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Two figures of the historical past of the Ukrainian people are in the field of view of the Ukrainian writer Hnat Khotkevych (1877-1938), two hetmans, the first of whom - Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595-1657) stood at the origins of the idea of Ukrainian statehood, and the second - Ivan Mazepa (1639-1709) tried to bring this idea to life. The writer's pen is excited and passionate, his reflections on the tragic pages of Ukrainian history are deep and objectively logical, and his style of presentation is light, sparkling, and dynamic. The small size of the two stories contains a wealth of archival material that will also attract the reader's attention.