The History of Ukraine and Its People

The book Aleksand Jakovlevny Efimenko, does not hide his sympathies to the Ukrainian people, in the form of the sketch describes the main events of the historical past of the Ukrainian people from ancient times to the end of the XIX century. It illuminates the struggle of the masses against the feudal and Ukrainian national-religious oppression. Considerable attention is paid to the War of 1648-1654. and the first post-war decade, reconstructing the historical process of development in the XVIII-XIX centuries. Getting to work on "The History of the Ukrainian people," AY Efimenko already had extensive experience in scientific activities. By this time it was published a lot of works both large and small, strictly scientific and popular, including the history of Ukraine. Nevertheless, she had to carry out additional historical research, to investigate a number of important issues that she had almost worked. As a result, much effort her book won the competition announced by the magazine "Kiev Antiquity" in 1896