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Poles, use a revolver and killed count
Pototsky, the governor of Halychyna. He was
sentenced to death but it was substituted to 20
years of imprisonment under the pressure of
the public. Sichynsky managed to escape
from the prison of Stanislaviv and emigrate to
the USA.
July 1910 In the process of confrontation of Ukrainian
and Polish students, Adam Kotsko the leader
of Ukrainian student community was killed.
1911 Pupils of Lviv secondary schools founded a
secret society “Plast” to conduct military
training.
1913 By requests of metropolitan Andriy
Sheptytsky (he became the head of Ukrainian
Greek-Catholic Church in 1900), the
Ukrainian National Museum was opened in
Lviv.
June, 28 Shevchenko move (honouring the 100-the
1914 anniversary of T. Shevchenko’s birthday)
took place in Lviv. It was a mass
manifestation of formations of “Sich”,
“Sokil”, ‘Plast’ and other organizations that
were responsible for moral and physical
preparation of youth for future fights for
revival of the Ukrainian state.
July, 1 The formation of the Supreme Ukrainian
1914 Council (SUC) in Lviv. It was an interparty
alliance of RURP, USDP and UNDP. It was
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headed by K. Levytsky. On the 3 of August
on the pages of the “Dilo” newspaper SUC
appealed to the population with a
proclamation. It proclaimed that Russia “is a

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