IVAN BOBERSKYI AND THE NOVEMBER EVENTS IN LVIV IN 1918

Abstract

For the first time, Ivan Boberskyi's participation in the November events 1918 in Lviv was studied based on various sources: documents of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine, the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv, the Ukrainian Catholic University, "Zbirka voiennykh drukiv" of the Scientific Library of Ivan Franko Lviv National University; "Dnevnyk" of Ivan Boberskyi; the private archives of Stepan Haiduchok (Lviv); periodicals "Dilo" and "Vistnyk Derzhavnoho Sekretariiatu Viiskovykh Sprav"; memoirs of people who knew Ivan Boberskyi directly or indirectly. Involving previously unavailable and little-known documents, his activities during this period were reconstructed. The author has concluded that Ivan Boberskyi took an active part in the newly created Ukrainian state - the West Ukrainian People's Republic (WUPR). His activities in the State Secretariat for Military Affairs (SSMA) of the West Ukrainian People's Republic under Dmytro Vitovskyi were covered. Much attention is given to his initiatives on establishing the "Chancery Department" of the West Ukrainian People's Republic, which he headed, the development of documentation (rules, posters, orders, statements, information about soldiers' salaries, etc.), work on the "Vistnyk Derzhavnoho Sekretariiatu Viiskovykh Sprav". It is emphasized that his work on photo-recording of events made it possible to leave for descendants documentary evidence of the course of the Polish-Ukrainian war. The research methodology is based on principles of objectivity, reliability, complexity, and scientificity. Given the informativeness, excerpts from Ivan Bobersky's "Dnevnyk" from November 1 to November 21, 1918, were published. Keywords: Ivan Boberskyi, Lviv, West Ukrainian People's Republic, State Secretariat for Military Affairs of the West Ukrainian People's Republic, "Chancery Department" of the SSMA WUPR, Polish-Ukrainian War 1918-1919.