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
France et Ukraine, 5 March 1920 issue
TypeWeekly
FormatBroadsheet
Editor-in-chiefF. Savchenko [uk]
Founded9 January 1920 (1920-01-09)
Ceased publication7 May 1920 (1920-05-07)
Headquarters11 Rue de Bassano [fr], 16th arr., Paris
CityParis
CountryFrance
Circulation8,000 (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 [uk], 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 [fr] 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 [uk], B. Boutenko [uk], Michel Rudnitsky [uk], Serge Cheloukhine [uk], A.Loukachevitch, K. Vychevitch, Georges Bienaimé, Georges Géo-Gérald [fr] (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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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Serhiy Blavatskyy, « The Ukrainian Francophone Press in France (1919-1921) », Revue des études slaves, LXXXIX-3 | 2018, 355-372.
  2. ^ Naukove tovarystvo imeny Shevchenka (Lʹviv, Ukraine) (1948). Записки Наукового товариства імени Шевченка. Товариство. p. 10.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Le Monde slave. Librairie Félix Alcan. July 1934. p. 310.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Danylo Husar Struk (1993). Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Ph - Sr. Vol. 4. University of Toronto Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-8020-3009-2.