World War I and the Occupation of Galicia (1914–1917)

The empire mobilizes Ukrainians en masse as cannon fodder in the world war, and in the course of its offensive occupies Galicia and launches there a policy of total destruction of Ukrainian institutions[1][2].

ID: C0070
Start:  August 1914
End:  December 1917
Version: 1.0
Created: 25 April 2026
Last Modified: 25 April 2026

Actors

ID Name Description
G0009 Russian Empire

Forced conscription of millions of Ukrainians into the Russian imperial army to take part in World War I for the alien geopolitical interests of empires[1].

Techniques Used

ID Name Use
T0127 Deportation

Mass deportations of the Ukrainian population during the occupation: more than 12 thousand people were forcibly expelled from Galicia on charges of political unreliability[1].

T0049 Forced Mobilization

Forced conscription of millions of Ukrainians into the Russian imperial army to take part in World War I for the alien geopolitical interests of empires[1].

T0128 Liquidation of National Civic Organizations

Total purge of Ukrainian institutions in the occupied territories of Galicia: closure of newspapers, persecution of figures of the movement, arrest and exile of Mykhailo Hrushevsky[2][1].

Instruments

ID Name Description
S0012 Occupation and Controlled Administrations

Total purge of Ukrainian institutions in the occupied territories of Galicia: closure of newspapers, persecution of figures of the movement, arrest and exile of Mykhailo Hrushevsky[2][1].

S0010 Regular Army

Forced conscription of millions of Ukrainians into the Russian imperial army to take part in World War I for the alien geopolitical interests of empires[1].

S0017 Secret Police and Security Services

Mass deportations of the Ukrainian population during the occupation: more than 12 thousand people were forcibly expelled from Galicia on charges of political unreliability[1].

References