France et Ukraine ('France and Ukraine') was a French language socio-political broadsheet weekly newspaper published from Paris between January and May 1920.[1][2][3][4][5] The first issue was published on 9 January 1920, the last (14th) being published on 7 May 1920.[1]
 France et Ukraine, 5 March 1920 issue | |
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Editor-in-chief | F. Savchenko |
| Founded | 9 January 1920 |
| Ceased publication | 7 May 1920 |
| Headquarters | 11 Rue de Bassano, 16th arr., Paris |
| City | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Circulation | 8,000 (as of 1920)[1] |
The initiative to launch the newspaper was taken by the Circle for French-Ukrainian Studies, a group founded in July 1918 by F. Savchenko, and the Extraordinary Diplomatic Mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic in France.[1] France et Ukraine was sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian People's Republic, whose subsidies constituted the main revenue source for the publication.[1][6] The newspaper reached a circulation of around 8,000.[1] Savtchenko served as editor-in-chief, whilst the managing editors were M. Houtain, E. Houtain and H. Bontoux.[1] The editorial office was located on Rue de Bassano in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.[1] It shared its offices with Bulletin d’informations du Bureau Ukrainien de Presse, L’Europe orientale and Ukrayinska Respublika.[1]
The publication advocated for strengthening Franco-Ukrainian relations, with emphasis on the notion of supporting Ukraine as constituent of the cordon sanitaire against Bolshevism.[1] Contributors to France et Ukraine included Savchenko, M. Kouchnire, V. Tymoshenko, Andre Serbinenko, Symon Petliura, I. Borshak, B. Boutenko, Michel Rudnitsky, Serge Cheloukhine, A.Loukachevitch, K. Vychevitch, Georges Bienaimé, Georges Géo-Gérald (French parliamentarian), Armand Sylvestre, Roland Derbly, Albert de Gobart, H. de Harzy, Helie d’Arnaval, Charles Dubreuil, Francois Tessier and Philippe de Caldhilhe.[1] N. Loutchinsky was the correspondent of the newspaper in Rome.[1]
The newspaper closed down due to the financial difficulties of the Extraordinary Diplomatic Mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic in France.[1] There was a long gap between the 13th issue, published on 2 April 1920, and the 14th, published on 7 May 1920.[1]
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- ^ Naukove tovarystvo imeny Shevchenka (Lʹviv, Ukraine) (1948). Записки Наукового товариства імени Шевченка. Товариство. p. 10.
- ^ Jacques Chevtchenko (2000). Ukraine: bibliographie des ouvrages en français, XVIIe-XXe siècles. Publications de l'Est européen. p. 70. ISBN 978-3-928687-41-6.
- ^ Le Monde slave. Librairie Félix Alcan. July 1934. p. 310.
- ^ Druhyĭ miz͡hnarodnyĭ konhres ukraïnistiv, Lʹviv, 22-28 serpni͡a 1993 r: Istoriohrafii͡a ukraïnoznavstva ; Etnolohii͡a ; Kulʹtura. Instytut ukraïnoznavstva. 1993. p. 173. ISBN 978-5-7702-0614-2.
- ^ Danylo Husar Struk (1993). Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Ph - Sr. Vol. 4. University of Toronto Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-8020-3009-2.