Ivan Mazepa
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Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa was a Ukrainian military, political and civic leader who served as hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1687–1709. His long and stable rule was marked by economical and political
Mazepa in 1706
Maryna Mokiievska, later known as Mariia Mahdalena, Mazepa's mother
Mazepa's coat of arms, originally installed on the façade of Chernihiv Collegium
Mazeppa and the Wolves by Horace Vernet (1826) showing a naked Mazepa tied to a horse
Battle of Poltava
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The Battle of Poltava fought on 8 July 1709, was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated a Swedish army commanded by Carl G
Ivan Mazepa
…ordering that much of Ukraine be burned to prevent the Swedes from gaining access to supplies and winter quarters. After the Swedes were defeated at the Battle of Poltava in 1709, Mazepa went into exile in Moldavia and died there later that year. The political consequences and interpretation of his defection have resonated…
The Battle of Poltava by Pierre-Denis Martin
The Battle of Poltava, mosaic by Mikhail Lomonosov
The Victory at Poltava by Alexander Kotzebue