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of their restoration), the representatives of
cultural-educational, military and other
organizations, societies and circles. The
Ukrainian Central Council (UCC) arose as a
public organization and the coordinating
centre of Ukrainian national movement. M
Hrushevsky was elected the head of C.C. The
C.C. was not elected, but formed by means of
co-optation; it was filled up by the
representatives of different parties, various
social sections of population by delegating
them to the Central Council. By autumn,
1917, it included 822 members.
March - April The Constituent Congress of Ukrainian
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1917 political parties took place. On the 25 of
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March (the 7 of April) the SUP congress
turned it into “The Union of Ukrainian
Autonomists-Federalists”, which soon
became the party itself. D. Doroshenko, S.
Yefremov, A. Nikovsky were among its
leaders. They supported the wide autonomy of
Ukraine within the structure of Russia. On the
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4 (17 ) April – a congress of the Ukrainian
Party of Socialists-Revolutionists (UPSR). M.
Kovalevsky, O. Sevriuk, P. Hrystiuk and later
M. Hrushevsky were its leaders. Their goals
included deep agrarian changes, liquidation of
landownership, national and territory
autonomy of Ukraine within the structure of
Russia. It was one of the most mass parties;
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On the 4 (17 ) of April the conference of the
Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
(USDLP) took place. The leaders: V.

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