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The main storyline of the work "Black Council" by Panteleimon Kulish (1819 - 1897) is the struggle for the hetman's mace between Y. Somko and I. Bryukhovetskyi after the death of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi.

The author sympathetically portrays the Cossacks, their life, customs, and the best traditions of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The Zaporozhian Sich appears in the novel as the first democratic republic. At the same time, P. Kulish shows the contradictions between different segments of the population, which resulted in the “black council”.

The novel confuses, fascinates, makes you worry about the characters and the fate of the whole country. In many ways, it resonates with our present.