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In the history of Ukrainian realistic literature, the works of Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky occupy a prominent place. It is known that the development of fiction and, in particular, the great epic genres of the story and novel is an important stage in the formation of the national art of the word. Having entered the Ukrainian literary field, Nechuy-Levytsky brilliantly developed the content and form of a short story and gave the first examples of the realistic novel genre from modern life.

The story "Prince Jeremiah of Vyshnevetsky" was written during 1896 and 1897 and was completed by the writer in 1897. The work is dedicated to the most turbulent times in the history of the Ukrainian people. The chronological framework of the story is the 30s and 40s of the 17th century, that is, the years of the last Cossack uprisings that preceded Khmelnytsky's speech, the decade of the so-called "golden calm" in the history of the Polish gentry and the first victorious stage of the liberation war of the Ukrainian people under the leadership of Khmelnytsky.

Most of the characters and events in the story are historical, if not actually, then nominally, with the exception of the love line of the work (Jeremiah's love for a simple Cossack widow Todozi).