1. Volodymyr Musiiovych Chekhivskyi was a Ukrainian activist and politician who served as Chairman of the Council of People's Ministers of the Ukrainian People's Republic from December 1918 to February 1919.
12 Facts About Volodymyr Chekhivskyi
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Between 1902 and 1904 Volodymyr Chekhivskyi was a member of the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party, after which he switched to the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party until 1919.
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From 1908 to 1917 Volodymyr Chekhivskyi lived in Odesa where he taught in a gymnasium as well as commercial and technical colleges.
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Nonetheless, Volodymyr Chekhivskyi participated in the activities of a local Ukrainian Hromada and Prosvita association.
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At that time Volodymyr Chekhivskyi was elected to the Russian Constituent Assembly.
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Under the administration of Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Volodymyr Chekhivskyi continued to work in the Ministry of Confessions, yet continuing to be a member of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Labour Party.
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From 26 December 1918 to 11 February 1919, Volodymyr Chekhivskyi was President of the Council of People's Ministers and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian People's Republic.
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Volodymyr Chekhivskyi followed leftist political views, advocated compromise with Bolsheviks, opposed the treaty with Entente.
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Volodymyr Chekhivskyi had a little influence on the army of Ukraine.
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On 29 July 1929, Volodymyr Chekhivskyi was arrested in connection with the Union for the Freedom of Ukraine process and on 19 April 1930, sentenced to death through shooting, changed to 10 years of imprisonment.
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Volodymyr Chekhivskyi was confined to the Khabarovsk and Yaroslavl political prisons, from 1933 - in Solovki prison camp.
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In 1936 Volodymyr Chekhivskyi was additionally sentenced to three years of imprisonment.