They are a systematic presentation of the facts of the age-old confrontation between two borderline positions: the will on the part of our ancestors and modern Ukrainians, and slavery, which Russia has been the bearer of for more than one century in a row. The authors of the articles are significant people for modern Ukraine: doctor of legal sciences, professor Natalya Krestovska; writer, candidate of historical sciences Viktor Savchenko; Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Taras Honcharuk; master's degree Ksenia Sorokin; historian and writer Oleksandr Babich.