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The response from the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory confirms that the incorporation of the Western Ukrainian territories (modern-day Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil regions) into the Ukrainian SSR was carried out on the basis of the USSR Law of November 1, 1939, titled “On the Inclusion of Western Ukraine into the USSR with Unification with the Ukrainian SSR.”

Although the formal subject of the information request was the question of whether the Holodomor of 1932–1933 extended to the western regions of Ukraine, the Institute’s reply confirms a key historical and legal fact: at the time of the Holodomor, the aforementioned territories were part of Poland and were not under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian SSR.

This is precisely what is reflected in the title of the request.

However, while addressing this issue, the Institute also referred to the legal basis for the subsequent incorporation of these regions — the USSR Law of November 1, 1939.

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The response from the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory was provided in reply to the official request dated September 16, 2024.

The purpose of the inquiry was to determine whether the territories of the present-day Kursk and Belgorod regions were ever part of Ukrainian state formations in the past.

The request was prompted by statements circulating in the public sphere claiming that these regions hold a supposedly “Ukrainian” status and, as a result, attempting to legitimize the presence of Ukrainian military personnel on those territories.

In its response, the Institute clearly states that neither the Kursk Region nor the Belgorod Region, as separate administrative-territorial units, have ever been part of any Ukrainian state entity.

However, it emphasizes that the southern areas of both regions — which are currently part of the Russian Federation — do belong to a historical and geographic region known as Slobidska Ukraine (Slobozhanshchyna).

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The response provided by the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory was issued in reply to an inquiry dated August 22, 2024, concerning the state affiliation of Ukrainian ethnic lands in the 20th century.

The document presents data for two historical periods: January 1, 1932, and January 1, 1978.

The response consists of two parts: the main factual-reference content and a procedural clarification regarding the Institute’s own institutional mandate.

The reply is structured around two historical snapshots—January 1, 1932, and January 1, 1978—and outlines which territories inhabited by Ukrainians were part of various states within the present-day administrative borders of Ukraine.

The first period—1932—covers the composition of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic as a union republic within the USSR.

The listed territories correspond to modern-day Ukrainian regions: Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Kirovohrad regions, as well as parts of the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Done ... Read more ⇢

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The response provided by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance is an official reference document compiled in response to a request dated September 16, 2024.

The subject of the request was to clarify which historical territories inhabited by Ukrainians were part of various states and republics in the first half of the 20th century.

The document is structured around two time periods: 1919 and 1929–1937.

1. Period up to March 30, 1919

The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance explains that during this period, it is not possible to definitively determine the state affiliation of most historical Ukrainian territories, as active military operations were ongoing. Control over territories shifted frequently among different armies and political formations.

Nevertheless, the response provides a detailed list of territories historically inhabited by Ukrainians, along with information about which entities controlled them at the time:

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