The collection contains materials from the conferences "Kuban - Ukraine: Issues of Historical and Cultural Interaction," held on October 21, 2007, and "Shevchenko Readings - 2008. Historical and cultural ties of the Kuban and Ukraine: to the 70th anniversary of V. G. Zakharchenko," held March 15-16, 2008 in Krasnodar. Intended for historians, philologists, geographers, local historians, students, teachers and everyone who is interested in the history and culture of Ukraine and its relationships with the Kuban.