The book contains a brief summary of the views of modern Ukrainian scientists on the national historical process. Taking into account the latest achievements of domestic and world historical science, a wide panorama of the historical past of the Ukrainian people is reproduced. The focus of the team of authors is primarily on issues of political history. At the same time, issues of socio-economic history, cultural and ethno-national development are also covered quite fully. The authors of the essays are leading historians of Ukraine - members of the Ukrainian part of the Joint Ukrainian-Russian Commission of Historians at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Russian Academy of Sciences. The book is intended for a wide range of Russian readers, primarily for students.