The contribution of public organizations to the creation of the Ukrainian National Army (1989–1991)

Vadym Mashtalir; Serhii Salata

doi:10.31648/ep.9675

Published: 2023-12-111

No. XXIV/2 (2023)

The contribution of public organizations to the creation of the Ukrainian National Army (1989–1991)

Vadym Mashtalir

, Serhii Salata

Echa Przeszłości

Section: ARTICLES

https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.9675

Abstract

This study describes the main processes that took place during 1989–1991 in Ukraine during the creation of the Ukrainian armed forces. The role of the People’s Movement of Ukraine and political parties, in particular the Ukrainian Republican Party, Party of Greens of Ukraine, Ukrainian People’s Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party of Ukraine, in the formation of the Ukrainian army and the influence of these organizations on the processes that contributed to the formation of the Ukrainian armed forces are discussed. The articles published in democratic, central and republican press at the time were analyzed. The study also examines the way in which the events surrounding the creation of the Ukrainian armed forces were portrayed in the media (press). Military issues and the solutions proposed by the Ukrainian military committee (Kharkiv) at the meeting of Democratic Forces (Lviv) and the Second Conference of the People’s Movement of Ukraine were described. The article highlights the achievements of the scientific and theoretical conference of 2–3 February 1991, the Military Board of the People’s Movement of Ukraine, and the First Congress of Officers – citizens of Ukraine (including the most interesting proposals for the formation of the Ukrainian army, as well as other concepts that differed from the recommendations made during the Congress) and their impact on the formation of the Ukrainian National Army.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian National Army, union, board, army, democracy, People’s Movement of Ukraine, political parties

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Mashtalir, V., & Salata, S. (2023). The contribution of public organizations to the creation of the Ukrainian National Army (1989–1991). Echa Przeszłości, (XXIV/2), 187–215. https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.9675

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