The Problem of Refugees of the World War I in Relations between the Ukrainian Central Rada and the Provisional Government of Russia

Abstract

The February Revolution of 1917, which unfolded against the backdrop of the events of the First World War, destroyed the Romanovs' three-hundred-year-old empire and, as a result, made adjustments to the system of assistance to refugees. The problems of cooperation between the two newly formed government bodies and the non-acceptance of Ukrainian humanitarian initiatives by the Russian authorities are emphasized. Unfortunately, during the spring-autumn of 1917 no constructive decisions were made to overcome this humanitarian problem, since the Provisional Government did not perceive the power of Kyiv as an independent political player in the post-imperial territories