General Secretariat of Ukraine
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The General Secretariat of Ukraine was the main executive institution (government) of the Ukrainian People's Republic
from June 28, 1917 to January 22, 1918.
It closely related to the today's Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
. It was accepted by the Mala Rada of the Tsentralna Rada
of Ukraine after the proposition of the Ukrainian party of SR
(UPSR) to establish the council of secretaries. It consisted of eight (8) general secretaries and one (1) general chancellor .
. The document together with the First Universal caused a lot of worrying in Petrograd as precedent to possible separation. It only took several days when the official delegation led by Aleksandr Kerensky together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tereschenko
and Minister of Post and Telegraph Tsereteli
arrived to Kiev
. The Russian delegation and the members of the General Secretariat along with Mykhailo Hrushevsky
after some discussion worked out the new Universal of the UPR
and the Declaration of the Russian Provisional Government
that were announced on July 3.
On July 13, 1917 the Russian Provisional Government
recognized the Secretariat as the highest executive power in Ukraine and requested from the Tsentralna Rada
that the members of the secretariat ought to be confirmed by the Russian Government. The Secretariat would be expanded to include members of minorities and would be responsible to the Rada. By the end of July 1917 five more secretariats were added due to the Provisional Government request.
In course of the next round of negotiations now in Petrograd the Ukrainian delegation was requesting the acceptance of the General Secretariat Statute by the Russian Provisional Government
, which was approved by the Central Rada and proclaimed as the first Constitution. Those Negotiations ended with that the Prime Minister of Russia
, Aleksandr Kerensky, signed the Instruction for the General Secretariat of the Provisional Government in Ukraine, a legal normative act, that was binding the local government of Ukraine for its execution. According to the Instruction, the General Secretariat had limited powers, but was acknowledged as the highest institution of the Provisional Government in Ukraine and authority of which stretched upon five gubernias Volyn, Podillia, Poltava
, Kiev
, and partially Chernihiv
. The Russian Provisional Government requested the Secretariat to be reduced to nine members and that all of the members will be appointed by the Russian Government by the recommendations of the Tsentralna Rada
. The secretariats of the military affairs, food and legal affairs, and postmaster-telegraph were to be canceled.
After some negotiations the Tsentralna Rada
yielded to the request on August 7, followed by the resignation of Volodymyr Vynnychenko
as a sign of protest and pressure from the Ukrainian Socialist Revolutionary Party. Mala Rada has accepted his resignation on August 13. Dmytro Doroshenko
(UPSF), a former head commissioner of the Provisional Government of Galicia and Bucovina, was offered to create a new Secretariat. The Mala Rada has confirmed his selections already on August 14, but soon Doroshenko resigned on August 18. Finally Vynnychenko came back to accomplish the task and on September 1 the Provisional Government confirmed the new administration. Until January 1918 the Secretariat conducted 63 meetings where were reviewed 430 various issues of political, economical, military, and diplomatic character.
In October 1917, the Russian Provisional Government
stopped the transfer of funds to the General Secretariat and expressed its intentions to file a claim against its members for separatism
and the participation in the All-Ukrainian Constituent Assembly. The Russian government requested an appearance of Volodymyr Vynnychenko
personally for the full explanation in that regard. On October 21 at the meeting of the Secretariat was reviewed the issue of sending delegation to Petrograd headed by Vynnychenko together with Steshenko and Zarubin for the negotiations with the Provisional Government in reference to the political situation in Ukraine. That intention was ceased due to the illegal change of power in the country with the utilization of the military force. After the October Revolution of 1917
the Secretariat was forced to expanded once again to supplement the ministries of the collapsed Provisional Government.
