The Third Universal of Ukrainian Central Rada and Kharkiv City Society

Abstract

The article reveals the reaction of the Kharkiv society on the Third Universal of the Ukrainian Central Rada. The discussion of the Universal in the Kharkiv City Duma is considered and the positions of the main factions are analyzed. The types of reaction of the different political forces : support, decisive rejection, neutral attitude, and motives of actions by political factions are determined. It is alleged that the reaction of the councilors of the Kharkiv Duma adequately reflected the attitude of different groups of the city-dwellers towards the policy of the Ukrainian Central Rada