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This is a comprehensive study of the life and work of the Head of the Directorate and Chief Ataman of the troops of the Ukrainian People's Republic, Symon Petliura. A significant array of historical literature, memoirs, periodicals and previously unknown archival materials involved in this study allowed the author to present the most objective and time-tested assessments of S. Petliura's personality, to highlight his figure more fully and more fully than previous researchers, and to illuminate his personality against the background of the national liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people in 1917-1921.

Aware that the figure of S. Petliura still remains controversial in historiography and in the perception of society, the author set out to refute numerous myths and stereotypes and to convey truthful evidence to contemporaries and future generations. The polemical nature of the presentation of different, often contradictory, views on the activities of S. Petliura makes this publication more valuable, and the conclusions more convincing.

The book contains many interesting facts about Ukraine's relations with Russia, Poland, and the Entente countries of that time, and one can only wonder at the similarity of historical parallels with the present.

Advised for anyone interested in the history of Ukraine.