After the proclamation of the Third Universal on November 20, 1917 number of secretaries have resigned. Later on January 6, 1918 Symon Petliura was commissioned to take the charge of the Haydamaka Kish. By start of 1918 the Secretariat has changed dramatically. On January 25 (dated January 22), 1918 the General Secretariat was transformed into the Council of People's Ministers
after the declaration of the IV Universal and independence of the Ukrainian People's Republic
.
knew that it could not last for long as it only had two rooms assigned in the mediocre building. The government soon moved to 38 Khrestshchatyk Street in the building of former hotel "Savvoi" which has not preserved after the World War II
. Currently at that location exists the building of the Kiev city council (34 Khrestshchatyk Street). The first government budget was adopted on August 30, 1917. The proposition to move to the building of "Savvoi" hotel came up on the session of the Central Rada on September 13, 1917 with intentions to lease the place from the city government, under jurisdiction of which the hotel was.
The General Secretariat was allowed to move to "Savvoi" sometime in late September of 1917, however that place was decided to be a temporary due to the physical conditions of the building. Vynnychenko tried to acquire the Mariyisnky Palace from the "Worker's and Soldier's Deputies", but unsuccessfully. Other interests were posed by the hotel "Frantsiya" (corner of Khrestshchatyk and Prorizna) and the Popov building (22 Hrushevsky Street). Today in place of the former hotel is located the building of Ministry of Energy and Fuel.
The General Secretariat was finally able to move to the former Palace of Kiev Governor-General at 40 Institute Street in January 1918, while the hotel "Savvoi" after being restored was also secured after the Ukrainian government. Later the Palace has suffered greatly during the military actions in 1920 and was replaced by other building changing the address to 20/8 Institute Street.
- 5, 3 were initially held by UPSR
, and one by UPSF. There also were 1 non partisan and 7(!) portfolios were assigned to the non-Ukrainian representatives.
The last three portfolios of the First Secretariat were added on July 13, three more (Trade/Industry, Labor, and Russian Affairs) assigned to Bolsheviks were never filled due to boycott.
Events
Deputy-Secretaries of Nationalities
Secretary of Nationalities was expanded by the request of the Provisional Government as the minority representatives to Undersecretaries of ethnic affairs (deputies) and soon on July 17 Yefremov was replaced by Oleksander Shulhyn.
At first the deputy secretaries of Nationalities were part of the secretariat of Nationalities headed initially by Yefremov. With the proclamation of the III Universal on December 22, 1917 on the initiative of Oleksandr Shulhyn the Secretariat of Nationalities was transformed into the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. Please note that the position for the Russian Affairs representative for quite sometime was left unoccupied although was specifically reserved for the Russian Provisional Government
. After the Secretariat was reorganized as the Council of Ministers the deputy-secretaries received their own ministerial assignments.
who was former Progressionist (an Association that reorganized in the UPSF) on August 14, but after his resignation on August 18 was reorganized by Volodymyr Vynnychenko
. Many ministers picked by Doroshenko were left at their positions, while other ministries were filled by Social-Democrats. The Secretariat was confirmed by the Russian Provisional Government
on September 1.
Designation of the government portfolios by parties (in parenthesis - after the III Universal on November 20):
Ukrainian 13 (13)
non-Ukrainian 1+3
Note:in red are members that were prosecuted for representing the Ukrainian government.
Note:
Little or no information is available on Mykhailo Savchenko-Bilsky. Being a member of the Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionaries, he was elected to the Secretariat as a representative of the Peasant Association. Until then Savchenko worked as a agronomist
near Borzna (Chernigov Governorate
). He resigned after the proclamation of the 3rd "Universal". During Hetmanate Savchenko was in the All-Ukrainian Zemstvo
Union.
The expanded Secretariat (November 12, 1917).
Deputy-Secretaries of Nationalities
At first the deputy secretaries of Nationalities were part of the secretariat of Nationalities headed initially by Yefremov. With the proclamation of the III Universal on December 22, 1917 on the initiative of Oleksandr Shulhyn the Secretariat of Nationalities was transformed into the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. Please note that the position for the Russian Affairs representative for quite sometime was left unoccupied although was specifically reserved for the Russian Provisional Government
. After the Secretariat was reorganized as the Council of Ministers the deputy-secretaries received their own ministerial assignments.
