Ukrainian Radical Party

Ukrainian Radical Party
Українська радикальна партія
FounderMykhailo Drahomanov
Founded5 October 1890
Dissolved26 March 1950
Split fromHromada
Merged intoUkrainian Socialist Party
HeadquartersLviv
IdeologyAgrarian socialism
Anti-clericalism
Ukrainian nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing
International affiliationLabour and Socialist International

The Ukrainian Radical Party (URP) (Ukrainian: Українська радикальна партія, УPП, Ukraiinska Radykalna Partiia), founded in October 1890 as Ruthenian-Ukrainian Radical Party[1] and based on the radical movement in western Ukraine dating from the 1870s, was the first modern Ukrainian political party with a defined program, mass following, and registered membership.[1] It advocated socialism, increased rights for Ukrainian peasants, anti-clericalism and secularism.

  1. ^ a b Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Ukrainian Radical Party. vol. 5, 1993. Article written by Jean Paul Himka and Ivan Lysiak Rudnytsky

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