Volodymyr Malyk is a Soviet

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/Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 writer.

Particularly, he wrote the series of historical novel

Novel

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s about the adventures of fictional Cossack

Cossack

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 hero Arsen Zvenyhora, also portraying some notable figures and events of 17th century Ukraine

Ukraine

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, Russia

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, Ottoman Empire

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 and other countries. Heavily influenced by Marxism

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 and the official Soviet view of Muscovy-Ukraine relations, those novels may still pose an exciting popular reading on the topic. Zvenyhora is a sort of "17th century James Bond

James Bond

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": a superman

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 and polyglot

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, easily adapting to rapidly changing circumstances and ethno-cultural environments. The series include:

• Посол Урус-Шайтана (1968)
• Фірман султана (1969)
• Чорний вершник (1976)
• Шовковий шнурок (1977)