The Chroniclers of Volyn (Volhynia) and Ukraine (Ukrainian: Літописці Волині і України, romanized: Litopystsi Volyni i Ukrajiny (LVU)) is a historical work by an unknown author (or several authors), compiled in the first half of the 17th century.
It is divided into 12 separate collections of historical records based on Old Rus', Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish chronicles, annals, and memoirs.
These records reflect the historical views of the ruling circles of Ukraine, which linked their interests with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
[1] As an eyewitness to historical events, he provides a number of important information about the siege of the Polish forces in Moscow in 1612 by the Russian people's militia.
Balyka also notes the negative attitude of the Ukrainian people towards the Polish authorities, especially the Catholic Church and the 1596 Union of Brest.