Andrei Ivanovich Dikiy (Zankevnch) - Russian historian and writer, whose works were widely used by A.I. Solzhenitsyn in his historical works. An important place in the work of Andrei Wild is occupied by the war of Russia for Ukraine - first with Poland, and then with Sweden. The book presented to your attention shows in detail the causes and course of this war from the time of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich to Catherine the Great, understands the nature of hostilities, the main battles, heroes and "anti-heroes," the attitude in Europe to the events in Ukraine. Many facts from this book make it possible to re-evaluate the place of the Ukrainian conflict in Russian politics.