Agricultural legislation of the Central Council: influence of political factor

The brief period of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917 – 1921 was extremely rich in events that influenced all spheres of life of the society. Today, the Ukrainian revolution is viewed as a socio-cultural, multidimensional phenomenon that affected the process of national construction of the Ukrainian state. The authors aims to explore the views of the leading representatives of the Tsentralna Rada (the Central Council) on the solution of the agrarian Issue and also their influence on the agrarian legislation of the Tsentralna Rada. Aggravation of the agrarian issue in the spring - autumn of 1917 was a consequence of many years of ill-conceived agrarian policy of the royal power. Peasants perceived the revolution as an end to the old land regime and were confident that the government will soon begin to address the agrarian issue. However, this issue remained unresolved, which caused socio-political activity of the peasantry. The Tsentralna Rada had all the information on the sociopolitical, social and economic situation in the state. However, it was delaying the decision of the agrarian issue. There are many scientific studies in the world and native historiography on objective and subjective reasons that interfered with the solution of the agrarian issue. One of the subjective reasons, in our opinion, was personality factor. Socialization, nationalization, municipalization, establishment of labor and consumer norms, “minimum” and “maximum” measures, alienation of land and leaving it with its previous owners, free and paid alienation of land, allowing land to be on local self-government, communities and states disposal – this is just a short list of the main agrarian provisions of political parties. Political parties criticized the agrarian programs of their opponents and proved relevance of their own programs. The versatility of the agrarian regulations of various political parties and their inability to find a common solution has become a barrier to the development of the agrarian legislative platform of the Tsentralna Rada.