Back Ukrainas neatkarības deklarācija (1918) Latvian/Lettish Четвертий Універсал Української Центральної Ради Ukrainian
| Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council | |
|---|---|
 IV Universal | |
| Presented | 24 January [O.S. 11 January] 1918 |
| Ratified | 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1918 |
| Location | Engrossed copy: Central State Electronic Archives of Ukraine[1] Rough draft: Central State Archives of Higher Organs of State Power and Administration of Ukraine[2] |
| Author(s) | Mykhailo Hrushevskyi et al. |
| Signatories | Lower Council of the Ukrainian Central Council |
| Purpose | To announce and explain independence of Ukrainian People's Republic |
The Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council (Ukrainian: Четвертий Універсал Української Центральної Ради, romanized: Chetvertyi Universal Ukrainskoi Tsentralnoi Rady) is a significant state-political declaration that proclaimed the full state independence of the Ukrainian People's Republic.[3][4] It was enacted by the Lower Council (Committee) of the Ukrainian Central Council in Kyiv on 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1918.[a][6] Its issuance followed the commencement of peace negotiations between the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Central Powers in Brest-Litovsk (now in Brest, Belarus).[3]
- ^ 22 January 1918 Ukrainian Central Council declared independents of Ukraine (22.01.1918 – Українська Центральна Рада проголосила незалежність УНР). Museum "Territory of Terror" website. 22 January 2013
- ^ Rough draft copy. Central State Archives of Higher Organs of State Power and Administration of Ukraine. (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b c Fourth Universal of the Ukrainian Central Council (ЧЕТВЕРТИЙ УНІВЕРСАЛ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЇ РАДИ). Poltava Raion State Administration.
- ^ a b Myronenko, O. (ЧЕТВЕРТИЙ УНІВЕРСАЛ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОЇ РАДИ). Legal Encyclopedia.
- ^ Ukraine in the Flames: "1917 in Kyiv" by Serhii Plokhii. Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University). (in English)
- ^ SPEECH BY AMBASSADOR LUKIANENKO Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine. The Ukrainian Weekly. January 31, 1993. (in English)
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