Ivan Mazepa
Statesman, Military Person
1639 – 1709
Who was Ivan Mazepa?
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa, Cossack Hetman of the Hetmanate in Left-bank Ukraine, from 1687–1708, the Prince of the Holy Roman Empire 1707-1709. He was famous as a patron of the arts, and also played an important role in the Battle of Poltava where after learning of Peter I's intent to relieve him as acting Hetman of Ukraine and replace him with Alexander Menshikov, he deserted his army and sided with Charles of Sweden. The politicization of this desertion has held a lasting legacy in both Russian and Ukrainian national history.
Because of this, the Russian Orthodox Church has laid an anathema on his name since the beginning of the 18th century and refuses to renounce to this day. Everyone who opposed the Russian government in eighteenth-century Ukraine were derogatorily referred to as Mazepintsy. The alienation of Mazepa from Ukrainian history continued during the Soviet period, but since Ukraine's independence there have been strong moves to rehabilitate Mazepa's image, although he remains a figure of mixed standing.
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- Born
- Mar 20, 1639
Bila Tserkva Raion - Also known as
- Іван Мазепа
- Калединський
- Колединський
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Hanna Polovets
( - 1704)
- Hanna Polovets
- Religion
- Greek Orthodox Church
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- Ethnicity
- Ukrainians
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Profession
- Education
- Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
- Died
- Sep 22, 1709
Bender, Moldova
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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