Яким Єрлич – людина з іншого берега
Joachim Jerlicz: The Man From the Other Bank

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the chronicle of Joachim Jerlicz – a Ukrainian nobleman who lived between 1598 and 1674 and created a subjective description of the events of that time. In contrast to the absolute majority of Ukrainian chroniclers of the early modern era, Jerlicz is critical of the Cossack uprisings, evaluating them as destructive events directed against the democratic foundations of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the customary way of life of social elites. His work is valuable as a reflection of the positions of Ukrainian social elites, integrated into the state system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which combined the consciousness of ethno-confessional identity and hostility towards eastern despots. In the confrontation between pro-European and pro-Moscow forces, Yerlych unequivocally chooses the first of them. After the division of Ukraine in 1667 along the Dnieper, he basically remained on the right bank, which until 1772 belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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