On November 9, 1917 in its announcement to residents of Ukraine the committee reported that it concentrate functions of central power in its hands and being responsible to the
Central Council of Ukraine. The committee created a revolutionary headquarters for organization of military forces and presented a request to the commander of
Kiev Military District Mikhail Kvetsinsky that all military units will be subordinated to the orders of the
Ukrainian General Military Committee (UHVK), while orders of a commander and district headquarters were controlled by a commissariat of nine people that the committee created. The committee also requested to depose the representative of the Provisional Government . The committee, however, was not able to control the situation. The administration of the Kiev Military District (KVO) refused to recognize the committee and after the fall of the
Provisional Government of Russia considered itself the only legitimate power in the city. It rejected the committee's request and arrested its members of commissariat who were sent for negotiations. In order to reach a consensus with the headquarters of KVO,
Symon Petlyura personally as the chairman of UHVK arrived for negotiations. The district administration refused any further negotiations with the committee that included
bolsheviks.
Committee dissolved After the executive committee of Central Council of Ukraine condemned the
Petrograd uprising on November 8, 1917 adopting a resolution, next day Bolsheviks left the committee. The same day in support of the Petrograd uprising, they conducted a united session with representatives of soviets, trade unions and military units in the building of . The assembly created the Kiev city Bolshevik revolutionary committee in preparation to overthrow the power led by
Leonid Pyatakov, brother of
Yuri Pyatakov. On November 11, 1917 the members of the new Bolshevik Kiev revolutionary committee were arrested. In protest against further negotiations with the Kiev Military District, the members of the rest Ukrainian political parties left the regional committee as well. Due to such situation the committee was forced to dissolve and on November 10, 1917 transferred its authority to the
General Secretariat of Ukraine. ==See also==