Том 7

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    The activities of the "left" wing (CP(b)U) in the context of political and armed confrontationon the northeastern border of the Ukrainian state in September — October 1918
    (2024) Pylypenko, Vladyslav
    In this article, the author attempts to examine a case that has not yet been sufficiently considered in Ukrainian and foreign historiographies: the activities of certain CP(b)U political groups (the so-called "left" wing) in September-October 1918. This issue will be considered through the intra-party discussions in the CP(b)U during the "September" plenum in Orel, the 2nd Congress of the CP(b)U in Moscow in October 1918. This topic has not yet received adequate attention in historiography. Most studies have focused on the ideological basis of political groups "inside" the CP(b)U, without much attention to their common and distinctive features. Discussions within local parties have been viewed in isolation from the "external" processes outside them. In the end, this issue was often given a certain political coloration, through which the CP(b)U was seen as either a "controlled pawn of Moscow" or a "local national independent movement" in a "communist wrapper". The activities of the "leftists" demonstrate a certain "selfsufficiency" of local Bolshevik political formations. Even though Georgy Pyatakov’s faction faded into the background, a number of its ideological postulates were put into practice. Among them, the main one was the idea of an armed way of the "liberation" of Ukrainian territories, with a focus on the means available locally (formation of armed regular units). The author also notes that the manifestations of the "leftist" independent activities were, not least, facilitated by a change in the political line in Moscow’s highest political circles (especially after Lenin’s injury in September 1918), and a common vision of the "left" wing with their opponents in the CP(b)U (the "right-wing" led by Emmanuel Quiring).