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Ukrainian State
Origins
On 29 April 1918 German occupation authorities, unhappy with the socialist Central Rada of the Ukrainian People's Republic, supported a coup by General Pavlo Skoropadsky. A congress of landowners proclaimed him hetman, reviving the title of the Cossack Hetmanate, and the state was renamed the Ukrainian State.
Rule and society
Skoropadsky ruled with broad powers and a cabinet of largely Russian-educated officials. He restored private property in land, angering peasants, and depended on German troops. Yet the state built a working administration and founded the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, a national library and new universities in Kyiv and Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Decline and legacy
When Germany collapsed in November 1918, Skoropadsky declared federation with a future non-Bolshevik Russia. A revolt led by the Directorate gathered strength, and on 14 December 1918 he abdicated and fled to Germany. The Directorate restored the Ukrainian People's Republic.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ukrainian State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ukrainian-state
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- “Ukrainian State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ukrainian-state. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Ukrainian State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/ukrainian-state (Accessed: ).
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