The Ukrainian State was the official name of Ukraine used between 29 April and 14 December 1918, following the deposition of the Central Rada of Ukrainian People's Republic. For the entirety of its ex
Pavlo Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine
Skoropadsky inspecting troops from the Greycoat Division [uk]
250 karbovanets banknote of the Ukrainian State, 1918
Ukrania quae et Terra Cosaccorum cum vicinis Walachiae, Moldoviae, Johann Baptiste Homann
Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadsky was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military leader and statesman who served as the hetman of the Ukrainian State throughout 1918 following a coup d'état on 29 April, of the same y
Ukrainian State
…following the deposition of the Central Rada of Ukrainian People's Republic. For the entirety of its existence, the state was ruled autocratically by Pavlo Skoropadsky, the Hetman of all Ukraine, who took a sharp departure from the earlier democratic and socialist-leaning policies of the Central Rada, instead aligning…
Skoropadsky in Cossack dress, c. 1920
Skoropadsky (wearing lieutenant's insignia) with his fiancée Oleksandra, October 1897
Pavlo Skoropadsky with Fedir Lyzohub
Moleben for Skoropadsky in Sophia Square of Kyiv immediately after his proclamation as hetman