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Presented in this article are the images of Ukraine in the selected essays of Taras Prochasko, Yuri Andruchowycz and Serhiy Żadan. The analysis of the image of Lviv, Hutsul and Eastern Ukraine was based on the major determinants of the essay as a literary genre. Analyzed are the character of the narrator as well as how the autobiographical, historical, and cultural aspects affect the composition of each essay. The concept of dialogism is also explained.