West Ukrainian People's Republic
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The West Ukrainian People's Republic or West Ukrainian National Republic (Ukrainian: Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка, romanized: Zakhidnoukrainska Narodna Respublika; abbreviated ЗУНР, ZUNR, also WUNR or WUPR), known for part of its existence as the Western Oblast of the Ukrainian People's Republic (Західна область Української Народної Республіки, Zakhidna oblast Ukrainskoi Narodnoi Respubliky or ЗО УНР, ZO UNR), was a short-lived polity that controlled most of Eastern Galicia from November 1918 to July 1919. It included the cities of Lviv, Ternopil, Kolomyia, Drohobych, Boryslav, Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk) and right-bank Przemyśl, and claimed parts of Bukovina and Carpathian Ruthenia. Politically, the Ukrainian National Democratic Party (the precursor of the interwar Ukrainian National Democratic Alliance) dominated the legislative assembly, guided by varying degrees of Greek Catholic, liberal and socialist ideology.[1] Other parties represented included the Ukrainian Radical Party and the Christian Social Party.
West Ukrainian People's Republic Західноукраїнська Народна Республіка | |||||||||||||||||
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| Anthem: Ще не вмерла України Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy "Ukraine has not yet perished" | |||||||||||||||||
 West Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918 | |||||||||||||||||
| Status | Partially recognized state (1918–1919) Disputed autonomous region of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1919) Government-in-exile (1919–1923) | ||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Lviv (to 21 November 1918) Ternopil (to end of 1918) Stanislaviv Zalishchyky (early June 1919) | ||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Official: Ukrainian Minority languages: Polish, Yiddish | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | 58,9% Greek Catholic 27,8% Latin Catholic 4% Jewish 1,3% other | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||||||
| President | |||||||||||||||||
• 1918 | Kost Levytsky | ||||||||||||||||
• 1919 | Yevhen Petrushevych | ||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Ukrainian National Council | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | World War I | ||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1 November 1918 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 January 1919 | |||||||||||||||||
• Exile | 16 July 1919 | ||||||||||||||||
• Government-in-exile dissolved | 15 March 1923 | ||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Krone | ||||||||||||||||
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The ZUNR emerged as a breakaway state amid the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, and in January 1919 nominally united with the Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR) as its autonomous Western Oblast. Poland had also claimed this territory, and by July occupied most of it and forced the West Ukrainian government into exile. When the UPR decided late the same year that it would trade the territory for an alliance with Poland against Soviet Russia, the exiled West Ukrainian government broke with the UPR. The exiled government continued its claim until it dissolved in 1923.
The coat of arms of the ZUNR was azure, a golden lion rampant. The colours of the flag were blue and yellow.