State Center of Ukrainian People’s Republic in Exile in 1920–1992: Historiography of the Problem

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2020.04.155

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state tradition, historiography, political organization, Ukrainian diplomacy, Ukrainian political emigration, Ukrainian liberation movement, State Center of Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the historiographical basis of the problem of evaluating the activities of State Center of Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile in 1920–1991

The methodological basis is a critical typological analysis of related works. During the study the author used the comparative, problem-chronological method and the method of the retrospective analysis. This allowed to compare different opinions and assessments about the activities and legitimacy of State Center of Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile.

The scientific novelty is a review of key explorations of domestic and foreign scientists. Apart from academic discourse, attention is also paid to a wide range of relevant works – brochures, memoirs, articles, some of which are little known to the scientific community and the general public.

Conclusion. A number of academic works, memoirs and articles are devoted to the activities of State Center of Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile. The complex description of scientific works devoted to the researched problem gives grounds to say that quite contradictory positions of researchers on political and legal assessment of creation, legal status and activity of State Center of Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile in Ukrainian historiography are caused by their different political and ideological positions. Therefore, today there is no comprehensive academic intelligence that would reflect a holistic picture of the activities of Ukrainian People’s Republic government in exile. The issue of the legal status of the emigrant government of Ukrainian People’s Republic from the point of view of international law also needs further coverage.

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2020-08-28

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Yablonskyi, V. (2020). State Center of Ukrainian People’s Republic in Exile in 1920–1992: Historiography of the Problem. Ukrainian Historical Journal, (4), 155–165. https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2020.04.155

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