SANITARY-EPIDEMIC AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITY OF THE RED CROSS IN EASTERN GALICIA DURING THE WUPR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITY OF THE LOCAL POPULATION

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to carry out a comprehensive and objective coverage of the sanitary- epidemic and humanitarian activities of the red-cross organizations in the territory of Eastern Galicia during the WUPR and their interaction with the public in the process of work of the partnership in the above-mentioned directions. To analyze the effectiveness of this organization’s activities to address the medical and humanitarian needs of the military and civilian population of the identified region.

The methodological basis of the study is the general scientific principles of objectivity, compre- hensiveness and historicism. The problem-chronological, logical and comparative methods are used in the work. The organizational structure and sanitary-epidemic and humanitarian activity of the Ukrainian Red

Cross on the territory of Galicia are analyzed. The historical conditions in which this organization worked was considered. In particular, the medical and humanitarian situation caused by the prolonged military actions of the period of the First World War and the growing Polish-Ukrainian conflict that characterized the need for the creation and organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross was described. The attitude and participation in the organization of representatives of the medical community of Eastern Galicia of different nationalities is analyzed. The work of foreign missions of the red-colored structures on the territory of the region and their interaction with local authorities is highlighted. The process of interaction between the Polish and Ukrainian Red Cross Societies in solving the problem of custody of prisoners and interned soldiers in the process of moving civilians through the front line is considered. Characterized influence and scale of charitable activity of local Ukrainian and Jewish population on the work of the Ukrainian Red Cross. Considered activities of the Red Cross in Eastern Galicia during the ZUNR was an important factor that reduced the negative impact of the complex sanitary-epidemic and humanitarian situation that resulted from bloody hostilities during the First World War and the Polish-Ukrainian confrontation on the territory of the region.