MILITARY AND POLITICAL SUCCESSES AND BLUNDERS OF THE STATE AUTHORITY BODIES AND MILITARY COMMAND OF THE WEST UKRAINIAN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC IN THE BATTLE OF LVIV IN THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN WAR 1918–1919

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to analyze the factors that influenced the successes and failures of the Ukrainian uprising on the 1 of November 1918, the protection of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic, the influence of the Polish underground and legal military and paramilitary organizations on the population of Galicia. The methodological basis of scientific research is a dialectic and historical method and a systematic approach. The article analyzes the preconditions of the November uprising and the activity of the Central Military Committee on preparation for armed struggle, the rallying of Ukrainian military forces, difficulties, and obstacles on the way. The main decisions and appeals of the Ukrainian National Council and military administration of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic concerning mobilization of the Ukrainian people to struggle for their statehood and independence on the territory of Eastern Galicia are revealed. The unfavorable conditions of military construction of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic are highlighted, in particular, the absence of their own military formations. The activity of the State Secretariat of Military Affairs concerning the recruitment of the Galician Army, its legal basis, successes and blunders of the Galician Army Initial Team, the number and quality of the armed units that participated in the battle of Lviv and its suburbs are analyzed. Keywords the West Ukrainian People’s Republic, Ukrainian National Council, Central Military Committee, State Secretariat of Military Affairs, Galician Army Initial Team.