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The novel by the prominent Ukrainian writer Andriy Tchaikovsky (1857-I935) depicts the initial stage of the heroic struggle of the Ukrainian people for their social and national liberation under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Along with the national leaders - Bohun and Kryvonos - the figure of Khmelnytsky's young godson, a loyal assistant to the hetman, a graduate of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy - Oleksiy Kornienko is also interesting.