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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 688 (2) Negotiation is also a way out

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    On November 20, the Central Rada of Ukraine announced the establishment of the "Ukrainian People's Republic".  On December 17, the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union issued a contradictory "ultimatum" to the Central Rada of Ukraine. On the one hand, it recognized the Ukrainian People's Republic, but demanded that it submit to the jurisdiction of the Soviet Russian regime.

    On December 24, the Russian Bolsheviks started anew in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and established the Central Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Soviet and the Soviet government.  On January 8, 1918 the General Secretariat (Government) of Ukraine decided to create its own army.  On January 24, 1918, after being recognized by many countries, the Central Rada declared Ukraine a sovereign state. The General Secretariat was renamed the "People's Minister Rada" and decided to form its own army.  Fastest update, all text typed by hand

    Simon Petliura is one of the founders and leaders of this army.  He is the representative of the General Council of the Central Rada of the Army and has leadership responsibilities.  What happens next in Ukraine is dizzying:

    On February 7, 1918, Kiev was occupied by the German coalition forces. The Central Rada of Ukraine and the People's Minister Rada were forced to evacuate to the city of Zhitomir. In late February and March, the Central Rada returned to Kiev with the assistance of the German army, but soon (3  On March 27) the German army disarmed Ukraine's most combat-effective national army in Kiev.

    On March 29, the traitor Skoropadsky took office as Ukraine's "Hetman" (Ukrainian, meaning "leader").  Then in April, the Ukrainian National Union met secretly and decided to revolt to overthrow the Skoropadsky regime.  On May 1, the troops of the ruling cabinet entered Kiev under the leadership of Petliura. On May 9, Petliura took office as the head of Ukraine's ruling cabinet, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army, and Minister of Defense.  Read the latest chapter

    Since the Soviet Russian government and Germany finally signed the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty, objectively this peace treaty liberated Belarus and Ukraine from the Soviet Union's sphere of influence. The Ukrainian people pursued independence for thousands of miles, but because of the Germans  Intervention became a reality. The German army even helped Petliura's Ukrainian National Army expel the Soviet Red Army staying in Kharkov. Voroshilov's Ukrainian 5th Army was defending the Kharkov Ukrainian Soviet.  The regime lost the battle and was forced to retreat to Tsaritsyn. In fact, Soviet Russia finally gave up its penetration and contention in Ukraine.

    This caused the Ukrainian ruling cabinet and the national army led by Simon Petliura to completely fall to the camp of the German-Austrian Allies. Of course, the Ukrainian people were unwilling to accept this, but the country had just declared independence, and there was only the camp of the German-Austrian Allies.  Several countries officially recognized Ukraine's sovereignty, which left Ukraine with no choice but to become the breadbasket of the German-Austrian Allies while its own population of 15 million had to tighten its belt to cope with the Great Famine of 1918.

    The stationing of the German army in Ukraine was also helpless and objective. In order to suppress and control the centrifugalism and pro-Soviet Bolshevik tendencies in the Kharkov area, the Ukrainian government moved the capital to Kharkov from Kiev, indicating that it was defending the enemy at the country's doorstep.  external determination.

    As the Allied forces descended from the sky west of the Ural Mountains, the seemingly powerful 300,000 main force of the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Ufa was completely annihilated in just seven or eight days. Then an unknown Volga Federation fell under the influence of the Allied forces.  It was established with the support of the Allied Powers and the Volga Federation. Therefore, at this moment, the threat theory of the Allied Powers and the Volga Federation is very popular among the Ukrainian government and the opposition.

    The Ukrainian ruling cabinet, which had been asking Germany to reduce its military presence in Ukraine in order to reduce the burden on its country and improve its national self-esteem, had to turn around and continue to hug Germany's thick legs, wishing that Ludendorff would send another twenty divisions to help protect and protect Ukraine.  To defend Ukraine from infringement, we completely forgot about the gloomy and stressful situation when the main German and Austrian forces were stationed in Ukraine with more than 40 divisions at the beginning of the year.

    Nikolay Nikolayevich Zhukovsky Jr. is considered to be an elite with great potential in the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In fact, he participated in the delegation of the Ukrainian People's Republic at the beginning of the year. This Ukrainian representative  Although the delegation had the smallest number of people, it was very active during the negotiation process. The leader of the delegation was Golubovich, who announced on behalf of the Central Rada of Ukraine that the Ukrainian delegation was an equal delegation with independent status.

    In the end, with the support of Germany and Austria, Trotsky, the head of the Soviet delegation, actually recognized Ukraine's equal democratic status. In this way, Ukraine won the first battle on the diplomatic front, with a total of 400 representatives participating.  During the peace talks, Zhenger Bajing, together with the delegations of the four Allied countries, participated as the ** delegation in all relevant negotiations on the "Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty" between Germany and Soviet Russia.

    By July 1918, Golubovich, one of the leaders of the ruling Ukrainian National Union and the former head of the Ukrainian delegation, was serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ruling cabinet, and the 32-year-old Nikolai Nikolay Jr.  Gulayevich Zhukovsky is likely to be appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs after completing his mission in Samara and returning to Ukraine.

    It¡¯s just that in the era of Simon Petliura¡¯s ruling cabinet, the Central Rada, the nominal highest authority, has become a rubber stamp and decoration., in power is the ruling cabinet composed mainly of members of the National Union of Ukraine. With the characteristics of a military dictatorship, Simon Petlyura, the prime minister of the ruling cabinet, still serves as the minister of defense and the commander-in-chief of the National Army (National Defense Force).

    Fortunately, Nikolay Nikolayevich Zhukovsky Jr. has a very good reputation in the ruling cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, he is also highly regarded by Prime Minister Simon Petliura.  While Golubovich was mainly responsible for negotiations with the German-Austrian Allies, Zhukovsky, as the plenipotentiary diplomatic representative of Ukraine in Samara, was responsible for handling negotiations with the newly born Volga Federation.

    "Sergey Andreevich, why hasn't Prime Minister Pepe come back yet? I've been waiting for more than an hour, and Kharkov is still anxiously waiting for the results from my side. Let me tell you, this  This time we are seeking peace with 100% sincerity. Isn¡¯t the Volga Federation known as a country of etiquette, a civilized country, and a peace-loving country? Why did we even cede the Crimean Peninsula to you for free? Isn¡¯t this a good place for the Volga Federation?  satisfy?"

    Zhukovsky waved his arms angrily and stopped in front of Sergey Andreevich Andrianov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Volga Federation. The latter was sitting on the sofa, smoking boredly.  Smoking and drinking tea, they had previously been chatting with Zhukovsky. Later, seeing that Zhukovsky was distracted and angry, Andrianov simply let him wander around the reception room alone.  If Pepe hadn't told him to personally watch over Zhukovsky before leaving, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Volga Federation would not have been in the mood to accompany him.

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