A Ukrainian Nationalist's Italian Job: Diplomacy on Behalf of a Stateless People

This thesis examines the career of Ievhen Onats'kyi, a representative of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, who lived in Italy from 1922-1947. While there he worked to expand knowledge about Ukraine and the Ukrainian language as well as lobby for the Organization. His position in Fascist Italy and within the Organization is a prime node to allow a thorough examination of how Ukrainian Nationalists adapted ideologically theory to their practices, how the power imbalance between them and foreign powers pushed certain considerations. Onats'kyi's work illustrates also the diplomatic appeals which Ukrainian Nationalists used to try and align Fascist Italy with their cause.