Ukrainian Radical Party Українська радикальна партія | |
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Founder | Mykhailo Drahomanov |
Founded | 5 October 1890 |
Dissolved | 26 March 1950 |
Split from | Hromada |
Merged into | Ukrainian Socialist Party |
Headquarters | Lviv |
Ideology | Agrarian socialism Anti-clericalism Ukrainian nationalism |
Political position | Left-wing |
International affiliation | Labour 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.