Ukrainian People's Republic

The Ukrainian People's Republic was the first form of an independent Ukraine before being replaced by the Hetmanate. It would be revived afterwards to only get absorbed by the Soviets and Poland. It was run by the Central Council of Ukraine.

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The February Revolution lead to the weakening of central authority so most regions of the Russian Empire. Ukraine set up its own government the Central Council of Ukraine on March 17th 1917. Mykhailo Hrushevsky was chosen to lead the government and arrived in the capital Kiev on April 9th. The next day the Central Council endorsed the idea of a Ukrainian National Congress. The following day Mykola Mikhnovsky founded the Ukrainian Military Society of Hetman Polubotok to forward his own goals for power. The same day the Central Council organized their first military regiment with the provisional government's approval. On the 13th over 100,000 Ukrainians took to Kiev's streets to demonstrate. From May 2-4 the Ukrainian National Congress occurred reaffirming the Central Council's control. On May 18th the First Ukrainian Military Congress approved the Ukrainian General Military Committee led by Symon Petliura. The previous day the Hetman Polubotok Regiment after nearly causing a revolt was permitted by general Brusilov. From June 10 to the 15th the First All-Ukrainian Peasant Congress happened in Kiev. On June 11th another military regiment was founded in Simferopol despite the provisional government. In late to mid-june 1917 the Second Ukrainian Military Congress happened once again without the approval of the government. On June 24th the Kharkiv governorate recognized the authority of the Central Council. On June 28th the General Secretariat was created and became the government ruling Ukraine on the 28th. The Central Council would still exist however.