Bachynska, Olena A.Бачинська, Олена АнатоліївнаБачинская, Елена АнатольевнаPrysiazhniuk, Oksana Ya.Perevertanyi, Oleksandr S.2017-06-012017-06-012016Полілог: збірник статей молодих науковців з історії, філософії, культурологіїhttps://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/10087The article is dedicated to the research of Ukrainian elite influenced by the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth in the late XVIIth century. This period starts with the rule of Bohdan Khmelnytsky who created the first Ukrainian government and provided the Cossacks with an appropriate status which gradually turned them into elite. The article reveals how difficult this transition was which yielded complex internal political processes inside the country. The driving factor was the formation of Ukrainian elite under the influence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. After all, the very Ukrainian elite acted as a carrier of the national idea at the time when Ukrainian culture reached its peak, i.e. during Ukrainian baroque period.enUkrainian eliteUkrainian culturePolish-Lithuanian CommonwealthCossaksnational ideaArticle