Ukrainian state
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| Українська Держава Ukrayinska Derzhava |
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| Capital | Kiev | |||||||||
| Languages | Ukrainian | |||||||||
| Religion | Ukrainian Orthodox | |||||||||
| Government | Authoritarian state under a provisional government | |||||||||
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| • | 1918 | Pavlo Skoropadskyi | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | |||||||||
| • | Established | 29 April 1918 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 14 December 1918 | ||||||||
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The Ukrainian State (Ukrainian: Українська держава, Ukrayinska Derzhava), sometimes also called the Hetmanate (Ukrainian: Гетьманат, Hetmanat) was an anti-socialist government that existed on most of the modern territory of Ukraine (except for West Ukraine) from April 29 to December 14, 1918. It was installed after the socialist-leaning Central Council of the Ukrainian People's Republic was dispersed on April 28, 1918. Ukraine turned into a provisional dictatorship of Hetman of Ukraine Pavlo Skoropadskyi, who outlawed all socialist-oriented political parties, creating an anti-Bolshevik front. It collapsed in December 1918, when Skoropadskyi was deposed and the Ukrainian People's Republic returned to power in the form of the Directorate.
The establishment of the Ukrainian State led to unification of most of Ukraine in its contemporary borders, disbanding all Soviet quasi-states sanctioned by the Bolshevik Petrograd such as the Odessa Soviet Republic, Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic and others. More assertive foreign policy and military support from the Central Powers saw some improved stabilization within the country.
The collaborationist country lay in Eastern Europe along the middle and lower sections of the Dnieper on the coast of Black and Azov Seas. The Ukrainian State covered most of the territory of modern-day Ukraine—minus West Ukraine and Crimea. Its territory however extended into today's Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Poland.
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