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The stunning plot of the book, the main characters of which are real historical figures, will not leave the reader indifferent. Ivan Korsak, using archival materials, reconstructed and comprehended the history of Ukraine in the nineteenth century. The life of Ataman Chayka (1804-1886), a "Pole with Ukrainian blood type", is filled with the spirit of adventurism and surprising, sometimes paradoxical, twists of fate. The famous historian of Polish literature Zygmunt Szwejkowski wrote: "Tchaikovsky always considered himself a Pole, but the idea of an independent Poland was undoubtedly a secondary matter for him. In his mind, it was inextricably linked to the idea of a free Ukraine, and without it, it completely lost its appeal and meaning for him."