Dmytro Voronskyi (born in 1985) is a young Ukrainian author. In 2008, he graduated from the Faculty of History of Zaporizhzhya National University, with a master's degree in history. He writes novels and film scripts on historical topics. Lives in the city of Zaporizhia.Cossack Bayda, or Khortytska Sich is a historical novel about the founding of the first Zaporozhian Sich on the island of Mala Khortytsia and its demise. The work depicts the self-sacrificing struggle of the Ukrainian Cossacks against the Turkish-Tatar invasion. The heroic life of Prince Dmytro Vyshnevetskyi (Bayda), whose tragic love prompted him to stand up for the defense of Ukrainian lands, runs like a red ribbon through the entire work. The novel describes such little-studied historical events as the Ochakiv campaigns, the first battles of the early Cossacks with enemies, the siege of Khortytsk Sich, vividly depicts the life, everyday life and beliefs of the Ukrainian people in the middle of the 16th century.