The Ukrainian War of Independence was a series of conflicts fought on the territory of Ukraine following the collapse of the Russian Empire. After the revolution of 1917, a Central Rada was formed in Kyiv and proclaimed the Ukrainian People's Republic, which soon came into conflict with the Bolsheviks. The country was occupied by Germany and Austria-Hungary under the treaty of Brest-Litovsk, then run by a conservative Hetmanate, and later by a Directorate under Symon Petliura. Ukrainian forces fought against the Red Army, the White Army, Polish troops and anarchist forces, amid political divisions and terrible violence against civilians, including pogroms. In the end, Ukraine was divided between Soviet Russia and Poland, and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was established.
Before and after
- from 1 November 1917 to 2 November 1917Third Battle of Gaza
- 2 November 1917The Balfour Declaration
- from 7 November 1917 to 18 March 1921Ukrainian People's Republic
- from 7 November 1917 to 25 October 1922Russian Civil War
- from 8 November 1917 to 17 November 1921Ukrainian War of Independence
- 14 November 1917Birth of Park Chung-hee
- 15 November 1917Death of Émile Durkheim
- 19 November 1917Birth of Indira Gandhi
- from 20 November 1917 to 8 December 1917Battle of Cambrai
More in Wars, politics & history
- 1919Paris Peace Conference
- 3 March 1923Time
- from 1 August 1927 to 1 May 1950Chinese Civil War
- 30 September 1938Munich agreement
- from 1 September 1939 to 6 October 19391939 Invasion of Poland
- 1944Golden Globes
The era
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