[UKRAINE] L'Ukraine et les Ukrainiens [i.e., Ukraine and the Ukrainians]

P[ETRO] STEBNITSKY (1862-1923), Imprimerie R. Suter & Cie, Berne, 1918. Original wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20,5 x 14 cm). In French. 52 p. Slight chippings on the extremities of the corners, and foxing on the covers; overall, a good copy. First French edition of this important work “Ukraina i Ukraintsy” reflecting the anti-colonial character of Ukraine, written by a Ukrainian journalist. Stebnitsky’s works are an important part of Ukrainian journalism at the beginning of the twentieth century and the period of the Ukrainian Revolution in 1917-1921 (Inna). After the February Revolution of 1917, Stebnitsky became head of the Ukrainian National Council in Petrograd, a member of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Federalists, and state secretary for Ukrainian affairs in the Russian Provisional Government from July to November 1917. In the spring of 1918, he moved to Kyiv, where he joined a political commission in the Hetman government and later served as deputy leader