On the pages of this book, which is addressed not only to politicians, journalists, political scientists, but also to those readers who have a desire to learn more about the history of their country, the author tries to form a coherent, uncontroversial idea about the phenomenon of national proto-state formations on the territory of modern Ukraine in 1917–1920. The researcher formulated his options for answers to the questions: what is the "Ukrainian national liberation struggle"?, what does the term "Ukrainian revolution" hide?, what history did Mykhailo Hrushevskyi write?, how did Pavlo Skoropadskyi, the founder of the Ukrainian State, see Ukraine?, who, how and when actually created the Directory and who stood behind Simon Petliura? You will find out what modern mythmakers are hiding about the tumultuous events of 1917–1920, form an uncontroversial idea of what actually happened on the territory of modern Ukraine at that time.The publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.