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  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Editors Note; Introduction by Christopher Ford; 1. The Ukrainian Revolution from today's vantage point.; 2. The Colonial Terrain and Social Forces of the Revolution; 3. Problems of the Ukrainian Revolution; 4. The Tragedy of the Russo-Ukrainian War; 5. The War within the Ukrainian Peoples Republic; 6. What might have been and legacy of the Borotbisty; Illustrations; Biographical Sketch of Ivan Maistrenko; Introduction to the 1954 edition by Ivan Maistrenko; 1 Historical Antecedents; A. Components of Ukrainian Political Thought
  • 1. The Russian Influence2. The Cult of the Peasant; 3. Romantic Nationalism: The Search for Self-Existence; B. Ideological Precursors of Borotbism; 1. Drahomanov: The Father of Ukrainian Political Parties; 2. Marxism Enters Ukraine; C. The Experience of the Revolutionary Ukrainian Party (RUP); 1. The Problem of National Liberation; 2. Formulation of the National Program; 3. Nationalism Splits the RUP; 4. The Lesson of the Spilka; 2 Origins of the Ukrainian Party of Socialist Revolutionaries (UPSR), Predecessor of Borotbism; A. Ideological Background of the UPSR
  • B. The First Attempts at Formation of Ukrainian SR Groups Before 1917C. The First SR Groups and Party Program; 3 Ukrainian Party of Socialist Revolutionaries in 1917; A. From the First to the Second Congress of the UPSR; 1. The First Congress of the UPSR; 2. The Growth and Influence of the UPSR; B. From the Second to the Third Congress of the UPSR; 1. The Second Congress of the UPSR and its Turn to the Left; 2. Influence of Bolshevik Ideas on the Ukrainian Revolution and on the UPSR; C. From the Third Congress of the UPSR to the Liquidation of Ukrainian Revolutionary Democracy
  • 1. The Third Congress of the UPSR and the Party's movement toward the Soviet position2. The Impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War; 3. Failure of a Left SR Coup and of a Right SR Government; 4 The Borotbisty Under the Hetmanate; A. Worker and Peasant Opposition to the Hetman Coup; 1. The Second All-Ukrainian Peasants' Congress; 2. The Second All-Ukrainian Workers' Congress; B. The Fourth Congress of the UPSR and the Split; 1. The Fourth Congress; 2. Aftermath of the Congress; C. The Program of the Borotbisty; 1. The Platform of the New Central Committee; 2. The Weapon of Terror
  • 3. The National QuestionD. Movement of the Borotbisty Toward a Non-Bolshevik Soviet Platform; 1. The Kharkiv Province Party Conference; 2. The August Conference of Party Emissaries; 5 The Borotbisty in Revolt Against the Hetmanate and the Directory; A. The General Uprising Against the Hetmanate; B. Disaffection with the Directory; 1. Failure of the Directory's Military and Foreign Policy; 2. Peasants' Congresses Under Borotbist Influence; C. Final Attempts to Reunite the UPSR; D. Borotbist Ties With Pro-Soviet Parties; E. Inherent Weakness of the Borotbisty