POLITICAL CENTRES OF UKRAINIAN EMIGRATION AND THEIR LEADERS IN THE CURRENT RESEARCHES

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(Review of publications: Vasyl Yablonskyi. Derzhavnyj tsentr UNR v eksyli: ideji, borotba, tradytsija (1921–1992 roky). [The State Centre of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in Exile: Ideas, Struggle, Tradition (1921–1992)]. Кyiv, 2020. 648 p.; Yaroslav Faizulin. Presydent UNR Andrij Livytskyj – advokat i polityk na tli epokhy. Seria „Advokyty-presidenty“ [The President of the Ukrainian People's Republic Andriy Livytskyi, the lawyer and politician in the context of his era .Seria «Lawyers-presidents»], Vol І. Kyiv, 2020. 384 p.)
This review is an analysis of two monographs devoted to specific issues of the history of Ukrainian political emigration, which continued the traditions of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the Directory led by S. Petliura. The first of them examines the history of the State Centre of the UPR in exile, its activities in the interwar period, reorganisation and activity after the WWII. The second of these monographs is a political biography of the long-time head of the UPR State Centre in exile, including as President, Andriy Livytskyi. The review analyses the contribution of each author and the significance of each of these monographs for studies of the history of Ukrainian political emigration.