Popular, however, the import of a synthesis from the pen of a Canadian-American scientist, head of the Department of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto prof. Pavel-Robert Magochia aims not only to give a wide audience a concise, fascinating, dynamically presented overview of the history of Ukraine from antiquity to the "post-Maranch" present, but also to literally depict this story using detailed maps at the beginning of each of the 46 sections and numerous illustrations, creating a very holistic, albeit pretty stereoscopic, image of a surprisingly diverse and multicultural civilization. Unlike most researchers, the author looks at his subject from a territorial and multicultural, not ethno-national point of view, and his attention is attracted, along with Ukrainians, by all peoples who once confused the territories of our country within its existing borders. Such an original and balanced presentation of the political, socio-economic and cultural history of the Region will be useful to every lover of the Ukrainian past, especially teachers and student and student youth.