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2) borders;
3) state sovereignty;
4) state system;
5) state emblem.
The WUPR national domain was to embrace
lands, mostly populated by Ukrainians and
marked on the ethnographic map of Austro-
Hungarian monarchy dated by the year of
1855. It was about 70 thousand square
kilometers. The population (by the beginning
of November, 1918) counted 6/2 mln. people
(Ukrainians – 71%, Poles – 14%, Jews – 13%,
2% - other nationalities, primarily Germans).
The only statement of authority was given to
people, who, on the basis of universal, equal,
direct, secret and proportional suffrage had to
elect the members of WUPR Constituent
Assembly. By that moment, people had to
express their will through National Council,
as a legislative organ and State Secretariat as
an executive organ of power. The national
emblem of WUPR was a golden lion on a
blue background, looking in the right
direction.
November, 13 The order about mobilization of citizens to
1918 Ukrainian Galician Army (UGA). It was
signed by the Head of State Secretariat K.
Levytsky and State Secretary of Military
Affairs D. Vitovsky. The nucleus of UGA
was represented by the legion of Ukrainian
Sich Riflemen. The army formation was
carried out by the most effective way, from
below; that is why military units were called

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