TY - JOUR N2 - The article analyzes reflections on the child in the most notable works of the 18th‑century Ukrainian historical narrative: the chronicles of Samovidets, Hryhoriy Hrabianka, Samiilo Velychko, and Istoria Rusiv. These works, being the only historical thought reflections of the Hetman State, had no equal. Later they were to become the basis for constructing the modern vision of the Cossack past on the part of 19th‑century Ukrainian historians, writers, and public figures. The focus is on those plots and contexts where the authors addressed children’s topics. The 18th‑century vision of childhood is investigated on that basis, along with the impact these stories had on later recipients and the formation of modern ideas about childhood in “old Ukraine”. Attempted is also a study of children’s topics as a tool for describing and constructing the past in Baroque rhetoric and historical narratives. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/119933/2021-01-SOR-02-Serdiuk.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/119933 PY - 2021 IS - No 1 EP - 42 DO - 10.24425/slo.2021.136999 KW - Baroque KW - chronicles KW - childhood history KW - Cossacks KW - Hetman State KW - historical myth A1 - Сердюк, Ігор PB - Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN VL - vol. LXX DA - 2021.06.10 T1 - The Child in 18th‑century Ukrainian Historical Narrative SP - 23 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/119933 T2 - Slavia Orientalis ER -