 Due to the Soviet aggression on Ukraine without declaration of war and poor management of the State Affairs on the part of Volodymyr Vynnychenko, the Central Rada was forced to appoint Vsevolod Holubovych as the head of Ukrainian government on January 31, 1918.Holubovych also headed the Ukrainian delegation to Brest-Litovsk and negotiated the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (February 9, 1918).After a German-backed coup, which installed Pavlo Skoropadsky as Hetman of Ukraine on April 29, Holubovych was arrested and convicted in kidnapping of banker A.Dobry.