In 1918–1926, the Extraordinary Diplomatic Mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic operated in Bern. It began its work in August 1918 under Hetman P. Skoropadskyi, and from the end of November 1918 represented the interests of the government of the UPR Directory.
The first head of the Ukrainian mission was Yevhen Lukasevych (until early September 1919), and he was succeeded by Mykola Vasylko, who headed it until August 1923. After the latter's transfer as ambassador to Germany, Consul General Zenon Kurbas acted as its head from August 1923 until the mission was liquidated in 1926.
In 1999, the archival documents of the Mission were transferred to Ukraine.
In 2001, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, a plaque in honor of the Mission's activities was installed on the building of the Embassy of Ukraine in Bern.
After the restoration of Ukraine's independence, the Embassy of Ukraine in Switzerland was opened in February 1993.[4]
Ukrainian diplomat, political leader, and engineer. He was sent to Bern in 1917 on behalf of the Ukrainian People's Republic with the goal of spreading information about Ukraine. He founded a Ukrainian-Swiss commercial institution and a foreign institution of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Switzerland, and carried out diplomatic duties in Switzerland as a representative of Ukraine.
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Yevmen Lukasevych
Ukrainian diplomat, journalist, doctor, publisher, and activist; Minister of Health of the Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1918, he was an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the UPR. He was sent to Bern to attempt to establish formal diplomatic ties between the Ukrainian People's Republic and Switzerland. He aided in the publishing of French-language literature about Ukraine in Bern and Lausanne.[5]
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