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Vynnychenko, S. Petliura, M. Porsh. Among
their goals were: democratic development of
Ukraine with the socialist perspective, its
autonomy within the structure of federal
Russia.
April, 6-8 (19- The All-Ukrainian National Congress in
21) Kyiv. More than 900 representatives of
1917 Ukrainian political parties and public
organizations of all social sections and
regions of Ukraine participated. Ukrainians
from abroad were also present. The congress
proclaimed the C.C. to be the supreme
national power, the representative of
Ukrainian people and delegated it the right to
speak on behalf of all people. The new
membership of the C.C. was elected (118
members). The congress confirmed the main
political goal (programme) – gaining
national and territory autonomy. M.
Hrushevsky was elected the head; S.
Yefremov and V. Vynnychenko were elected
his deputies. The Small Council was formed
to deal with current issues.
April, 18 The beginning of Ukrainian army units’
1917 formation. The first Ukrainian army unit was
established – B. Khmelnytsky regiment,
which enumerated 3 thousand soldiers. They
were Ukrainians, who gathered at the
gathering point and asked to send them to the
front as a separate Ukrainian unit. The group
was organized by several officers, the
representatives of “P. Polubot’ko Ukrainian
military club”, headed by lieutenant M.

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