The Directorate, or
Directory (,
Dyrektoriya) was a provisional collegiate revolutionary state committee of the
Ukrainian People's Republic, initially formed on November 13–14, 1918 during a session of the
Ukrainian National Union in rebellion against
Skoropadsky's regime. During the overthrow of Pavlo Skoropadsky was named as the
Executive Council of the State Affairs . Its authority was extended by the Labor Congress of Ukraine on January 23–28 1919.