Participation of Lev Bachynsky in the Activities of the Interparty Council (1921–1923)

Abstract

The article analyzes the main directions of activity of L. Bachynsky in the Interparty Council, his participation in its conferences and interparty congresses. The author focuses on the fact that during the meetings of the Interparty Council, L. Bachynsky expressed dissatisfaction with the policy of the government of E. Petrushevych in Vienna because of the loss of his ties with the Galician political forces. The role of politician in the preparation of appeals to the Council of Ambassadors of the Entente countries with the requirements of the immediate recognition of the independence of Eastern Galicia is described. His contribution to the preparation of the manifesto «To the Entire Cultural World», which condemned the actions of the occupation authorities on the Ukrainian lands, is reviewed. The article deals with the attitude of L. Bachynsky to the policy of the Polish state in the national question and the decision to join the Eastern Galicia to the Second Polish Republic in March 14, 1923. The author argues that after the decision of the Council of Ambassadors of the countries of the Entente, L. Bachynsky proclaimed a policy of orientation towards «own forces» in the struggle against the occupation regime.

Keywords: Lev Bachynsky, Interparty Council, interparty congress, Polish elections, Ukrainian Radical Party, Second Polish Republic