The article describes the specificity of the ethno-confessional policy of the Crimean regional government of M. A. Sulkevich (June - November 1918). The circumstances of the general’s coming to power in the Crimea and the events preceding this, in which the national question played an important role, are noted. The significance of the ethno-confessional factor in the work of the cabinet of M. A. Sulkevich, the contradictory nature of his activities was proved. The relationship between M. A. Sulkevich with the Ukrainian State of Hetman P. P. Skoropadsky, who also had a national motive.