Page 146 - 4331

yoke”) published in Lviv periodical “Zhyttia i
Slovo’ (“The Life and Word”).
1896 After the failure of the “new era” policy, a
part of populists headed by O. Barvinsky and
S. Sembratovych, a metropolitan of Ukrainian
Greek-Catholic Church, founded the party of
clerical orientation – the Ruthenian-
Ukrainian Christian Union.
1899 A part of populists, dissatisfied with the
policy of their party members and the left
wing of Ruthenian-Ukrainian Radical Party
founded Ukrainian National-Democratic
Party (UNDP). I. Franko, K.Levytsky, M.
Hrushevsky became its leaders. The People’s
Committee, its governing body, called for
fight for independent Ukraine and
strengthening the feeling of unity with
Ukrainians of Dnieper Ukraine. Soon it
became the most numerous party in the
western Ukraine.
1898 The first volume of “The History of
Ukraine-Rus” by M. Hrushevsky was
published.
1899 The formation of Ukrainian Social
Democratic Party (USDP) in Halychyna. M.
Hankevych, S. Vityk, Y. Bachynsky were its
leaders. They were trying to achieve socialism
by means of reforms, defended class interests
of workers supported legal means of struggle.
The party was not numerous.
The second The mass emigration of western Ukraine’s
th
half of the 19 - population abroad (the USA, Canada, Brazil
the first half of and others). The mass emigration to the USA

144