The problem of determining the ethnopolitical status of Ukrainians on the eve of the First World War
The First World War played an extremely important role in the geostrategic transformation of the world. The revolutions that took place after its completion destroyed four empires: the Russian, Ottoman, German and Austro-Hungarian ones. On the world map, not only a number of new countries were formed, but also political nations, including those that did not have state entities before. These include the Ukrainian ethnopolitical project, which acquired real borders on the eve of the First World War. Its creation was carried out with the active participation of both the then Russian liberals and representatives of the Austro-Hungarian side, and later the German military command. This publication analyzes the political processes of the pre-war period, which contributed to the emergence and development of ethnopolitical ambitions of Ukrainians, the formation of ethnopolitical self-awareness in their midst. The author comes to important conclusions of a generalized plan on the active participation of political parties and movements of the Russian Empire, as well as Western representatives in shaping the prerequisites for creating a political project in Ukraine.