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This book highlights the most important events related to the formation of the Ukrainian state - the Hetmanate (First Ukrainian Hetmanate), founded by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, as a result of violent uprisings and revolution in the mid-seventeenth century. The Ukrainian state, the Hetmanate (First Ukrainian Hetmanate), was founded by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky. In 1648-1657, he was the ruler of Ukraine-Rus and personified the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the country. Particular attention is paid to the military leadership of the Zaporozhian Sich atamans Ivan Sirko, Kostia Hordiienko and Petro Kalnyshevskyi. The figures of prominent commanders Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi, Petro Sahaidachnyi, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi and others are considered. The book recreates the images of the brave leaders of the Cossack-Haidamak movement of the eighteenth century on the Right Bank of Ukraine - Ivan Shvachka, Hnat Holyi, Ivan Honta and Maksym Zalizniak, as well as many other bright and strong personalities of the early modern era.