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Austria-Hungary and Peace Talks with Ukraine in 1918

HORČIČKA, Václav

Basic information

Original name

Austria-Hungary and Peace Talks with Ukraine in 1918

Authors

HORČIČKA, Václav

Edition

Przegląd Historyczny, Warszawa, DIG, 2012, 0033-2186

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

History

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Organization

Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského Praha s.r.o. – Repository

Keywords (in Czech)

Austro-Hungarian foreign policy; World War I; Ukrainian foreign policy; peace talks

Keywords in English

Austro-Hungarian foreign policy; World War I; Ukrainian foreign policy; peace talks

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 15/12/2016 12:36, Václav Horčička

Abstract

V originále

This article proves that peace negotiations, which took part between the Quadruple Alliance and Ukraine, stand out as a major event of the First World War's (WWI) last year, seen in the context of historical development of Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century. Most importantly, they indicated an important step towards the confirmation of Ukrainian statehood - or even nationhood - at the international forum. From this point of view, the importance of the peace talks, in spite of the imminent destruction of an independent Ukraine by Bolsheviks and the Quadruple Alliance's loss in the war, transcended the dimension of WWI. Similarly, negotiations with independent Ukraine largely and for a long time affected the situation in Central and Eastern Europe. Moreover, they greatly contributed to the destabilization of Austria-Hungary and to the rift between Galician Poles and Vienna. policy; peace talks