The Ukrainian Press-Bureau of Diplomatic Mission of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Rome as a Lesson for Contemporary National Journalism

The article is written on the basis of the library and archive collections of Ukrainian emigration in Rome, worked out by the author during the research internship in Italy. For the first time, the little-known page of Ukrainian-Italian relations is covered from the perspective of the rise, organization of work and the results of the activities of the Ukrainian Press Bureau of the UPR Diplomatic Mission in Romein 1919–1920. As it is known, from the beginning of the formation of the Ukrainian People's Republic, diplomatic missions from Kyiv were sent to several influential countries of Western Europe. Their main task was to widely inform the leaders of the Entente countries regarding the situation in Ukraine and s the recognition of the Ukrainian People's Republic as a sovereign independent stateseek from these countries. In terms of resolving the Russian-Ukrainian problem, this government adhered to the pro-Russian position at that time. Given that the Italian government did not recognize Ukraine as an independent state, the UPR diplomatic mission had no official status and in fact worked in Romeunder semi-legal conditions. The mission was headed by the son of the famous Ukrainian historian Dmytro Antonovych. The characteristics of staff members of the mission such as Vsevolod Shebedev, Taisiia Lypovetska-Balmen, Ivan Grinenko, Antonio Peskalotzi, typists-machinists, Italians of origin, Sandrini and Bettanuri are represented. The press activity of the mission and, in particular, the head of the press office Yevhen Onatsky, are analyzed in detail. The editorial policy of the "Bulletin of the Ukrainian Press Bureau in Rome" and the Italian weekly "La Vocedel Ucraina" was analyzed. The conclusions highlight the main results of the press and publishing activities of this bureau. And they were the following: - issue of the "Bulletins of the Ukrainian Press Bureau in Rome" (an information publication published twice or three times a week in Italian in a volume of two to four pages, an edition from 100 to 300 copies; 56 numbers of this edition were saved) by cyclotyle method; - issue of the analytical periodical "Voice of Ukraine" (according to the plan, the weekly in Italian, 50 numbers appeared in the world); - preparation of publications for the Italian press by the bureau staff; - conducting lectures on Ukrainian studies for the Italian public; - publication and distribution of brochures on socio-political subjects and books of classics of Ukrainian literature translated into Italian