West Ukrainian People’s Republic

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Ukrainian state former state unrecognized state

The West Ukrainian People’s Republic was a short-lived Ukrainian state proclaimed in late 1918 in Eastern Galicia following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, seeking independence amid the turmoil of World War I and subsequent regional conflicts.

Aliases (5)

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ukrainian state → former state → unrecognized state →
aim	creation of an independent Ukrainian state in Western Ukrainian lands →
alsoKnownAs	West Ukrainian National Republic → Western Ukrainian People’s Republic →
capital	Lviv → Stanyslaviv → Ternopil →
claimedTerritoryFrom	Czechoslovakia → Kingdom of Romania → Second Polish Republic →
coatOfArms	coat of arms of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic →
conflict	Polish–Ukrainian War → Ukrainian–Soviet War →
continent	Europe →
conventionalLongName	West Ukrainian People’s Republic →
country	West Ukrainian People’s Republic →
currency	Austro-Hungarian krone → Ukrainian karbovanets →
dissolved	1919-07-17 →
era	World War I → interwar period →
established	1918-11-01 →
executiveBody	State Secretariat of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic →
firstPresident	Yevhen Petrushevych →
firstPrimeMinister	Kost Levytsky →
flag	flag of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic →
governmentType	republic →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister →
headOfState	Yevhen Petrushevych →
headOfStateTitle	President →
historicalRegion	Bukovina → Eastern Galicia → Galicia → Transcarpathia →
historicalStatus	short-lived state →
language	Ukrainian →
legalClaim	self-determination of Ukrainians in former Austro-Hungarian territories →
legislature	Ukrainian National Council →
mergedInto	Ukrainian People’s Republic →
nativeName	Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка →
notRecognizedBy	Entente Powers →
populationMajority	Ukrainians →
populationMinority	Jews → Poles →
predecessor	Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED → Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria →
primeMinister	Kost Levytsky → Sydir Holubovych →
proclaimed	1918-11-01 →
proclaimedIn	Lviv →
recognizedBy	Ukrainian People’s Republic →
religion	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church →
shortName	ZUNR →
successor	Second Polish Republic → Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic →
todayPartOf	Poland → Romania → Slovakia → Ukraine →
unionAct	Act Zluky →
unionDate	1919-01-22 →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
West Ukrainian People’s Republic ("Western Ukrainian People’s Republic") → West Ukrainian People’s Republic ("West Ukrainian National Republic") →	alsoKnownAs
Polish–Ukrainian War ("West Ukrainian People's Republic") →	conflictBetween
West Ukrainian People’s Republic →	conventionalLongName
West Ukrainian People’s Republic →	country
Ukrainians →	historicalStateAssociatedWith
West Ukrainian People’s Republic ("Ukrainian National Council") →	legislature
West Ukrainian People’s Republic ("Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка") →	nativeName