Levchenko O. Combat activity of the Armed Forces of Ukrainian People's Republic (November, 1918 - July, 1919).

The thesis is dedicated the research of the military aspect of the Ukrainian state building of 1918 - 1919, in particular, the determination of role of the regular Armed Forces of the Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) in the process of restoring and functioning the UPR under the leadership of the Directoria. In the thesis, for the first time, the process of creation and the combat activity of the Armed Forces of UPR are analysed in complex within the chronological limits of November, 1918 - July, 1919, in particular, the course of formation of the UPR Armed Forces in the process of the Directoria uprising and after its coming to power is demonstrated; the structure, composition, quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the Army in the field at the main stages of armed struggle, as well as the composition and strength of military groupings which are used in military actions against the UPR are determinated; the character of operations and combat actions with the UPR participation, the usage of administrative and organisation transformations which are accomplished in the troops.