Batyuk T. Armed forces of Ukraine in an opposition of the Turkish-Tatar expansion in the second half of the XVIth century - at the beginning of the XVIIth century

Object: structure, arms, organization and battle actions of the armed forces of Ukraine. Aim: study of the level of military affair in the Ukrainian lands in second half XVI - in the beginning XVII, and also analysis and specification of participation of the Ukrainian people in an opposition of the Turkish-Tatar expansion and place of this struggle in the European history. Methods: comparative, structural-functional, problem-chronological, analytical. Results: for the first time the role of Ukrainian cossack army from events of second half XVI - beginning XVII is complexly allocated, status of military affair in Ukraine with the next states and best European samples is compared. Use: at a spelling of generalizing works, reading of special rates in higher educational institutions, at lessons of history at school.