Ukrainian People's Republic
The Ukrainian People's Republic or Ukrainian National Republic was a republic that was declared in part of the territory of modern Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, eventually headed by Symon Petliura.-Revolutionary Wave:...
from June 28, 1917 to January 22, 1918.
It closely related to the today's Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ukraine is the highest body of state executive power in Ukraine also referred to as the Government of Ukraine...
. It was accepted by the Mala Rada of the Tsentralna Rada
Tsentralna Rada
The Tsentralna Rada or Central Rada at first was the All-Ukrainian council that united political, public, cultural, professional organizations. Later after the All-Ukrainian National Congress that council became the revolutionary parliament of Ukraine...
of Ukraine after the proposition of the Ukrainian party of SR
Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party was a political party in the Russian Empire from 1907-1917. It was simply referred as Essery and was one of the most influential in Ukraine as it was representing the interest of the major social class - peasants...
(UPSR) to establish the council of secretaries. It consisted of eight (8) general secretaries and one (1) general chancellor .
Background
The first document of the government that identified its program was the Declaration of the General Secretariat. It was publicly announced at the plenum meeting of the Central Rada on June 26 by the head of the Secretariat, Volodymyr VynnychenkoVolodymyr Vynnychenko
Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko - Biography :Vynnychenko was born in Yelisavetgrad , the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire in a family of peasants. His father Kyrylo Vasyliovych Vynnychenko earlier in his life was a peasant-serf has moved from a village to the city of Yelisavetgrad where...
. The document together with the First Universal caused a lot of worrying in Petrograd as precedent to possible separation. It only took several days when the official delegation led by Aleksandr Kerensky together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tereschenko
Mikhail Tereshchenko
Mikhail Ivanovich Tereshchenko was the foreign minister of Russia from 5 May 1917 to 25 October 1917...
and Minister of Post and Telegraph Tsereteli
Irakli Tsereteli
Irakli Tsereteli was a Georgian politician, one of the leaders of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party and later the Georgian Mensheviks....
arrived to Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
. The Russian delegation and the members of the General Secretariat along with Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Mykhailo Serhiyovych Hrushevsky was a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, one of the most important figures of the Ukrainian national revival of the early 20th century...
after some discussion worked out the new Universal of the UPR
UPR
UPR may refer to:*Popular Republican Union was a Christian democratic party in Alsace, France during the Third Republic. Founded in 1919, the UPR became the dominant party in Alsace during the Interwar era....
and the Declaration of the Russian Provisional Government
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...
that were announced on July 3.
On July 13, 1917 the Russian Provisional Government
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...
recognized the Secretariat as the highest executive power in Ukraine and requested from the Tsentralna Rada
Tsentralna Rada
The Tsentralna Rada or Central Rada at first was the All-Ukrainian council that united political, public, cultural, professional organizations. Later after the All-Ukrainian National Congress that council became the revolutionary parliament of Ukraine...
that the members of the secretariat ought to be confirmed by the Russian Government. The Secretariat would be expanded to include members of minorities and would be responsible to the Rada. By the end of July 1917 five more secretariats were added due to the Provisional Government request.
In course of the next round of negotiations now in Petrograd the Ukrainian delegation was requesting the acceptance of the General Secretariat Statute by the Russian Provisional Government
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...
, which was approved by the Central Rada and proclaimed as the first Constitution. Those Negotiations ended with that the Prime Minister of Russia
Prime Minister of Russia
The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation The use of the term "Prime Minister" is strictly informal and is not allowed for by the Russian Constitution and other laws....
