First Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council | |
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Ratified | 23 June [O.S. 10 June] 1917 |
Location | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Author(s) | Volodymyr Vynnychenko |
Signatories | Little Council of the Ukrainian Central Council |
Purpose | declaration of the national autonomy |
The First Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council (Ukrainian: Перший Універсал Української Центральної Ради, romanized: Pershyi Universal Ukrainskoi Tsentralnoi Rady) is a state-political act, the universal of the Central Council of Ukraine, which proclaimed the autonomy of Ukraine. Accepted 23 June [O.S. 10 June] 1917 in Kyiv. The full name is the Universal of the Ukrainian Central Rada to the Ukrainian people, in Ukraine and beyond Ukraine.