Ukrainian General Military Committee


Ukrainian General Military Committee was the highest military institution in Ukrainian People's Republic established by the First All-Ukrainian Military Congress on 18 May 1917 for the purpose of governing the Ukrainian military movement and transforming the Russian military on the territory of Ukrainian lands into national military force. The committee is seen as a precursor of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
The delegates of military congress decided that the committee would be subordinated to the Central Council of Ukraine rather than the Russian Provisional Government or the All-Russian General Military Command.

Formation

Initially it was composed of 19 members: Symon Petliura, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, General Mykhailo Ivanov, Colonel Ivan Lutsenko, Colonel Oleksandr Pilkevych, Colonel Viktor Pavlenko, Lt.Colonel Yuriy Kapkan, Lt.Colonel Volodymyr Poplavko, Lieutenant Arsen Cherniavsky, Lieutenant Mykola Mikhnovsky, Ensign A.Pevnyi, Ensign Vasyl Potishko, Ensign Mykhailo Poloz, Ensign Fedir Seletsky, military administrator I.Horemyka-Krupchynsky, soldiers S.Hrazhdan and Dmytro Rovynsky, sailor Semen Pysmenyi. In June 1917 they were co-opted with General Luka Kondratovych, Colonel Oleksandr Zhukovsky, Lt.Colonel Vasyl Matiashevych, Lt.Colonel Oleksandr Slyvynsky, Captain S.Biletsky, Captain H.Hlibovsky, Lieutenant Volodymyr Kedrowsky, Lieutenant M.Levytsky, Lieutenant Petro Skrypchynsky, Soldier S.Kolos.

Subsequent fate of its members