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Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky is a classic of Ukrainian literature. He worked in numerous genres and with numerous themes. His contribution to Ukrainian literature is difficult to overestimate. It was this writer who introduced a number of new themes, motifs and plots and the literary process. Hero of the Ukrainian People is a short text dedicated to the historical figure Semen Paliy. Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky explores this figure as a historian and folklorist. It is interesting that the writer pays great attention to the array of folk songs about Ivan Mazepa and Semen Paliy, because, in his opinion, it is folk songs that will help to understand some of the nuances of this story.