, Aleksandr Kerensky, signed the Instruction for the General Secretariat of the Provisional Government in Ukraine, a legal normative act, that was binding the local government of Ukraine for its execution. According to the Instruction, the General Secretariat had limited powers, but was acknowledged as the highest institution of the Provisional Government in Ukraine and authority of which stretched upon five gubernias Volyn, Podillia, Poltava
Poltava Governorate
The Poltava Governorate or Government of Poltava was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Malorossiya Governorate which was split between the Chernigov Governorate and Poltava Governorate with an...
, Kiev
Kiev Governorate
Kiev Governorate , or Government of Kiev, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire.The governorate was established in 1708 along with seven other governorates and was transformed into a viceroyalty in 1781...
, and partially Chernihiv
Chernigov Governorate
The Chernigov Governorate , also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Malorossiya Governorate with an administrative centre of Chernigov...
. The Russian Provisional Government requested the Secretariat to be reduced to nine members and that all of the members will be appointed by the Russian Government by the recommendations of the Tsentralna Rada
Tsentralna Rada
The Tsentralna Rada or Central Rada at first was the All-Ukrainian council that united political, public, cultural, professional organizations. Later after the All-Ukrainian National Congress that council became the revolutionary parliament of Ukraine...
. The secretariats of the military affairs, food and legal affairs, and postmaster-telegraph were to be canceled.
After some negotiations the Tsentralna Rada
Tsentralna Rada
The Tsentralna Rada or Central Rada at first was the All-Ukrainian council that united political, public, cultural, professional organizations. Later after the All-Ukrainian National Congress that council became the revolutionary parliament of Ukraine...
yielded to the request on August 7, followed by the resignation of Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko - Biography :Vynnychenko was born in Yelisavetgrad , the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire in a family of peasants. His father Kyrylo Vasyliovych Vynnychenko earlier in his life was a peasant-serf has moved from a village to the city of Yelisavetgrad where...
as a sign of protest and pressure from the Ukrainian Socialist Revolutionary Party. Mala Rada has accepted his resignation on August 13. Dmytro Doroshenko
Dmytro Doroshenko
Dmytro Doroshenko was a prominent Ukrainian political figure during the revolution of 1917-1918 and a leading Ukrainian emigre historian during the inter-war period.-Political career:...
(UPSF), a former head commissioner of the Provisional Government of Galicia and Bucovina, was offered to create a new Secretariat. The Mala Rada has confirmed his selections already on August 14, but soon Doroshenko resigned on August 18. Finally Vynnychenko came back to accomplish the task and on September 1 the Provisional Government confirmed the new administration. Until January 1918 the Secretariat conducted 63 meetings where were reviewed 430 various issues of political, economical, military, and diplomatic character.
In October 1917, the Russian Provisional Government
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...
stopped the transfer of funds to the General Secretariat and expressed its intentions to file a claim against its members for separatism
Separatism
Separatism is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group. While it often refers to full political secession, separatist groups may seek nothing more than greater autonomy...
and the participation in the All-Ukrainian Constituent Assembly. The Russian government requested an appearance of Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko - Biography :Vynnychenko was born in Yelisavetgrad , the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire in a family of peasants. His father Kyrylo Vasyliovych Vynnychenko earlier in his life was a peasant-serf has moved from a village to the city of Yelisavetgrad where...
personally for the full explanation in that regard. On October 21 at the meeting of the Secretariat was reviewed the issue of sending delegation to Petrograd headed by Vynnychenko together with Steshenko and Zarubin for the negotiations with the Provisional Government in reference to the political situation in Ukraine. That intention was ceased due to the illegal change of power in the country with the utilization of the military force. After the October Revolution of 1917
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
the Secretariat was forced to expanded once again to supplement the ministries of the collapsed Provisional Government.
