Shaimrayeva V. International relations of the Ukrainian People's Republic at Directoriee's time.

The research problem, raised by the author, consists of the analysis and summarizing the factors, which influenced the development and coming into force the foreign policy doctrine of the ruling Ukrainian political parties at the end of 1918 - 1920. The dissertation gives a profound analysis of the internal and international factors, influencing the process of forming up foreign policy conception of the Ukrainian People's Republic at the Directoree Period (December, 1918 - November, 1920). The circumstances and the main directions of its coming into force by the National Diplomacy are also analyzed. Ukrainian political parties of the national-democratic revolution 1917 -1920 period and the foreign policy aspect of their program documents are enlighten. Ukrainian People's Republic government international activity alternative variants are also analyzed. Its activity was directed at securing the favorable conditions for the national government and its diplomatic acknowledging in Europe and m me world. The author has also analyzed: - The peculiarities and the perspectives for becoming the Ukrainian People's Republic the key-point in the system of regional security in the Eastern Europe and іп the Black Sea Region; - The main steps of forming mutual cooperation of Ukraine with the neighboring states; - The necessity of signing Ukraine-Poland military-political unity at the final period of the Liberating struggle. Author defined the causes of the national diplomacy failure at the Paris peace-making conference and the foreign policy factor influencing the fate of the Ukraine national-democratic revolution of 1917 -1920 by using the complex analysis. Making reference on the leading Ukrainian parties program documents, the author admits that after the victory of February, 1917 democratic revolution the prominent national political forces demanded a wide national-territory autonomy for Ukraine. But gradually these demands turned into the independency demands due to the unfavorable developments of the events on theinternational arena during the winter of 1917 1918.There was a hope for the union with the new democratic Russia in future. Directoree forming and people's rebel against the Hetman P. Skoropadsky's Regime were at the time of cardinal changes in the international situation and the foreign policy of Ukraine, caused by the end of World War І. Ukraine suffered heavy losses. Ukrainian People's Republic couldn't survive without the support of Amanta, "white-guard" and "communist". But none of these countries supported Ukraine independence. That's why in summer 1919 the Ukrainian diplomacy concentrated its efforts on defending the Ukrainian People's Republic national interests at the Paris Peace Conference. But the negative Antanta and the USA attitude to Ukraine's independence abolished all the efforts of the Ukrainian diplomats dealing with the international law acknowledgement of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Extremely important approach of the Ukrainian People's Republic in the period of Directoree was forming friendly relations with the states, which appeared on the territory of the former Russian Empire. These countries could together better protest against "unique and indivisible" Russia, gain the Antanta support and diplomatic acknowledgement in the world. Since the end of December 1918, the Pro-Antanta grouping in the Ukrainian People's Republic government (S.Petlura, A.Livytsky, K.Matsiyevich, M.Tishkevich and others) took the course on the state-political unity with Poland and Rumania. In April 21-24, 1920, Warsaw Ukraine-Poland Unity agreement was signed, but the Ukrainian People's Republic was destroyed by the Soviet Russia a year later.