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The Ukrainian Chronicle for Schoolchildren is a historical epic novel that covers the period from the third century BC to the end of the eleventh century AD. Consistently, year by year, together with the characters of this work, we learn about the events that took place in our lands in those distant times.

The first book of The Ukrainian Chronicle for Schoolchildren contains The Tale of the Earliest Ages and The Tale of the Ninth Century . One of the main characters of the story, Gano, visits Olbia, trades in grain, and then encounters an armada of Yazygians who burn down his village. Gano suggests that his tribe build defences and leads the construction of the Serpentine ramparts. Another hero of the story, the ruler of the Ants, Bus, creates one of the first states of the ancestors of the Ukrainian people and is forced to fight the Goths. The book also tells about three legendary brothers - Kyi, Shchek, and Khoriv, their sister Lybid, and the history of the founding of Kyiv . The story also depicts the activities of Rurik and the ascension to the Kyivan throne of the prophetic Oleg, who proclaimed Kyiv the mother of Russian cities.