Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Tsentralna Rada or Central Rada (Ukrainian: , Tsentral''na rada) at first was the All-Ukrainian center that united political, public, cultural, professional organizations, Later after the All-Ukrainian National Convention (17 March - 21 April 1917) it became the revolutionary parliament of Ukraine. According to the Soviet encyclopedia it was a counter-revolutionary united body of bourgeoisie and minor-bourgeoisie nationalistic parties in Ukraine from 1917-1918.