Paul A. Zagrebelny was born 25 August 2022 g. in pridneprovskogo salosina the village in Poltava region. 1941 G., after school, the future writer went as a volunteer to the front: became a cadet of the 2nd Kyiv Arturia, participated in the defense of Kiev, he was twice wounded. After the second injury 1942 g. taken prisoner before February 1945 g. wandered in Nazi concentration camps. After his release he worked in the Soviet military mission in West Germany. 1946 g. P. Zagrebelny he entered the philological faculty of Dnipropetrovsk University, after which with 1951 he had worked in journalism (regional newspaper, the magazine "Otechestvo"). Prominent Ukrainian literary process was the period, when P. Zagrebelny in 1961 — 1963 years was chief editor of the newspaper "Literary Ukraine", where he became famous for supporting young posts-cstdstring. In 1979-1986 gg. he headed the Union of writers of Ukraine, he was Chairman of the Committee on State prizes to them. T. G. Shevchenko, he was elected Deputy of the Supreme Soviets of the USSR and Ukraine. In the 90-ies. XX St. the writer retired from active public- political life, at the same time, despite the age, fruitfully working on the modern literary field.

Writing a recognized master of the novelist II. Zagrebelny roses started with short stories and novels, the collections which came in the second half of 1950-ies. Among them attracts the attention of the story. "The thought of the immortal" (1957). Based on our own bitter experience, the writer showed the feat of a young soldier Andrey Kovalenko, who died in a concentration camp, but not resigned to the Nazis. Later began to emerge and novels: a typical production "Heat" (1960) and interesting arrangement scheme "for the coming Day" (1964). 

A noticeable phenomenon in Ukrainian literature was the historical and psychological novel "the Miracle" (1968). The writer has attempted to extend the limits of Russian historical mythology and roses-Venuti statist idea, offering adventurous-hypothetical reading of history. This was combined with a deep disclosure psychology of the characters, philosophical insight, original composite construction. The image of the Cathedral in the novel is presented as the embodiment of the national spirit. The emphasis is on the continuity of folk traditions. In the interpretation of the author, Sofia — not only Christian pam’s memo: it has absorbed the whole complex of cultural achievements of earlier times. Ambiguous is the image of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. He is the antipode of Siwaaka, but the hostage of your situation — hence the tragic duality of his soul. The novel "the Miracle" marked the beginning of a hammer works, dedicated UK-ransom the middle ages: "Promost" (1972), "Death in Kiev" (1973), "Eupraxia" (1975), "Roksolana" (1980), "I, Bogdan" (1983). 

Specimen of the monumental epic style" in the Russian prose of the period was Roman P. Zagrebelny "Acceleration", 1976 g. (State prize of the USSR 1980 G.), in depicting the Soviet era scientific days- ehnce revolution.

The Novel "The Miracle" (1968) was the first historical work P. Zagrebelny. On the background of the prose is, according to literary critic M. Slaboshpytskiy, "fantastic work", the author himself was for all "as a literary catalyst, showing,what could be prose…", "perhaps, the greatest literary authority for young writers of different generations".

In the context of prose of 1960-ies of the novel is different, as noted immediately upon its release and criticism,the integrity of the "artistic and philosophical concepts". This means , the vision and interpretation of the complicated outside world in different historical periods" the people in it are based on the weighted, a well thought out philosophical underlay, the historicity of fine arts, universal moral and ethical values. In it fell the author's intent.

Ukrainian literature of the second half of XX — beginning of XXI centuries.      

Pavlo Zagrebelny: "I wanted to show the continuity of times, parasti, what a great cultural heritage, left to us by history, there is enough, as part of our daily life, affects our tastes and feelings, creates in us a sense of beauty and grandeur, we pay our remote ancestors the, that treat their legacy with respect, protect and defend it.

POman has an original composition. Historical past in it is not just projected onto the present. It exists along with the present. The work combines several time planes, which cover real historical events of the period of Kievan Rus (Article XI), The second world war and 1960-ies. They constitute the historical basis of the work. O’gnauck the center of these frames is the way Sophia is real amazing pam’monuments of the times of Yaroslav the Wise knezevina. It is also a historical truth. The Cathedral was built, for.fiction (version) P. Zagrebelny, talented master Kawaoka.