‘Masters of Situation’: German and Austro-Hungarian Intervention in Ukraine in 1918 in the Light of Ukrainian Memoirs

• Authors: Grzegorz Skrukwa
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the image of the German and Austro-Hungarian intervention in Ukraine in 1918 in Ukrainian memoirs. While these works generally describe the policies of the Central Powers toward Ukraine as imperialist and dictated by the military and economic interests of the two states, only the most radical leftist writers fail to appreciate the role German and Austrian troops played in the removal of Bolshevik forces from Ukraine. Common and individual portraits of the military and political apparatus of the intervention forces differ depending on the political position of the writer. Those who viewed the repressive policies toward rural Ukraine from the perspective of the elites of Kiev discuss them only in abstract terms. In general, Austro-Hungary’s part in the intervention is described in less favourable terms than that of Germany.

Keywords

EN

Ukraine; First World War; Germany; Austro-Hungary; occupation; intervention; memoirs; Treaty of Brest

PL

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 113

Dates

published

2016

online

2016-07-01

Contributors

author

Grzegorz Skrukwa

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/APH.2016.113.02