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The proposed popular science book by a well-known contemporary historian reveals the complex problems of the Ukrainian Cossack state's entry into the system of international relations during the 17th and 18th centuries. On the basis of original historical sources, the author explores the external contacts of the Hetman's governments of Ukraine, starting with Bohdan Khmelnytsky and ending with Pylyp Orlyk, with the states of that time - Austria, Italy, Moldova, Muscovy, Germany, Poland, Wallachia (now Romania), Turkey, Sweden, France and other countries of Europe and Asia.
The book is addressed to a wide range of readers.