Open AccessSOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROCESSES IN GALICIA DURING 1919–1920 IN THE EVHEN CHYKALENKO'S ASSESSMENT (BASED ON "THE DIARY")
Author(s) -
Ivan Pater
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ukraïna. kulʹturna spadŝina, nacìonalʹna svìdomìstʹ, derzavnìstʹ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2223-1196
DOI - 10.33402/ukr.2018-31-156-169
Subject(s) - ukrainian , emigration , politics , independence (probability theory) , political science , state (computer science) , independent state , economic history , political economy , sociology , history , law , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
This paper reports on views of E. Chykalenko on social and political processes in Galicia at a dramatic time for the Ukrainians. Much attention is given to his contacts with the Galician community in the early ХХ century, help to Dnieper political immigrants in Lviv, anger at the Russian occupation authorities in Galicia during the Great War. It focuses on his perception of the Ukrainian Revolution, refusal to participate in political processes at that time, negative attitude towards the Bolshevik authorities, forced emigration.The author also highlights E. Chykalenko's position to the activities of the Ukrainian National Council (UNR), its president E. Petrushevych, his comparison of Galician and Dnieper social and political life in the Ukrainian dimension. The attitude to the Ukrainian-Polish war, the decisions of the Paris Peace Conference concerning Eastern Galicia, the reflections on the Galician politicians, the struggle of the Galician for state independence are revealed.KeywordsEvhen Chykalenko, "The Diary", Galicia, Dnieper Ukraine.