Solovyova V. The formation and the activities of the diplomatic representatives of the Ukrainian national governmenys in 1917 -1921.

The systematic and comprehensive study of the process of formation and activities of the Ukrainian diplomatic representatives on the different stages of national liberation movements in 1917-1921 has been carried out. Тhe efficiency of their work relatively to the establishment of intergovernmental contacts of the states of the Entente, the Union of the Four States, the neutral states and the newly created state formations on the territory of the former Russian and Austro-Hungarian empire has been first analyzed in the dissertation in native and foreign historiography on the basis of the attraction and the analysis of the wide range of sources and literature, considerable part of which has been first introduced into scientific circulation. The substantial additions have been brought into the study of the foreign-policy course of the national Ukrainian governments. The basic stages of the forming of the Ukrainian embassies and diplomatic missions, the delegations to the international forums have beenresearched. Their structure, professional level and political positions have been described. First, the personal staff of the diplomatic representations, their financing, the personal contribution of the leading Ukrainian diplomats into the realization of the national interests has been determined.