About the book: 1983 / The volume covers the history of Ukraine in the second half of the 17th–18th centuries. The focus is on the liberation war of the Ukrainian people of 1648–1654. and the reunification of Ukraine with Russia, the beginning of the disintegration of the feudal mode of production and the emergence of the capitalist structure. The problems of the political and cultural development of the Ukrainian people are explored, the unity of forces of the working people of Ukraine and Russia in the joint struggle against feudal exploitation and external aggression is revealed..