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The writings of Pavel Shandruk (1889–1979), a native of Volyn, a prominent Ukrainian military leader, general-chorunge of the UNR Army, – the author's thoughts about the Ukrainian military, its good and bad examples, its victories, successes, failures or defeats. At the same time, they are also the instructions and guidelines of the Ukrainian military officer, who is rich in his military and military experience, so that in the future to avoid repeating these or those mistakes. These are the reasons why it is necessary to pay the main attention to the good Ukrainian soldier. The defect of such understanding was most keenly felt by the side of foreign command staff in the First Ukrainian Divisions of the Ukrainian National Army.

The stories «The Power of Valour» are written in a generous and unmediated, military way, without any artistic or philosophical reflection on life events. These texts should be seen as thoughts about the Ukrainian army, which with its ranks and blood wrote the historical pages of the lithopis of our nation in the turbulent first half of the last century.