Ukrainian diplomatic missions in Berlin and Munich in the system of German-Ukrainian relations in the 1920s
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Ukrainian state, UNR, Germany, Bavaria, Munich, Berlin, Roman Smal-Stotskyi, Vasyl OrenchukAbstract
This article examines the activities of Ukrainian diplomatic missions in Berlin and Munich during the early 1920s. Drawing on German and Ukrainian archival materials as well as press sources, it explores the political, diplomatic, and social initiatives undertaken by the Ukrainian Embassy in Berlin and the Consulate in Munich, focusing on the social and legal protection of Ukrainians in Germany and the establishment of German-Ukrainian political and economic relations.
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