Memories. Skoropadsky. Skoropadsky P.

Memoirs of Pavel Petrovich Skoropadsky (1873–1945), Lieutenant General of the Russian Army, the hero of the Russian-Japanese and First World War, cover a very small period of time. But in these months there were so many events that they would have more than enough for several decades: the proclamation of an independent Ukrainian power with a hetman at the head (which became Skoropad), the actual occupation of Ukraine by German troops, attempts to carry out reforms, a continuous struggle for power in an incredible state And the flight of the hetman from Kyiv to Germany. Most readers Skoropadsky are known only as a character in the works of M. A. Bulgakov - the plays “Days of the Turbins” and the novel “The White Guard”, in which he is bred as a semi -genectic figure. Meanwhile, the fate of the hetman was rather a dramatic: a convinced monarchist and defender of the empire, he accepted power in one of its fragments; A combat officer who bravely fought with the Germans, he was forced to accept their protectorate and spent more than a quarter of a century in exile in Germany... Skoropadsky’s memories will help the reader understand one of the most difficult episodes of the Civil War, and possibly give an additional key to understanding today's events in Ukraine.