Sribniak, Ihor and Sarapyna, Anastasia and Krepel, Vera and Shatilo, Volodymyr (2022) The fate of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured by German troops from the Imperial Russian Army (end of 1916 – beginning of 1918) Echa przeszłości, ХХІІІ (2). pp. 81-111. ISSN 1509-9873
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Abstract
The article discusses the fate of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were captured by German troops and interned in the Rastatt military camp (between 1917 and the beginning of 1918). Ukrainian POWs were deployed as laborers by German military command. Camp activists founded the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine which promoted Ukrainian national identity through cultural and educational efforts. The Union ultimately gave rise to the Independent Ukraine movement. Some of its most radical members were covertly transported by the Germans to the frontline, and they became involved in an underground campaign against the Imperial Russian Army. At the same time, German military command supported the Zaporozhian Sich paramilitary organization which grouped Ukrainian POWs and ultimately evolved into the Taras Shevchenko First Infantry Regiment. At the end of 1916, some of the regiment’s soldiers joined the German army and formed their own military units. The number of Ukrainian soldiers in the German army continued to increase in 1917, and by March 1918, all Ukrainian soldiers had joined the First Blue Division (Synozhupanniki) and were transported to Ukraine.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ukrainian prisoners of war, camp; rear; front; Rastatt; military commandant's office; Germany |
Subjects: | Це архівна тематика Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Статті у наукометричних базах > Index Copernicus Це архівна тематика Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Статті у наукометричних базах > Scopus |
Divisions: | Це архівні підрозділи Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Факультет суспільно-гуманітарних наук > Кафедра всесвітньої історії |
Depositing User: | професор Ігор Володимирович Срібняк |
Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2022 05:05 |
Last Modified: | 22 May 2023 12:00 |
URI: | https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/43322 |
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