Beiyang 1917

() Zhukovsky is almost certain in his heart that Simon Petliura is not sincere enough to seek peace from the Volga Federation under the current situation, even at the expense of establishing the Volga-Ukraine Union However, when Zhukovsky brought a delegation to congratulate the establishment of the Volga Federation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Golubovich once Let me tell you the truth, the implication is that Ukraine's biggest enemy is not the Volga Federation and the Allied Forces, nor the German and Austrian occupation forces, but the unwilling Soviet Russia in the north. ,

Great Tsaristism was once the biggest obstacle in front of the Ukrainian national du li movement. After the tsarist resignation and the collapse of Tsarist Russia, the new successor, Soviet Russia, also inherited the idea of ​​Great Tsarist Russia, but under the banner of the Soviet and the Bolshevik movement. And those above want to infiltrate and subvert all these places that belonged to Russia before bringing them back into the territory of Soviet Russia.

For the German-Austrian Allies, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, the so-called du li countries and regimes established with the support of the German-Austrian occupation forces, are not only necessary to carve up and weaken Russia In addition to the means, it is also a buffer zone set up to defend the four allied countries such as Germany, Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria. If these countries are not re-annexed by the Soviet Union and Russia, they can only rely on the stronger German-Austrian allies, and Ukraine is no exception. .

The situation in Europe in 1918 was actually quite tangled. If the above-mentioned weak emerging countries wanted to survive after declaring du li, they had to surrender to a powerful force. After Tsarist Russia ceased to exist as a member of the Allied Powers camp, these originally Countries can have the opportunity to seek refuge in the camp of the Allied Powers without affecting their own forces.

However, on the Eastern Front, Soviet Russia, which inherited the mantle of Tsarist Russia, turned out to be a smelly and hard rock, an unreliable master, and became a strange landscape and force outside the Allies and Allies. Moreover, it was a threat to Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan are the gangsters who have the most territorial and territorial claims.

With the collapse of Tsarist Russia and the independence of Soviet Russia on the Eastern Front, there was a vacuum in the camp of the Allied Powers. This made the above-mentioned 9 countries have to rely on the German-Austrian Allies in order to seek and maintain their own du li. The enemy of the enemy is us My friends, the truth is so simple.

Of course, no one expected that in just half a year, the Sino-Japanese alliance in the camp of the Allied Powers would sweep from east to west, not only reopening the Eastern Front of the Allied Powers, but also completely annihilating them in the Battle of Ufa The main force of the 30 Soviet Red Army was mobilized, and the emerging Volga Federation was quickly established at a speed that no one expected!

Unlike the nine du li countries established by the national du li movement, namely Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, the emerging Volga Federation was majestic and inclusive from the very beginning. Numerous ethnic regions have sufficient autonomy and autonomy without giving up the fu's unified country model. The key point is that the land laws of the Volga Federation itself have become the best means to fight the Bolshevik movement in this era.

Therefore, Golubovich, one of the leaders of the Ukrainian National Union and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine’s ruling cabinet, summoned his deputy in private before Zhukovsky led the delegation to leave, and repeatedly warned,

"Nikolai Nikolaevich, Ukraine has always been a battleground for military strategists. Germany and Austria are now in full swing, but the Germans will always be invaders. We are now surviving in the gap between Germany and Soviet Russia. In order not to be overthrown by Soviet Russia and the Bolshevik movement, we can only temporarily rely on the German-Austrian Allies. Although the Volga Federation is a new country, it is now widely recognized in the Allied Powers camp.

When you go this time, you must not only unswervingly defend Ukraine's du li position, but also flexibly grasp the scale of the negotiation. If there is an opportunity to maintain du li, we are not opposed to the temptation to join the camp of the Allied Powers. Of course , The premise is that the Allied Powers or the Volga Federation can protect the du li of Ukraine from being violated!It is even more necessary to hide it from the eyes and ears of the German consultants! "

Vladimir Olevyevich Golubovich was originally a member of the Ukrainian Social Revolutionary Party. He served as the first zheng fu prime minister at the beginning of the founding of the Ukrainian People's Republic. At the end of the era, most of the Ukrainian SRs, Left SRs, Mensheviks, and Constitutional Nationalists formed a united front against the Bolsheviks: the Ukrainian National Union.

As the head of the delegation, Golubovich, who led the team to participate in the negotiations of the "Brest Peace Treaty" between the German-Austrian Allies and the Soviet Union, also became famous in the first battle and became Ukraine's leader-level representative task in the international community. The three carriages of the Central Committee of the National Union are Winnichenko, Golubovich and Petliura.

By the end of July 1918, a power structure had been formed in which Vinichenko served as the chairman of the Central Rada in charge of legislation, Petliura served as the prime minister and defense minister of the ruling cabinet, and Golubovich served as the foreign minister of the ruling cabinet in charge of foreign affairs , because Simon Petliura has learned a lesson after repeatedly going to power, being imprisoned, released, and then coming to power. He knows that power emerges from the barrel of a gun.

Relying on and based on the loyalty of the commander-in-chief of the national army and the army, this guy refused to hand over the supreme power of Ukraine from the ruling cabinet to the Ukrainian central Rada, which made the central yang Rada controlled by Vinnichenko de facto Overhead, and the Ukrainian central Rada stayed in Kiev at this time instead of coming to Kharkov with the relocation of the capital like the government of the ruling cabinet.

Of course, although there are countless factions and cracks within the Ukrainian National Union, the troika can basically maintain the same foreign policy. Germany and Austria are like wolves, and Soviet Russia is like a tiger. Fu and 8 other countries chose to attach to Germany and Austria, which is a matter of course.

Zhukovsky's instruction from Golubovich is to leave room for Ukraine's future, instead of following Germany and Austria all the way to the dark!Fence-riding opportunism is a reflection of the secret thoughts of most Ukrainian rulers.