THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC AND THE BELARUSIAN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC, THE BEGINNING OF STATE FORMATION: HISTORICAL ANALOGIES (1917–1918)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26661/zhv-2024-9-61-08Keywords:
military and political aggression, statehood, Russian Soviet Republic, Belarusian People’s Republic, Ukrainian People’s RepublicAbstract
The article substantiates the relevance of considering the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the Belarusian People’s Republic in the context of historical analogies. It is noted that the First World War became the «catalyst» of the Ukrainian (1917–1921) and Belarusian (1917–1920) national revolutions. The activity of political forces and soldier masses in Ukraine and Belarus is out-lined as the main impetus for the creation of statehood. It is indicated that the establishment of Ukrainian and Belarusian statehood was opposed by the Russian government represented by the Provisional Government and the SNK. The article highlights the sequence of methods of Russian-Bolshevik aggression against Ukraine and Belarus: from attempts to organize their own disguised «conventions» in Ukrainian and Belarusian capitals to a full-scale military invasion and occupation. The comprehensive approach of the Russian-Bolshevik aggression is also outlined. It is indicated that the Russian Bolsheviks, in addition to open external military aggression, declared pro-Russian Bolshevik quasi-state formations to disguise their own actions in Ukraine; in Belarus, the Russian Bolsheviks organized their own pseudo-committee. The article reveals the rejection of Russian Bolshevism by the Ukrainian and Belarusian delegates who were present at the All-Ukrainian and All-Belarusian congresses. This fact has been demonstrated as the main reason for direct full-scale military aggression by the Russian Bolsheviks. The impossibility of normal cooperation between the Kaiser military occupation administration and the Ukrainian and Belarusian governments is outlined. It is noted that the Ukrainian and Belar-usian governments recognized the legal existence of national minorities on Ukrainian and Belarusian territories. In this way, Ukrainian Belarusians and Belarusian Ukrainians received the necessary legal protection and recognition.
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