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==1917-1922==

==1917-1922==

After the [[February Revolution]] in Imperial Russia and the creation of the provisional government in 1917 the Ukrainian nationalists assumed the control of many institutions and on April 3, 2017 (Gregorian calendar) they constituted the National Council or Central Rada, while Bolshevik groups created the Soviets of Soldiers and Workers. The Rada requested full autonomy on April 26. On July 13, with the nationalists growing stronger and stronger, it was proclaimed the autonomous territory of Ukraine within the Russia Empire and a provisional government was formed. The Russian government ([[Kerensky regime]]) sent delegates to negotiate the future status, but no agreement had been reached when the Bolsheviks took the power. The [[Rada]] refused to recognize the Soviet government and on November 20, 1917, it was proclaimed the Ukrainian Peoples Republic with the governments of Kiev, Podolia, Volinia, Chernigov, Poltava, [[Kharkov]], Yekaterinoslav, Kerson and Tauride ([[Zaporozhye]]). The yellow and blue flag was adopted on December 29, 1917. Over the next three years Kiev changed hands over twenty times as competing factions vied for control of Ukraine in the Russian Civil War.

After the [[February Revolution]] in Imperial Russia and the creation of the provisional government in 1917 the Ukrainian nationalists assumed the control of many institutions and on April 3, 2017 (Gregorian calendar) they constituted the National Council or Central Rada, while Bolshevik groups created the Soviets of Soldiers and Workers. The Rada requested full autonomy on April 26. On July 13, with the nationalists growing stronger and stronger, it was proclaimed the autonomous territory of Ukraine within the Russia Empire and a provisional government was formed. The Russian government ([[Kerensky regime]]) sent delegates to negotiate the future status, but no agreement had been reached when the Bolsheviks took the power. The [[Rada]] refused to recognize the Soviet government and on November 20, 1917, it was proclaimed the Ukrainian Peoples Republic with the governments of Kiev, Podolia, Volinia, Chernigov,<ref>[https://orthochristian.com/77399.html ST. LAWRENCE OF CHERNIGOV: SOME PROPHECIES AND STATEMENTS ON THE UKRAINIAN SITUATION], Dimitra Dwelley. orthochristian.com</ref> Poltava, [[Kharkov]], Yekaterinoslav, Kerson and Tauride ([[Zaporozhye]]). The yellow and blue flag was adopted on December 29, 1917. Over the next three years Kiev changed hands over twenty times as competing factions vied for control of Ukraine in the Russian Civil War.

Soviet Republic of Ukraine (December 1917): On December 23 the Bolsheviks took Karkov in eastern Ukraine. They also controlled Shmerinka in the west. The first Congress of all the Soviets of Ukraine gathered in Karkov on December 12, 1917, and decided the establishment of the formally proclaimed Soviet Republic on December 25 (Ukrainian Peoples Republic of the Soviets of Workers and Peasants, or Soviet Federal Republic of Ukraine or Soviet Peoples Republic of Ukraine) that had as its capital Karkov. The Soviet Republic encompassed theoretically all the Soviets of Ukraine, each one having established their own republic. It subsisted until May 1918. It used red flag with the national flag in the canton, adopted at the beginning of January 1918. In this month Yekaterisnoslav was occupied. In February 2018 the Bolshevik forces entered in Kiev, but the arrival of German forces (March) forced them to vacate it, losing practically all Ukraine. The Republic of Donetzk-Krivorog was established simultaneously with capital in Karkov, probably as one of the constituent subrepublics.

Soviet Republic of Ukraine (December 1917): On December 23 the Bolsheviks took Karkov in eastern Ukraine. They also controlled Shmerinka in the west. The first Congress of all the Soviets of Ukraine gathered in Karkov on December 12, 1917, and decided the establishment of the formally proclaimed Soviet Republic on December 25 (Ukrainian Peoples Republic of the Soviets of Workers and Peasants, or Soviet Federal Republic of Ukraine or Soviet Peoples Republic of Ukraine) that had as its capital Karkov. The Soviet Republic encompassed theoretically all the Soviets of Ukraine, each one having established their own republic. It subsisted until May 1918. It used red flag with the national flag in the canton, adopted at the beginning of January 1918. In this month Yekaterisnoslav was occupied. In February 2018 the Bolshevik forces entered in Kiev, but the arrival of German forces (March) forced them to vacate it, losing practically all Ukraine. The Republic of Donetzk-Krivorog was established simultaneously with capital in Karkov, probably as one of the constituent subrepublics.