Ukrainian movement in Austria-Hungary during the First World War

The book shows how the First World War catalyzed the development of the Ukrainian national movement in the Habsburg empire. The aggravation of confrontation with the Poles, the defeat of the Russophilian movement, the concessions of the imperial center and support from Germany came to the fact that the Ukrainian national project has become a non -alternative to the Russian population of Galicia and Bukovina. The main means of the expansion of the Ukrainian movement was national mobilization, covering the Rusins ​​on the front line, in the rear and in the front -line territories. Ukrainian politicians, whose goal before the collapse of Austria -Hungary was the autonomy as part of the empire, did not notice how the population of the population was ahead of their intentions - by the end of 1918 the idea of ​​an independent Ukrainian state dominated the ground