The initiative to establish diplomatic contact between the Ukrainian People's Republicand Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to highlight the history of diplomatic relations between the governments of the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918 – 1920 and determine the active role of Vasyl Kuzhym and Yusif Vazirov. The methodology of the research is based on the application of historical chronological and comparative methods. Inductive and deductive methods have also been used to reconstruct certain historical events based on historiographical sources. The method of analysis contributed to the understanding of the international situation in the specified period and the role of Azerbaijan-Ukrainian relations. Inductive and deductive methods have been also used to reconstruct certain historical events according to historiographical sources. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that it is the first attempt to analyze diplomatic contacts between the Ukrainian People’s Republic and Azerbaijan Democratic Republic based on a collection of historical materials collected by the Azerbaijan and the Ukrainian historians. The specified historical period was previously studied in the context of relations between Ukraine and the Transcaucasian republics. This article is an attempt to give an assessment of rapprochement level between Ukraine and Azerbaijan.

The Conclusion. The main reason for the diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Ukraine development issue was the lack of financial resources, the presence of an external threat, in particular the Bolsheviks and their desire to eliminate the independence of the republics. The diplomatic relations between the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the first Azerbaijan Republic (1918-1920) were friendly and at the same time had a strategic focus. The Azerbaijani students studied in the Ukrainian universities, the Ukrainians, who lived mainly in Mughan region of Azerbaijan had their official representative, who supported their rigths.