Gumenyuk V. General information about the territory of the Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic

DOI: 10.33098/2078-6670.2022.14.26.73-81.

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to clarify previously known but insufficiently researched facts, to discover new facts, to deepen the study of knowledge about the Green Wedge, to analyze the real state of the subject of research. Methodology. The methodology includes the analysis of the theoretical and source base with further generalization and formulation of relevant conclusions and recommendations. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the problem, the work uses a complex of general scientific, special legal, special historical and philosophical methods and approaches, as well as the principles of objectivity, historicism, systematicity and comprehensiveness. The results. In the process of research, it was recognized that the Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic (as it is commonly believed, Green Ukraine or Green Wedge) had an impressive total area, which is at least one and a half times larger than the territory of modern Ukraine. The article examines general information about the territory, total area, borders and connections of the Green Wedge, which consisted of land, water (river and sea), railway routes. Originality. In the course of the research, it was established that the research and coverage of the issue of the state formation of the Ukrainian people of the last century against the background of the events that took place since 2014, namely: the annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the military invasion of Eastern Ukraine, as well as the full-scale military invasion on February 24, 2022, are quite relevant to the modern sovereign and independent, democratic, social, legal state of Ukraine, which are examples of Russian expansionist ambitions and imperialist policies. As a result, today the Ukrainian people stand in defense of democratic values, the European path of development, territorial integrity and state sovereignty of Ukraine. One of the stages of state formation of the Ukrainian people is the formation of the Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic, which lasted from 1917 to 1922, and therefore it is necessary to assimilate the state formation of the Ukrainian people against the background of recent events. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used by central, regional and local state authorities in the formation of diaspora policy while addressing cultural, linguistic, legal and educational needs, as well as in the development of programs for the historical development of the Ukrainian people in the environment of the Ukrainian diaspora and on the territory of modern Ukraine.

Key words: territory, total area, borders and connections, water (river and sea), railways and dirt roads.

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