Ukrainian War of Independence Part 6: Liberation and Unification

<p>In this episode of our series on the Ukrainian War of Independence, we follow the course of events in Ukraine after the conclusion of the First World War- as the Hetman is overthrown by a new republican government, and the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic declares independence. While all of Ukraine was officially unified in early 1919, internal divisions and external pressures would once again threaten the Ukrainian national movement. </p> <p><a href='mailto:%20historiadramaticapod@gmail.com'>Email me</a></p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/kaiserwillemii'>Follow me on Twitter</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/historiadramaticapod'>Like the show on Facebook</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxDbRAn94A6txCiKozsxB_g'>Watch the show on YouTube</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.ebay.com/sch/historiadr-8/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from='>Visit the eBay store</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=55693541'>Support the show on Patreon</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;">Works Cited</p> <p>Doroshenko, Dmytro. A Survey of Ukrainian History. Trident Press Limited, 1975. </p> <p>Engelstein, Laura. Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1917-1921. Oxford University Press, 2019. </p> <p>Hrushevsky, Mykhailo. A History of Ukraine. Archon Books, 1970</p> <p>Hunczak, Taras. The Ukraine, 1917-1921: A Study in Revolution. Harvard University Press, 1977.</p> <p>Maslakh, Serhii and Shakhrai, Vasyl. On the Current Situation in Ukraine. University of Michigan Press, 1970.</p> <p>Plokhy, Serhii. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. Basic Books, 2021.</p> <p>Reshetar, John. The Ukrainian Revolution, 1917-1920: A Study in Nationalism. Princeton University Press, 1952.</p> <p>Cover Image: "World Peace in Ukraine!" Ukrainian propaganda poster, c.1920.</p> <p>Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák</p> <p>Closing Theme "Ще не ўмерла Україна," Anthem of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917-1922</p>