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1918 Government of Workers and Peasants of
Ukraine, headed by G. P’yatakov, on the
territory of Russia (the town of Sudja, Kursk
region). The intervention of Bolshevist troops
into Ukraine started, led by the Ukrainian
Revolutionary Military Council, established
on November, 17 in Moscow.
The end of The Entente countries occupied southern
November, ports of Ukraine. 60-thousand English-
1918 French landing force landed in the Black Sea
ports from Odesa to Sevastopil’
December, 1 The conclusion in Fastiv (near Kyiv) a
1918 preliminary treaty of UPR and WUPR,
proclaiming the necessity of immediate
unification of eastern and western lands of
Ukraine.
December, 14 The troops of Directory occupied Kyiv.
1918 Hetman P. Skoropadsky abdicated his
power.

PART ІІI The rule of Directory. II Ukrainian People’s
Republic.
December, 19 The Directory moved to Kyiv.
1918
December, 26 The Declaration of the Directory, where it
1918 proclaimed the restoration of UPR with the
Directory as the provisional supreme
authority in Ukraine. The supreme legislative
power had to belong to the Working Congress
of Ukraine, formed from peasants, workers
and working intelligentsia. The first
government of Directory (the Council of
People’s Ministers), headed by Social

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