After the proclamation of the Third Universal on November 20, 1917 number of secretaries have resigned. Later on January 6, 1918 Symon Petliura was commissioned to take the charge of the Haydamaka Kish. By start of 1918 the Secretariat has changed dramatically. On January 25 (dated January 22), 1918 the General Secretariat was transformed into the Council of People's Ministers
Council of People's Ministers
The Council of People's Ministers was the main executive institution of the Ukrainian People's Republic. It was reorganized out of the General Secretariat of Ukraine upon the proclamation of the 4th Universal and Independence on January 25, 1918. As the General Secretariat it is a preceding...
after the declaration of the IV Universal and independence of the Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukrainian People's Republic
The Ukrainian People's Republic or Ukrainian National Republic was a republic that was declared in part of the territory of modern Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, eventually headed by Symon Petliura.-Revolutionary Wave:...
.
Location
Initially the government was located at the same location as the Central Rada at 54 Volodymyr Street, however Volodymyr VynnychenkoVolodymyr Vynnychenko
Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko - Biography :Vynnychenko was born in Yelisavetgrad , the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire in a family of peasants. His father Kyrylo Vasyliovych Vynnychenko earlier in his life was a peasant-serf has moved from a village to the city of Yelisavetgrad where...
knew that it could not last for long as it only had two rooms assigned in the mediocre building. The government soon moved to 38 Khrestshchatyk Street in the building of former hotel "Savvoi" which has not preserved after the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Currently at that location exists the building of the Kiev city council (34 Khrestshchatyk Street). The first government budget was adopted on August 30, 1917. The proposition to move to the building of "Savvoi" hotel came up on the session of the Central Rada on September 13, 1917 with intentions to lease the place from the city government, under jurisdiction of which the hotel was.
The General Secretariat was allowed to move to "Savvoi" sometime in late September of 1917, however that place was decided to be a temporary due to the physical conditions of the building. Vynnychenko tried to acquire the Mariyisnky Palace from the "Worker's and Soldier's Deputies", but unsuccessfully. Other interests were posed by the hotel "Frantsiya" (corner of Khrestshchatyk and Prorizna) and the Popov building (22 Hrushevsky Street). Today in place of the former hotel is located the building of Ministry of Energy and Fuel.
The General Secretariat was finally able to move to the former Palace of Kiev Governor-General at 40 Institute Street in January 1918, while the hotel "Savvoi" after being restored was also secured after the Ukrainian government. Later the Palace has suffered greatly during the military actions in 1920 and was replaced by other building changing the address to 20/8 Institute Street.
The first Secretariat
The first government lasted from June 28 until August 13 when the Mala Rada accepted the resignation of V.Vynnychenko. Most of the portfolios were held by the USDRPUkrainian Social Democratic Labour Party
The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology...
- 5, 3 were initially held by UPSR
Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party
Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party was a political party in the Russian Empire from 1907-1917. It was simply referred as Essery and was one of the most influential in Ukraine as it was representing the interest of the major social class - peasants...
, and one by UPSF. There also were 1 non partisan and 7(!) portfolios were assigned to the non-Ukrainian representatives.
The last three portfolios of the First Secretariat were added on July 13, three more (Trade/Industry, Labor, and Russian Affairs) assigned to Bolsheviks were never filled due to boycott.
Events
- June 26, 1917 - announcement of the Declaration of General Secretariat at the plenum meeting of Central Rada
- June 28, 1917 - First Cabinet with 9 portfolios (8 secretaries and 1 chancellor), the Secretary of Internal Affairs is the chairman
- Before the July DaysJuly DaysThe July Days refers to events in 1917 that took place in Petrograd, Russia, between 3 July and 7 July , when soldiers and industrial workers engaged in spontaneous demonstrations against the Russian Provisional Government...
