All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee ( uk, Всеукраїнський Революційний Комітет) was a temporary supreme body of Soviet power in Ukraine that was created by the Central Executive Committee and the

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on December 11, 1919, and existed until February 19, 1920. The committee possessed both legislative and executive powers and was based in

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. Initially it was composed of five members:

Grigoriy Petrovsky Grigory Ivanovich Petrovsky (russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Петро́вский, uk, Григо́рій Іва́нович Петро́вський, translit=Hryhorii Ivanovych Petrovskyi) (3 February 1878 - 9 January 1958) wa ...

(chair),

Dmitriy Manuilsky Dmitriy Manuilsky, or Dmytro Zakharovych Manuilsky ( Russian: Дми́трий Заха́рович Мануи́льский; Ukrainian: Дмитро Захарович Мануїльський; October 1883 in Sviatets near Kremenets – 22 ...

Volodymyr Zatonsky Volodymyr Petrovych Zatonsky ( uk, Володи́мир Зато́нський, russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Зато́нский ''Vladimir Petrovich Zatonsky''; July 27, 1888 – July 29, 1938) was a Soviet politician, aca ...

(all Bolsheviks),

Hryhoriy Hrynko Hryhoriy Fedorovych Hrynko ( uk, Григорій Федорович Гринько; in Shtepivka – March 15, 1938) was a Soviet Ukrainian statesman who held high office in the government of the Soviet Union. Initially he was a member of the ...

(Borotbist), and Volodymyr Kachynsky (Borbyst). Later the number of members was increased to eight with Christian Rakovsky,

Vlas Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich Chubar ( uk, Влас Якович Чубар; russian: Вла́с Я́ковлевич Чуба́рь) ( – 26 February 1939) was a Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician. Chubar was arrested during the Great ...

, and Myron Vladimirov. The committee's secretary was Veniamin Yeroshchenko. The committee issued many important resolutions among which were: * "about the basic principles of land affairs in Ukraine" * "announcing

Nestor Makhno Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, The surname "Makhno" ( uk, Махно́) was itself a corruption of Nestor's father's surname "Mikhnenko" ( uk, Міхненко). ( 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno ("Father Makhno"),; According to ...

and his supporters as outlaws" * "about War Policy in Ukraine" * "unification and cooperation between Ukrainian SSR and Russian SFSR" * "application of highest measure of punishment in Ukraine" * "to workers and peasants of Ukraine" * "Temporary Provisions on the organization of Soviet power in Ukraine" (December 22, 1919) On January 27, 1920, the committee extended onto the territory of Ukraine validity of the decrees of the

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Soviet government of Ukraine in 1917-23
at histpol.narod.ru (originally at the website of Cabinet of Ukraine) * Sverbiguz, V.
Has a communist his native land? Ukrainian answer
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Council of People's Commissars (Ukraine) Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR ( uk, Рада Народних Комісарів УРСР) or the Radnarkom ( uk, Раднарком) was the highest governing body of executive power in Ukrainian SSR from January 1919 to 19 ...

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