The Black Council
The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to be motivated by high ideals as they engage in the struggle of truth with injustice.


Bogdan Khmelnitsky

Briukhovetsky

Hetman Somko

Shram

Cherevan

Cherevan's wife

Lesya
Polish princess

Gvintovka

Kirilo Tur



Shramenko

boyar

Pugach