West Ukrainian People's Republic | ||||||||||||||||||
Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка Zakhidnoukrayins’ka Narodna Respublika |
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Western Oblast (1919) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Anthem Ще не вмерла Україна (Ukrainian) Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (transliteration) Ukraine's glory has not perished |
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Map of the areas claimed by the West Ukrainian National Republic.
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Capital | Lviv (to Nov 21, 1918) Ternopil (to end of 1918) Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) |
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Languages |
Ukrainian Polish · Yiddish |
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Government | Republic | |||||||||||||||||
President | ||||||||||||||||||
• | 1918 | Kost Levytsky | ||||||||||||||||
• | 1919 | Yevhen Petrushevych | ||||||||||||||||
Legislature | Ukrainian National Council | |||||||||||||||||
Historical era | World War I | |||||||||||||||||
• | Established | October 18, 1918 | ||||||||||||||||
• | Act Zluky | January 22, 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
• | Polish-Ukrainian War | July 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
Population | ||||||||||||||||||
• | 1910 est. | 5,400,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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Today part of |
The West Ukrainian People's Republic (Ukrainian: Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка, Zakhidnoukrayins’ka Narodna Respublika, ZUNR) was a short-lived republic that existed in late 1918 and early 1919 in eastern Galicia. It included the cities of Lviv (Polish: Lwów), Przemyśl (Ukrainian: Peremyshl), Kolomyia (Polish: Kołomyja) and Stanislaviv (Polish: Stanisławów, now Ivano-Frankivsk) and claimed parts of Bukovina and Carpathian Ruthenia. Politically, the Ukrainian National Democratic Party (the precursor of the interwar Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance) dominated the lrgislative assembly, guided by varying degrees of Greek Catholic, liberal and socialist ideology. Other parties represented included the Ukrainian Radical Party and the Christian Social Party.
The coat of arms of the West Ukrainian People's Republic was Azure, a lion rampant Or (a golden lion rampant on a field of blue). The colours of the flag were blue and yellow.