- meeting with the delegation from the Russian Provisional GovernmentRussian Provisional GovernmentThe Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was... - July 13, 1917 - the General Secretariat was recognized as the highest executive power in Ukraine, members of which would be confirmed by the Russian Provisional Government, expansion of Secretariat with 6 more portfolios added (2 secretaries, 3 deputy-secretary of nationalities, and 1 controller)
- End of July 1917 - during the political crisis in the republic meeting with members of the newly elected Russian government, Kerensky's "Instruktsiya" recognizing the Statue and the jurisdiction of the General Secretariat over five guberniyaGuberniyaA guberniya was a major administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire usually translated as government, governorate, or province. Such administrative division was preserved for sometime upon the collapse of the empire in 1917. A guberniya was ruled by a governor , a word borrowed from Latin ,...
s - August 7, 1917 - Vynnychenko files resignation in the protest to acceptance of "Instruktsiya" by Central Rada
- August 13, 1917 - Central Rada accepts his resignation and appoints Dmytro DoroshenkoDmytro DoroshenkoDmytro Doroshenko was a prominent Ukrainian political figure during the revolution of 1917-1918 and a leading Ukrainian emigre historian during the inter-war period.-Political career:...
as the new chairman, confirming his new government already the next day - August 18, 1917 - Doroshenko files resignation, Vynnychenko was offered to form a government once again
Deputy-Secretaries of Nationalities
Secretary of Nationalities was expanded by the request of the Provisional Government as the minority representatives to Undersecretaries of ethnic affairs (deputies) and soon on July 17 Yefremov was replaced by Oleksander Shulhyn.
At first the deputy secretaries of Nationalities were part of the secretariat of Nationalities headed initially by Yefremov. With the proclamation of the III Universal on December 22, 1917 on the initiative of Oleksandr Shulhyn the Secretariat of Nationalities was transformed into the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. Please note that the position for the Russian Affairs representative for quite sometime was left unoccupied although was specifically reserved for the Russian Provisional Government
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...
. After the Secretariat was reorganized as the Council of Ministers the deputy-secretaries received their own ministerial assignments.
The second Secretariat
The government was organized by Dmytro DoroshenkoDmytro Doroshenko
Dmytro Doroshenko was a prominent Ukrainian political figure during the revolution of 1917-1918 and a leading Ukrainian emigre historian during the inter-war period.-Political career:...
who was former Progressionist (an Association that reorganized in the UPSF) on August 14, but after his resignation on August 18 was reorganized by Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko - Biography :Vynnychenko was born in Yelisavetgrad , the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire in a family of peasants. His father Kyrylo Vasyliovych Vynnychenko earlier in his life was a peasant-serf has moved from a village to the city of Yelisavetgrad where...
. Many ministers picked by Doroshenko were left at their positions, while other ministries were filled by Social-Democrats. The Secretariat was confirmed by the Russian Provisional Government
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...
on September 1.
Designation of the government portfolios by parties (in parenthesis - after the III Universal on November 20):
Ukrainian 13 (13)
- USDRPUkrainian Social Democratic Labour PartyThe Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology...
- 5 (6) - UPSF - 4 (2)
- UPSRUkrainian Socialist-Revolutionary PartyUkrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party was a political party in the Russian Empire from 1907-1917. It was simply referred as Essery and was one of the most influential in Ukraine as it was representing the interest of the major social class - peasants...
- 2 (4) - UPSI - 1 (1)
- Non-parizan - 1 (0)
non-Ukrainian 1+3
- Russian SRSocialist-Revolutionary Partythumb|right|200px|Socialist-Revolutionary election poster, 1917. The caption in red reads "партия соц-рев" , short for Party of the Socialist Revolutionaries...
- 1 (0) - Jewish Bund - 0 (1)
- UJSWPUnited Jewish Socialist Workers PartyUnited Jewish Socialist Workers Party was a political party in Poland and certain regions of the Russian Empire . Its followers were generally known simply for the first portion of the name Fareynikte - 'United'. Politically the party favored national personal autonomy for the Jewish community...
