Western Ukraine: Polity Style: 1918-1919 |
| 19 Oct 1918 |
the creation of an Ukrainian state on the territories of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy inhabited by the Ukrainian people is declared by a proclamation drafted by the Ukrainian National Council (Ukrajinsʹka Nacionalʹna Rada | Українська Національна Рада) and approved by a congress of representatives held on 19 Oct 1918 in Lviv (Ukrainian Word, No. 242, 22 Oct 1918, pp. 1-2) |
| 20 Oct 1918 |
the creation of an Ukrainian state is publicly proclaimed at a ceremony held on 20 Oct 1918 in Lviv (Ukrainian Word, No. 242, 22 Oct 1918, p. 2) |
| 1 Nov 1918 |
the government of the Ukrainian territories in Galicia, Bukovina and Hungary is transferred from the vice-president of the governor's office in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria to the representatives of the Ukrainian National Council in accordance with an act signed on 1 Nov 1918 in Lviv (The Deed, No. 254, 4 Nov 1918, p. 1; West Ukrainian People's Republic 1918-1923, 1:246-247) |
| 9 Nov 1918 |
the West Ukrainian State is approved as the name of the state in accordance with a resolution passed by the Ukrainian National Council on 9 Nov 1918 in Lviv (The Deed, No. 258, 11 Nov 1918, p. 1) |
| 9 Nov 1918 - 13 Nov 1918 |
Zaxidnoukrajinsʹka Deržava (Західноукраїнська Держава) | West Ukrainian State |
| 13 Nov 1918 |
the name of the state is changed in accordance with a provisional basic law adopted by the Ukrainian National Council on 11 Nov 1918 in Lviv (The Deed, No. 262, 15 Nov 1918, pp. 1-2; West Ukrainian Law Collection, pp. 3-4; West Ukrainian People's Republic 1918-1923, 2:5-6) [1] |
| 13 Nov 1918 - 22 Jan 1919 |
Zaxidnoukrajinsʹka Narodna Respublika (Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка) | West Ukrainian People's Republic [2] |
| 22 Nov 1918 |
Lviv is occupied by the armed forces of Poland, forcing the government of the West Ukrainian People's Republic to move to the eastern part of the state (Kurjer Lwowski, No. 516, 23 Nov 1918, pp. 1-2) |
| 1 Dec 1918 |
a pre-accession agreement on the further unification of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic into a single state is signed by the representatives of the two republics on 1 Dec 1918 in Fastiv (New Life, No. 4, 4 Jan 1919, pp. 3-4; West Ukrainian People's Republic 1918-1923, 5.1:25-27) [3] |
| 3 Jan 1919 |
the approval of the pre-accession agreement and the unification of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic into a single people's republic is proclaimed in accordance with a resolution passed by the Ukrainian National Council on 3 Jan 1919 in Stanyslaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) (West Ukrainian Law Collection, No. 1, 31 Jan 1919, p. 1) |
| 22 Jan 1919 |
the unification of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic into a single state is proclaimed in accordance with an act approved by the Directory of the Ukrainian People's Republic on 22 Jan 1919, publicly proclaimed at a ceremony held on 22 Jan 1919 in Kyiv (Ukrainian People's Republic Bulletin (Directory), No. 1, 25 Jan 1919, p. 1; New Rada, No. 16, 11/24 Jan 1919, p. 3; New Life, No. 21, 29 Jan 1919, p. 1; Directory and Council of People's Ministers, 1:203-204, 2:441) [4] |
| 22 Jan 1919 - 17 Jul 1919 |
Zaxidna Oblastʹ Ukrajinsʹkoji Narodnoji Respubliky (Західна Область Української Народної Республіки) | Western Province of the Ukrainian People's Republic |
| 17 Jul 1919 |
the polity ceased to exist de facto after a military defeat and the occupation of the territory of the Western Province of the Ukrainian People's Republic by the armed forces of Poland |
