Гетьманський переворот 29 квітня 1918 р.: які політичні сили та партії його здійснили?

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to find out which political forces and parties took part in the preparation, organization, and implementation of the Hetman coup on April 29, 1918, to establish the degree of participation in this process by the Ukrainian People's Community (UPC), the Union of Land Owners and the Ukrainian Democratic Agrarian Party (UDAP). The research methodology is based on general theoretical principles of historical knowledge (historicism, objectivity, alternative) and special historical principles (historical-genetic, historical-comparative, historical-typological, problem-chronological, etc.). The scientific novelty lies in an attempt to determine the level of participation of various political forces and parties in preparing and implementing the Hetman coup of April 29, 1918, in particular, to rethink the role of the UDAP. Conclusions. The analysis of the source base shows that the Ukrainian People's Community played the leading role in the preparation and implementation of the Hetman coup, whose members carried out all the necessary organizational and preparatory measures, including military support. The proclamation of the Hetman took place at the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Congress, the convocation of which was prepared and organized by the Union of Landowners. The UDAP did not take a direct part in the Hetman's coup. The presence of rank-and-file members of the UDAP at the meeting of the agrarian congress at the time of P. Skoropadskyi's proclamation as hetman, as well as the overwhelming support of the new government from the majority of party branches, caused the spread of the opinion in the historical literature about the party's involvement in the organization of the coup.