- 1 (1) - RRNSP - 1 (1)
- PDCP - 1 (1)
Note:in red are members that were prosecuted for representing the Ukrainian government.
| Ministry/Position | Name | Party | Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor (Secretary) | Oleksander Lototsky | UPSF | Ivan Mirny (UPSF) (acting) |
| Internal Affairs (chairman) | Volodymyr Vynnychenko Volodymyr Vynnychenko Volodymyr Kyrylovych Vynnychenko - Biography :Vynnychenko was born in Yelisavetgrad , the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire in a family of peasants. His father Kyrylo Vasyliovych Vynnychenko earlier in his life was a peasant-serf has moved from a village to the city of Yelisavetgrad where... |
USDRP Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology... |
|
| Finance | Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky Mikhail Ivanovich Tugan-Baranovsky or Myhaylo Tuhan-Baranovsky was the Ukrainian politician, statesman, and a noted Russian-Ukrainian economist, a tutor of Nikolai Kondratiev... |
UPSF | Vasyl Mazurenko (USDRP Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology... ) (acting) |
| Nationalities | Oleksandr Shulhyn | UPSF | |
| Agrarian Affairs | Mykhailo Savchenko | N/A (Peasant rep.) | Oleksandr Zarudny (UPSR Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party was a political party in the Russian Empire from 1907-1917. It was simply referred as Essery and was one of the most influential in Ukraine as it was representing the interest of the major social class - peasants... ) |
| Education | Ivan Steshenko Ivan Steshenko Ivan Steshenko was a Ukrainian civic and political activist, writer, translator, member of the Ukrainian government, and member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. He had several pen-surnames: Serdeshny, Sichovyk, Svitlenko, and Stepura.Steshenko had a wife Oksana Steshenko, a daughter and a... |
independent USDRP Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology... |
|
| Commissioner | Petro Stebnytsky | UPSF | disbanded |
| Controller | Aleksandr Zarubin Aleksandr Zarubin Aleksandr Zarubin was a Russian politician, statesman, and diplomat.There is a little or no information of Zarubin. He was a secretary of the Ukrainian government, however he held a position that was assigned to the Russian minority representative... |
Russian SR Socialist-Revolutionary Party thumb|right|200px|Socialist-Revolutionary election poster, 1917. The caption in red reads "партия соц-рев" , short for Party of the Socialist Revolutionaries... |
Aleksandr Zolotarev Jewish Bund |
Note:
Little or no information is available on Mykhailo Savchenko-Bilsky. Being a member of the Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionaries, he was elected to the Secretariat as a representative of the Peasant Association. Until then Savchenko worked as a agronomist
Agronomist
An agronomist is a scientist who specializes in agronomy, which is the science of utilizing plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. An agronomist is an expert in agricultural and allied sciences, with the exception veterinary sciences.Agronomists deal with interactions between plants, soils, and...
near Borzna (Chernigov Governorate
Chernigov Governorate
The Chernigov Governorate , also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the disbanded Malorossiya Governorate with an administrative centre of Chernigov...
). He resigned after the proclamation of the 3rd "Universal". During Hetmanate Savchenko was in the All-Ukrainian Zemstvo
Zemstvo
Zemstvo was a form of local government that was instituted during the great liberal reforms performed in Imperial Russia by Alexander II of Russia. The idea of the zemstvo was elaborated by Nikolay Milyutin, and the first zemstvo laws were put into effect in 1864...
Union.
The expanded Secretariat (November 12, 1917).
