Zakhar Berkut

"Zakhar Berkut" by Ivan Franko is a historical novel that describes the events of 1241, when the inhabitants of the Ukrainian Carpathians fought against the Mongol-Tatar invasion. The author portrays the soldiers as courageous and fearless: Zakhar Berkut, who heads the community of the village of Tukhlya, his son Maksym risk their lives, and the boyar's daughter Myroslava leaves her treacherous fa...