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The Ukrainian State was created after the dissolution of the Central Rada and the Ukrainian People’s Republic by the Germans in 1917. Its independence was recognized by the Russian Republic after the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty. The Ukrainian State was lead by the authoritarian former Russian general Paul Skoropadsky, bearing the semi-monarchical title of Hetman. Originally, the country became a German puppet state. It was mainly exploited as a breadbasket, suppling the imperial army on the Western Front. However, it became clear after the war that Germany wouldn’t be able to hold Ukraine as its sattelite, and the young state grew more autonomous each year.
Skoropadsky’s regime was not a democratic or a liberal one and historians agree it was being plagued by corruption and nepotism. This led to a situation where the Hetman’s authority as the leader of Ukraine was rapidly diminishing while the anti-monarchical groups, mainly the Ukrainian Social Democrat Party, were each month rising in popularity. Eventually, Skoropadsky decided to voluntatily step down until the people would make him do so. The Hetman abdicated and