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Kolomyis’ka, Berezhans’ka and the like. In
the second half of November UGA
enumerated 25 thousand men. By September,
1919 it rose up to 125 thousand. The main
reason for that was the fact, that population
saw the defence of their native land a matter
of life and death.
November, 21 Ukrainian troops retreated from Lviv. Armed
1918 conflicts of Ukrainian and Polish armies in
Lviv started on November, 1. Despite the
numerical superiority of Polish army (200
thousand), the first three weeks did not bring
success to any. Only when it was decided to
send Polish military groups from Peremyshl
to Lviv, Ukrainian troops had to leave Lviv.
WUPR government moved to Ternopil’.
Since January, 2, 1919 it moved to
Stanislaviv.
December, 1 The bilateral preliminary treaty of WUPR
1918 and the Directory was concluded about
“unification of both Ukrainian states in to a
single state unit”. On January, 3 Ukrainian
National Council ratified the agreement in
Stanislaviv.
January, 4 Ukrainian National Council in Stanislaviv
1919 adopted the Law of establishment of the
Council Presidium, consisting of 9 members
(the President of the Council was the tenth
member – Y. Petrushevych). The presidium
was responsible for government formation,
assignment of high-ranking officials and
officers, law declaration, amnesty and
clemency right. The new government – the

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