Dr. Bohdan Hrushetskyi

History, International Relations

Associate Professor

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences (Kyiv)

CV: Bohdan Hrushetskyi Ph.D. in Political Sciences (specialty – Political Problems of International Systems and Global Development) Master of history (with Honors). Specialty - Modern and Contemporary History of Foreign Countries Associate Professor of the Department of international relations and social sciences, National university of life and environmental studies (Kyiv, Ukraine) Author of two books, more than 50 articles in the scientific journals, as well as publications at web sites. Author of the podcast Prialia. The history of Ukraine Participant of more than 50 conferences, seminars, round-tables.

Presenting about:

Ukraine in international relations in 1917-1918

Abstract:

My research interests are focused on the role of Ukraine in international relations in 1917-1918. I am researching the establishment of the first contacts of the newly created independent Ukrainian state - the Ukrainian National Republic - with European countries. Both relations with members of the opposing blocs in the First World War - the Entente and the Central Powers, and with neutral states (Norway, Sweden, Switzerland etc) are considered. Particular attention is paid to the relations of independent Ukraine with Germany and Austria-Hungary, their conclusion of the Brest Peace Treaty and joint military action against the Bolsheviks in Ukraine, in particular in the Crimea and Donetsk region. I study the issues of the German strategy towards Ukraine in 1918, the interaction of the political and military leadership of Ukraine and Germany. Among the problematic issues are German-Ukrainian relations regarding the status of the Crimean peninsula in 1918. Other research interests: • history of cultural relations between Ukraine and other European countries, • international relations in the Central and Eastern Europe since 1989, • Ukraine-EU relationship.