Ivan Mazepa (1639-1709), hetman of the Zaporozhian Host in what is now Ukraine, is a controversial figure, famous for ab
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A political biography of the famous Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa and his clash with the emerging Russian empire. A pol
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