The prominent Ukrainian novelist Pavlo Zagrebelny, laureate of the State Prize of the USSR and the State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR named after T. G. Shevchenko, in his new novel “Roksolana” tells the story of the amazing fate of the Ukrainian girl Nastasya Lisovskaya, stolen from Ukraine in the 16th century and sold in Istanbul slave market into slavery. Possessing a brilliant mind, extraordinary willpower and attractive appearance, she from a powerless slave became the wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (Conqueror) - the most powerful sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Having mastered the heights of the then Eastern and European culture, this famous woman under the name of Roksolana entered into history and played a significant role in the political life of its time.