THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION OF 1917 AND UKRAINIAN OFFICERS: THE CHOISE OF POLITICAL ORIENTATION

Roman Tiutenko

Abstract


The article is devoted to social and political moods of Ukrainian officers in the Russian imperial army in Ukraine. It shows the conditions of their condition at the fronts of the First World War on the eve of the February revolution of 1917.
An attempt was made to ascertain the political position of Ukrainian officers, their moods, behavior, social and political attitudes in the period of revolutionary events in Ukraine in 1917 and in the first months of establishment of the Ukrainian statehood. The article shows the personal officer’s attitude to the change of the political system and the attention is focused on the problem of choosing their political path.

Keywords


the February revolution; Ukraine; Russian Empire; officers; political orientation; the Ukrainian Central Council

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21303/2504-5571.2017.00263

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