Regional Committee in Protection of Revolution in Ukraine () was a short lived revolutionary organization preceding the Kiev revolutionary committee of Bolsheviks. It declared itself the supreme authority in Ukraine after the

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. The committee was created on the night November 7-8, 1917 at the closed door session of the Executive Committee of

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with representatives of revolutionary organizations of Ukraine. It was dissolved in couple of days and transferred its authority of the

General Secretariat of Ukraine The General Secretariat of Ukraine () was the autonomous Ukrainian executive government of the Russian Republic from June 28, 1917, to January 22, 1918. For most of its existence it was headed by Volodymyr Vynnychenko. The secretariat was cre ...

Composition

The committee consisted of the following representatives from: *

* All-Ukrainian Soviet of soldiers deputies *

Ukrainian General Military Committee Ukrainian General Military Committee (; ''Ukrayinskyi heneralnyi viyskovyi komitet'') was the highest military institution in Ukrainian People's Republic established by the First All-Ukrainian Military Congress on 18 May 1917 for the purpose of gove ...

* Chief Railway Committee * National political parties * Soviets of workers and soldiers deputies of Kiev, Kharkov, Odessa, Yekaterinoslav List of members:

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(chairman),

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, Oleksandr Sevryuk, Mykola Kovalevsky, Andriy Nikovsky,

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Yuriy Pyatakov Georgy Leonidovich Pyatakov (; ; 6 August 1890 – 30 January 1937) was a Ukrainian revolutionary and Soviet politician. He was a leading Bolshevik in Ukraine during and after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Born in Kiev Governorate, Pyatakov wa ...

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, S.Saradzhev, Anatoliy Pisotsky,

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, Mykola Shumytsky, Mykhailo Telezhynsky, Hryhoriy Kasyanenko, Isaak Kreisberg,

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, Moisei Zilbelfarb.

Development

On November 9, 1917 in its announcement to residents of Ukraine the committee reported that it concentrate functions of central power in its hands and being responsible to the

. The committee created a revolutionary headquarters for organization of military forces and presented a request to the commander of

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that all military units will be subordinated to the orders of the

(UHVK), while orders of a commander and district headquarters were controlled by a commissariat of nine people that the committee created. The committee also requested to depose the representative of the Provisional Government . The committee, however, was not able to control the situation. The administration of the Kiev Military District (KVO) refused to recognize the committee and after the fall of the Provisional Government of Russia considered itself the only legitimate power in the city. It rejected the committee's request and arrested its members of commissariat who were sent for negotiations. In order to reach a consensus with the headquarters of KVO,

personally as the chairman of UHVK arrived for negotiations. The district administration refused any further negotiations with the committee that included

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Committee dissolved

After the executive committee of Central Council of Ukraine condemned the Petrograd uprising on November 8, 1917 adopting a resolution, next day Bolsheviks left the committee. The same day in support of the Petrograd uprising, they conducted a united session with representatives of soviets, trade unions and military units in the building of . The assembly created the Kiev city Bolshevik revolutionary committee in preparation to overthrow the power led by Leonid Pyatakov, brother of

Yuri Pyatakov Georgy Leonidovich Pyatakov (; ; 6 August 1890 – 30 January 1937) was a Ukrainian revolutionary and Soviet politician. He was a leading Bolshevik in Ukraine during and after the Russian Revolution of 1917. Born in Kiev Governorate, Pyatakov wa ...

. On November 11, 1917 the members of the new Bolshevik Kiev revolutionary committee were arrested. In protest against further negotiations with the Kiev Military District, the members of the rest Ukrainian political parties left the regional committee as well. Due to such situation the committee was forced to dissolve and on November 10, 1917 transferred its authority to the

Bibliography

* ''1917 in Kyiv: chronology of events''. Kyiv, 1928{{fact, date=February 2022 * ''Ukrainian Central Council: Documents and materials''. Vol.1. Kyiv 1996 * Soldatenko, V.F.
Ukraine in the revolution times: historical essay-chronicles in four volumes, 1917
' (Україна у революційну добу. Рік 1917). "Svitohlyad". Kyiv, 2010.

External links

Regional committee in protection of revolution in Ukraine
at the website of Institute of history of Ukraine of the

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History of Ukraine (1795–1918) History of Kyiv Government of Ukraine Russian Revolution in Ukraine Organizations established in 1917 Organizations disestablished in 1917 1917 establishments in Ukraine 1917 disestablishments in Ukraine Organizations of the Russian Revolution

Composition

Development

Committee dissolved

See also

Bibliography

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