1918 Peace Brest

Rally in support of the Central Rada, Kyiv, summer 1917

DEMAND UKRAINIAN STATE!Delegates Applaud Wilson Participation in Peace Congress. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Delegates at a congress held here adopted resolutions demanding the establishment of an independent Ukrainian State as an essential condition for the realization of peace and justice in Eastern Europe. They declared themselves opposed to any armed intervention that would endanger the principle of self‑determination of nations. One of the resolutions protests against the occupation of Eastern Galicia by Polish troops, which, the delegates assert, represents the interests of Polish imperialists. Another resolution expresses support for President Wilson’s participation in the Peace Conference and voices confidence that he will defend the principles of right, democracy, liberty, justice, and the self‑determination of nations which he upheld during the war. From The New York Times, Dec. 15, 1918. Copyright The New York Times.

RUSSO-UKRAINE PEACE, AGREEMENT FOR ARBITRATION OF FUTURE DISPUTES REPORTEDAMSTERDAM, June 28.—A telegram from Kiev, russia, says that an agreement has been reached in the peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine regarding the frontier boundaries. All disputes arising after the conclusion of peace are to be settled by a court of arbitration. Both delegations declared themselves ready to exclude all idea of annexations or forcible seizure of territory. In view of the political, economic and other interests of both peoples, it was decided that the ethnographic principle should govern the formation of the frontiers. Published: June 29, 1918 The New York Times. Copyright © The New York Times.

UKRAINE UNIONISTS WIN, WHOLE COUNTRY SAID TO HAVE BEEN RECONQUEREDSTOCKHOLM, Dec. 17.—A telegram to the Social-Demokraten says that troops of the Ukrainian National Union are besieging Kiev and have reconquered the whole of Ukraine. The political situation everywhere is said to be favorable to the National Union. Another telegram says that the Union has proclaimed a federative union of the whole russian democracy. The Social-Demokraten comments that the Ukrainian National Union has on its side the sympathy and support of the Allies. It says it is of the greatest importance that all efforts should be made to support those who are working for democracy and against Bolshevism. The paper also points to the English support of the democratic Government in Esthonia, and concludes that the Allies’ policy in the East is in full accord with clear democratic principles. Published: December 18, 1918 The New York Times. Copyright © The New York Times.

UKRAINIAN MISSION ON ITS WAY HERE

UKRAINE TO SEEK ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE. WILL THEN TAKE OVER PART OF RUSSIAN DEBT—ASKS PLACE AT PEACE TABLEPARIS, Jan. 31 (Havas).—The Ukrainian Government has decided to refuse to take part in the proposed conference on the Princes Islands, according to an interview given by M. Sedenko, Minister of Internal Communications in the new Ukrainian Government. M. Sedenko has opened negotiations with the French Government with a view to securing admission of Ukraine to the Peace Conference. Ukraine’s chief claim, he says, is for recognition. If this is granted, Ukraine will propose an alliance with France based on the former alliance between France and russia, and will assume a portion of the Russian debt, France to accept payment in wheat. The Peace Conference has received two replies to its invitation to the Princes Islands conference. One is from the Government of North Russia, which formally refuses to meet the Bolsheviks. The other is from the Omsk Government, headed by Admiral Kolchak, which expresses its willingness to confer, but under reservations which make participation in the propos

Cultural elite at the opening of the monument to KotlyarevskyThe first work of new Ukrainian literature - "Aeneid", written in the vernacular back in 1798, is a symbol of a new era for Ukrainian culture.

Dissident Lukyanenko in the hands of the people on the day Ukraine regained independence in 1991

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi with a group of Ukrainian student youth in PoltavaAt the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the death of Ivan Kotlyarevskyi