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In his novel Over the Black Sea (1890), the famous Ukrainian writer Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky (1838-1918) addresses the topic of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, opening a new page in Ukrainian prose. The author depicts people of broad, progressive views who, through their humane educational activities, opened up the prospects of a new, free and intelligent existence for the people. These are, first of all, Sania Navrotska and Viktor Komashko, the protagonists of the novel, true ascetics, faithful to the path they have chosen once and for all, which has become their life.