| Ministry/Position | Name | Party | Replacement |
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| Military Affairs | Symon Petliura | USDRP Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology... |
Mykola Porsh (USDRP Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology... ) Jan.6 |
| Naval Affairs | new edition | Dmytro Antonovych Dmytro Antonovych Dmytro Antonovych was a Ukrainian politician and art historian.Professor Dmytro Antonovych was the son of a Ukrainian historian Volodymyr Antonovych, the husband of Kateryna Antonovych, the father of Marko Antonovych and Mykhailo Antonovych.In 1900–1905, he was one of the founders and leaders of... (USDRP Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology... ) |
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| Food Supply | Mykola Kovalevsky | (UPSR Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party was a political party in the Russian Empire from 1907-1917. It was simply referred as Essery and was one of the most influential in Ukraine as it was representing the interest of the major social class - peasants... ) |
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| Post and Telegraph | Aleksandr Zarubin Aleksandr Zarubin Aleksandr Zarubin was a Russian politician, statesman, and diplomat.There is a little or no information of Zarubin. He was a secretary of the Ukrainian government, however he held a position that was assigned to the Russian minority representative... |
Russian SR Socialist-Revolutionary Party thumb|right|200px|Socialist-Revolutionary election poster, 1917. The caption in red reads "партия соц-рев" , short for Party of the Socialist Revolutionaries... |
Mykyta Shapoval (UPSR Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party was a political party in the Russian Empire from 1907-1917. It was simply referred as Essery and was one of the most influential in Ukraine as it was representing the interest of the major social class - peasants... ) |
| Trade and Industry | Vsevolod Holubovych Vsevolod Holubovych Vsevolod Oleksandrovych Holubovych was born in the village of Poltavka, Balta uyezd, Podolie Governorate. Holubovych was the Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic from January to March.-Early period:... |
UPSR Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party was a political party in the Russian Empire from 1907-1917. It was simply referred as Essery and was one of the most influential in Ukraine as it was representing the interest of the major social class - peasants... |
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| Labor | Mykola Porsh | USDRP Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology... |
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| Justice | Mykhailo Tkachenko | USDRP Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party The Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party was the leading party of the Ukrainian People's Republic and was also known as SDPists or Esdeky. The party was reformed in 1905 at the Second Congress of the RUP and was pursuing the Marxist ideology... |
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| Transport | Vadym Yeshchenko | UPSI |
- Deputy-Secretary of Military Affairs - Oleksandr Zhukovsky (UPSRUkrainian Socialist-Revolutionary PartyUkrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party was a political party in the Russian Empire from 1907-1917. It was simply referred as Essery and was one of the most influential in Ukraine as it was representing the interest of the major social class - peasants...
) - Deputy-Secretary of Education - P.Kholodny (UPSF)
- Deputy-Secretary of Internal Affairs - I.Kraskovsky (UPSF), O.Karpynsky, and L.Abramovych
Deputy-Secretaries of Nationalities
At first the deputy secretaries of Nationalities were part of the secretariat of Nationalities headed initially by Yefremov. With the proclamation of the III Universal on December 22, 1917 on the initiative of Oleksandr Shulhyn the Secretariat of Nationalities was transformed into the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. Please note that the position for the Russian Affairs representative for quite sometime was left unoccupied although was specifically reserved for the Russian Provisional Government
Russian Provisional Government
The Russian Provisional Government was the short-lived administrative body which sought to govern Russia immediately following the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II . On September 14, the State Duma of the Russian Empire was officially dissolved by the newly created Directorate, and the country was...
. After the Secretariat was reorganized as the Council of Ministers the deputy-secretaries received their own ministerial assignments.
| Position | Name | Party | Later fate |
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| Jewish Affairs | Moishe Zilberfarb | UJSWP United Jewish Socialist Workers Party United Jewish Socialist Workers Party was a political party in Poland and certain regions of the Russian Empire . Its followers were generally known simply for the first portion of the name Fareynikte - 'United'. Politically the party favored national personal autonomy for the Jewish community... |
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| Polish Affairs | Mieczysław Mickiewicz Mieczysław Mickiewicz Mieczysław Mickiewicz was a Polish-Ukrainian politician.Mieczysław Mickiewicz served as the Deputy-Secretary of Polish Affairs in several cabinets of the Ukrainian People's Republic, also translated as the Ukrainian National Republic , headed by Volodymyr Vynnychenko .Then he served as voivode of... |
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| Russian Affairs | D. Odinets | RRNSP |