s Ministers ⓘ
headOfState Mykhailo Hrushevsky ⓘ
Symon Petliura ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President ⓘ
historicalEra Russian Revolution ⓘ
Ukrainian War of Independence ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
historicalRegion Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper Ukraine
influenced modern Ukrainian statehood ⓘ
legalSuccessorClaimedBy Ukrainian People’s Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile
legislativeBody Central Rada ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Europe ⓘ
officialLanguage Ukrainian ⓘ
opposedBy Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Bolshevik Russia

Polish forces in Western Ukraine (1918–1919) ⓘ
White movement ⓘ
surface form: White movement (anti-Bolshevik forces)
participatedIn Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Polish–Ukrainian War ⓘ
Ukrainian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian–Soviet War
partOf Ukrainian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Ukrainian War of Independence (1917–1921)
precededBy Russian Empire ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918, with Central Powers)

Warsaw Agreement (1920, with Poland) ⓘ
territoryIncludes Chernihiv region ⓘ
Kyiv Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Kyiv region

Podolia ⓘ
Poltava Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Poltava region

Volhynia ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tryzub → adoptedBy → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
Cossacks → associatedWithState → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ukrainian People's Republic
Polish–Soviet War → belligerent → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
Ukrainians → historicalStateAssociatedWith → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
Central Ukraine → historicallyAssociatedWith → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ukrainian People's Republic
Right-bank Ukraine → historicallyPartOf → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
Ukrainian People’s Republic → legalSuccessorClaimedBy → Ukrainian People’s Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile
West Ukrainian People’s Republic → mergedInto → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
Soviet Ukraine → precededBy → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ukrainian People's Republic
Soviet Ukraine → precededBy → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ukrainian State
Verkhovna Rada → precededBy → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Council of Ukraine
West Ukrainian People’s Republic → recognizedBy → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
tryzub → usedBy → Ukrainian People’s Republic ⓘ
subject surface form: Tryzub