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The book, based on the author's research, memoirs, epistolary, scientific and other sources, presents popular science essays about the life and career of Ukrainian prominent people whose lives combined cooperation with the Ukrainian special services and intellectual and creative work. The proposed Book I of the series "Ukrainians: Artists and Special Services" includes portraits of literary critic Pavlo Bohatskyi, diplomat Yurii Hasenko, historian Ivan Vyslotskyi, literary critic and novelist Dmytro Vitovskyi, and writer Yurii Horskyi. The book is intended for all those who are interested in the history of building Ukrainian statehood and the participation of Ukrainian special services in it.