Yuki Murata's article "Kyivan Ausgleich? Ukrainian Autonomy Agreement in June–July 1917 as a Regional Compromise" has been published by Ab Imperio.

This article reexamines the 1917 Ukrainian autonomy agreement as a complex tripartite negotiation involving the Russian Provisional Government, the Ukrainian Central Rada, and local non-Ukrainian municipal bodies. Moving beyond a simple binary interaction between the agglomerated "Ukrainians" and "Russians," the author compares this settlement to the Habsburg "Ausgleich" (compromise), where the imperial center brokered power-sharing deals to manage ethnic tensions. Local Kyivan elites across various nationalities sought to secure fair representation within a shifting regional hierarchy that eventually positioned Ukrainians as the dominant majority and others as official minorities. By institutionalizing these national categories, the agreement signaled a pivotal transformation of the Russian state into a structured multinational empire. Ultimately, the article highlights how mass politics and wartime administrative shifts necessitated a collaborative, though hierarchical, regional administration to prevent social collapse.

The article is available online: Murata, Yuki. "Kyivan Ausgleich? Ukrainian Autonomy Agreement in June–July 1917 as a Regional Compromise." Ab Imperio 2025, no. 4 (2025): 51-77.