Het′man Kyrylo Rozumovs′kyy

U tsentri romanu — postat′ ostann′oho ukrayins′koho het′mana Kyryla Rozumovs′koho. Pys′mennyk pokazav trahediyu ts′oho neperesichnoho ukrayintsya XVIII st., yakyy stav ihrashkoyu v rukach rosiys′kych imperatryts′ YElyzavety Petrivny i Kateryny II. Vsi yoho dobri namiry rozbyvayut′sya ob hluchyy mur impers′koyi zachlannosti i zhorstokosti. Pys′mennyk vede chytacha u prosti selyans′ki i kozats′ki chaty, u monastyrs′ki keliyi i het′mans′ki palatsy, — yde tymy shlyachamy i mistsyamy, kudy chodyly po svoyiy i chuzhiy voli ukrayintsya XVIII st., shukayuchy sebe i mistsya Ukrayiny u svitoviy istoriyi. Za kaleydoskopom zovnishnich podiy i pryhod heroyiv tvoru — vystrazhdana v emihratsiyi dumka avtora pro ridnyy kray, Ukrayinu, yiyi pryydeshnyu volyu i derzhavnu nezalezhnist′.