"PSS. Volume 53. Diaries and notebooks, 1895-1899." - is a unique publication that contains the writings of the great Ukrainian writer and thinker Pavlo Skoropadskyi-Stepanenko for the period from 1895 to 1899. In these diaries, the reader will find not only stories about the author's daily life, but also his thoughts, feelings, and observations, which became the basis for his work. Each page of the book reflects the inner world of Pavel Skoropadskyi-Stepanenko, his passions, reflections and multifaceted personality. Authentic records and comments will help to better understand and feel the epochal period in the history of Ukraine in which this outstanding Ukrainian writer lived and worked. Reading "PSS. Volume 53. Diaries and notebooks, 1895-1899", the reader is transported to the end of the 19th century, where the spirit of that time is felt on every page, reflected in the eyes and words of an outstanding thinker and humanist.