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and industrial products. The Brest-Lytovsk
treaty was a success of Ukrainian diplomacy
and meant international recognition of
Ukraine as an independent state.
March, 2 German troops occupied Kyiv. The Red
1918 Army troops left Kyiv. The Soviet
government moved to Poltava. On March, 7
the C.C. government arrived to Poltava.
March, 3 The Brest-Lytovsk peace treaty between the
1918 Quarter union and Soviet Russia. Soviet
Russia had to recognize Ukraine an
independent state and was to start peace
negotiations with the government of UPR.
April, 6 The conflict of C.C. and German
1918 administration. German commander-in-chief
Eichgorn without a preliminary coordination
with C.C. issued an order about compulsory
land sowing. C.C. protested, but at that time it
did not have efficient support of population.
April, 25 The Eichgorn’s order to establish courts
1918 martial over Ukrainian citizens. It was a step
towards coup d’?tat.
April, 29 C.C. approved the draft of UPR’s
1918 Constitution “The Statute of the State
System, Rights and Freedoms of UPR”. The
principle of functions’ distribution among
different power branches was introduced:
legislative (people’s assembly), executive (the
Council of People’s Ministers) and judicial.
The constitution guaranteed all citizens of
UPR equal civil and political rights, private
property remained but without any
guarantees.

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