The Ukrainian question in the context of Austrian national policy during the First World War (1914-1916)

The author studies the relations between the Austrian authorities and political organizations of Ukrainians in Austria and Russia during the First World War (1914-1916). The main directions of Austrian-Ukrainian cooperation in the military, domestic and foreign policy spheres are considered. The study demonstrates a change in Austria’s policy towards the Ukrainian movement in the context of the events of the First World War: from supporting plans to organise an uprising in Russia and create a Ukrainian state to refusing cooperation and moving to supporting the main competitor of the Ukrainian movement in the struggle for statehood - the Poles.