Ukraine and the Central Powers in World War One

After the treaty of bresli tofsk, the central power sent in somewhere between 202 hundred 50 thousand soldiers to secure control of Ukraine. The rada set about constructing a worker and peasant friendly socialist state which rather rankled both the old ukranian alite and the occupying military powers. On april 20, ninth, cranian general pavel skorpotsky stage tacode ta overthrowing the socialist rada. He never won much support outside the german military establishment, though, so he's not going o long when the central powers collapse in november.