Europe · The modern states
Ukrainian People's Republic
drawn on the map 1919
Amid the Russian Revolution, the Central Rada in Kyiv proclaimed the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) — autonomous in 1917, then fully independent in January 1918. Its brief, embattled existence unfolded during the Russian Civil War, invasions by Bolshevik, White, Polish and other forces, and shifting German patronage.
- Shown on the map
- 1919
- Peak area
- 524k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
Amid the Russian Revolution, the Central Rada in Kyiv proclaimed the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) — autonomous in 1917, then fully independent in January 1918. Its brief, embattled existence unfolded during the Russian Civil War, invasions by Bolshevik, White, Polish and other forces, and shifting German patronage. In April 1918 the Germans installed the conservative Ukrainian State (Hetmanate) under Pavlo Skoropadskyi; his regime fell in late 1918, and the UNR was restored under the Directorate (Symon Petliura). In the former Habsburg lands, the West Ukrainian People's Republic was proclaimed in Lviv in November 1918 and fought a losing war with Poland; it briefly united with the UNR (the Act of Unification, 22 January 1919). By 1921 the Ukrainian lands were partitioned between Soviet Russia (the Ukrainian SSR) and Poland, ending independent statehood until 1991.
Common questions
- What was the Ukrainian People's Republic?
- Amid the Russian Revolution, the Central Rada in Kyiv proclaimed the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR) — autonomous in 1917, then fully independent in January 1918. Its brief, embattled existence unfolded during the Russian Civil War, invasions by Bolshevik, White, Polish and other forces, and shifting German patronage.
- When is the Ukrainian People's Republic shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Ukrainian People's Republic 1919. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Ukrainian People's Republic?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Ukrainian People's Republic covered about 524,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each state as the primary basis, cross-checked against Encyclopædia Britannica, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the ICTY and the 2004 Wiesel Commission for genocide and atrocity figures, and current news reporting (Reuters, AP, BBC, and others) for 2025–2026 political developments, which should be verified against live sources. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Ukrainian State en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_State
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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