Запорізький корпус Армії УНР на території сучасної Луганщини в 1918 р.

Abstract

The article covers the period of stay in the territory of Eastern Ukraine, in particular the modern Lugansk region, units of the Zaporozhye Corps of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which were located here during the spring-fall of 1918. The author considered the initial stage of formation of the unit, the liberation of the Bolsheviks from the territory of Slobozhanshchina and the Donetsk basin, the location on the border with Soviet Russia, the collision with the Bolsheviks. It is stated that the corps was critical of the new power of Hetman Pavel Skoropadsky, the main speeches against him were considered. Numerous conflicts of warriors with the authorities, in particular with the Derzhavna Varta (State Guard), are analyzed. The reaction to the anti-Hetman coup in the Zaporozhye Corps, as well as its retreat under pressure from the Red Army at the end of 1918 from the territory of modern Lugansk region, is illuminated. The author concludes that an important page of the history of the Zaporizhzhya Corps of the UNR Army is connected with the northern part of modern Luhansk region. Since the establishment of the Hetman's power, the Zaporizhzhya Corps has actually been in opposition to it. In this way, the Zaporizhzhya Corps became a factor that destabilized the situation in the region with strong Bolshevik propaganda. At the same time, there was no talk of supporting the Bolshevik ideology itself. The presence of support from the military of the Zaporozhye Corps intensified the spontaneous peasant-peasant movement in the region, which was under social slogans and had anti-landlord, anti-occupation and anti-government orientation, later used in its favor by the Bolsheviks.