Bondarenko V. Free Cossack's movement in the South of Ukraine (1917-1918)

The object of research is a national liberation movement in 1917-1918 years. The aim of research: to examine and generalize of process of organization and development of free cossacks' movement in the South of Ukraine in 1917-1918 as a component part of All-Ukrainian cossacks' movement. The Subjec of research: development of free cossacks' movement in the South of Ukraine of UNR and P. Skoropads'kogo. The methods of research: logical, comparative-history, statistical, sinchronic, descriptive. The results of research and novelty: the prerequisites, reasons, character and peculiarities of origin of Free cossacks' organizations in the South provinces were investigated; the social base of the movement which represented national and social structure of the inhabitants of the Southern region found out; the politics of P. Skoropads'kogo about rebirth of district cossacks in 1918, and its realization in Katherinoslavs'kiy and Khersons'kiy provinces were invetigated. The sphere of usage: subsequent developmentof subject of research, writing of summarizing labours, train aids, during reading of courses of history of Ukraine, military history of Ukraine, history of partys and movements.