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The novel Zhanna Batalionerka reveals the topic of the First World War and the participation of Ukrainians in it, which is not very well covered in Ukrainian literature. It reflects the historical situation: in 1917, the Russian government decided to use women at the front, forming the so-called women's 'death battalions'. The protagonist of Shkurupiy's novel is Stefan Boyko, a Kyiv student who does not succumb to the imperial hysteria of propaganda, and his beloved Zhanna is an ideal target for propaganda. The novel is full of anti-colonial themes and dreams of Ukraine's historical rise, and premonitions of the impending emergence of the Ukrainian People's Republic.