Volodymyr Seleznev

All of us are familiar with the legendary names of epic heroes since childhood. Born of folk epics, they came to embody the intrepid defenders of our land against nomadic raids. The word bohatyr (epic hero) originates from the Turkic language, and was first mentioned in the Chronicles of Hypatius,...

Much to our regret, even unbiased historical studies occasionally contain historical untruths. In some cases, the latter lie on the surface, are easy to spot and, hence, not dangerous. For example, some of our chronicles say that the Poles burned Severyn Nalyvaiko, the leader of a Cossack uprising...