Black Council (novel)

Black Council, a Chronicle of the Year 1663 (Ukrainian: Чорна рада, Хроніка 1663 року, romanized: Chorna rada, Khronika 1663 roku) is an 1857 historical novel by Ukrainian writer Panteleimon Kulish. Its plot is based on a real event of Ukrainian history, the Black Council of 1663, which resulted in the election of Ivan Briukhovetsky as Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host.

The book, published in both Ukrainian and Russian languages, is recognized to be a landmark of Ukrainian literature as the first Ukrainian historical novel.

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