An examination of the formation and evolution of the legal status of national minorities in Ukraine during three historic periods: 1917-20, 1920-91; after 1991. Chapter headings: Part I. Legal status of national minorities in the Ukrainian state, 1917-20. Part II. Implementation of Boleshevik nationality policies in the Ukrainian SSR, 1920-39. Part III. Legal status of national minorities after the annexation of Western Ukraine to the Ukrainian SSR, 1939-53. Part IV. Legal problems of national minorities in the context of conflicting trends in social developmental, 1953-85. Part V. Perestroika and national minorities, 1985-91. Part VI. The establishment of the independent Ukrainian state and national minorities, 1991-2000.