ABSTRACT
The cult of masculinity and military strength was a feature of interwar Ukrainian literature published in Galicia and émigré circles. Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, the seventeenth-century Cossack leader who led a successful revolt against Polish rule in 1648, was often idealized in these writings. This paper examines his portrayal in the novels of Yurii Lypa, Yurii Kosach, and Semen Ordivskyi. Each author represented a personal response to interwar nationalism, which, broadly speaking, can be divided into three currents: the moderate (represented by the majority, supporters of the UNDO party), the authoritarian (represented by the OUN), and the fascist (represented by Dmytro Dontsov).
