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West Ukrainian People's Republic Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка (Ukrainian) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1918–1919 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anthem: Ще не вмерла України Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy "Ukraine has not yet perished" | |||||||||||||||||
 West Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918 | |||||||||||||||||
| Status | Partially recognized state (1918–1919)[note 1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Lviv; afterwards Ternopil, Stanyslaviv and Zalishchyky | ||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Ukrainian, Polish, Yiddish | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | 58.9% Greek Catholic 27.8% Latin Catholic 4% Jewish 1.3% other[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Ukrainian National Council | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1 November 1918 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 January 1919 | |||||||||||||||||
• Exile | 16 July 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
• Government-in-exile dissolved | 15 March 1923 | ||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Krone | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Romania | ||||||||||||||||
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The West Ukrainian People's Republic (Ukrainian: Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка (ЗУНР), romanized: Zakhidnoukrainska Narodna Respublika (ZUNR); see other names) was a short-lived polity that controlled most of Eastern Galicia from November 1918 to July 1919. It included major cities of Lviv, Ternopil, Kolomyia, Drohobych, Boryslav, Stanyslaviv and right-bank Peremyshl. Apart from lands of Eastern Galicia, it also claimed the northern part of Bukovyna and the Carpathian Ruthenia. Politically, the Ukrainian National Democratic Party (the precursor of the interwar Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance) dominated the legislative assembly, guided by varying degrees of Greek Catholic, liberal and socialist ideology.[2] Other parties represented included the Ukrainian Radical Party and the Christian Social Party.
The ZUNR emerged as a breakaway state amid the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, and in January 1919 nominally united with the Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) as its autonomous Western Oblast. Poland had also claimed this territory, and by July occupied most of it and forced the West Ukrainian government into exile. When the UPR decided late the same year that it would trade the territory for an alliance with Poland against Soviet Russia, the exiled West Ukrainian government broke with the UPR. The exiled government continued its claim until it dissolved in 1923.
The coat of arms of the ZUNR was azure, a golden lion rampant. The colours of the flag were blue and yellow, with the blue in a much lighter shade than in the modern Ukrainian flag.
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- ^ Klapchuk, Volodymyr & Klapchuk, Mykhailo & Pozdniakov, Oleksandr & Novosolov, Oleksandr. (2019). Administrative-territorial division and population dynamics in Galicia during the second half of the 19th century - the first third of the 20th century. Skhid. 17-24. 10.21847/1728-9343.2019.2(160).164762.
- ^ Armstrong, John (1963). Ukrainian Nationalism. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 18–19.