republic of worker's Councils (Soviets) and the intention to conclude a peace treaty with Bolshevik Russia. This turn of events had a great impact on the political life of Ukraine. On April 20, 1919, numerous socialist parties of Ukraine (sovereigntists, federalists, and others) entrusted Oskilko to deliver a memorandum to Petlyura demanding the immediate resignation of the Martos government. Oskilko handed over the document to Petlyura in Zdolbuniv, who publicly tore it apart. At the end of April 1919, Petlyura twice ordered Oskilko to lead his army to the front against the Bolsheviks. These orders were never carried out. Petlyura then fired Oskilko's chief of staff, Vsevolod Agapiev, but Oskilko refused to follow that order as well. On April 28, the Chief Otaman sent him the final order to surrender the command to general Zhelikhovski. On April 29, 1919, Oskilko led a coup-d'etat in Rivne supported by members of the Ukrainian Party of Socialists-Independentists and the Ukrainian People-Republican Party. The participants of the putsch requested the appointment of Yevhen Petrushevych as the provisional president of Ukraine until the convocation of the Constituent Assembly, the transfer of command to general Omelianovych-Pavlenko and the dismissal of Petlyura and Andriy Makarenko from the organization of military affairs, and the creation of a coalition government from the members of both Ukrainian republics. Oskilko also sent his representative to Poland with the intent to conduct peace talks. Oskilko reentered politics in late 1922 as an agent of the Polish government in Volhynia, during which time he tried to break up a Jewish-Ukrainian coalition in the Polish parliamentary elections of that year. His campaign was criticized for its usage of antisemitic tropes. Oskilko was assassinated in Rivne in 1926. References External links Mandate on a revolution Rivne Oblast website Website of Doctor Historical Sciences of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Pavlo Hai-Nyzhnyk Fight of Otamans. Volodymyr Oskilko against Symon Petlyura 1892 births 1926 deaths Assassinated Ukrainian politicians People from Volhynian Governorate People from Rivne Oblast Russian military personnel of World War I Ukrainian generals