The Revolutionary Ukrainian Party was a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in early 20th century Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, founded February 11, 1900 by students in Kharkiv

Kharkiv

Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...

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History

The rise of the party was the accomplishment of other tries from various public associations such as the Brotherhood of Tarasovs

Brotherhood of Tarasovs

Brotherhood of Tarasovs was an underground student organization. It was established in 1891 during a visit of Taras Shevchenko burial grounds near Kaniv.The founders included Vitaliy Borovyk, Borys Hrinchenko, Mykola Mikhnovsky, Ivan Lypa, and others...

 and the Social-Democratic Circle of 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...

 and Lesia Ukrainka.

Originally, the aim or R.U.P. was the independence of all Ukrainian national elements. What made the R.U.P. unique was the willingness to embrace all political philosophies, including socialism

Socialism

Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

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On the Second Congress of the party the R.U.P. was renamed into the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party

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...

 (USLDP). Prior to that several split off have taken place : the Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionary Party

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...

 (USRP) and the Ukrainian Radical Labour Democratic Party (URLDP).