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Years of government: Kyiv gentleman, Cossack Hetman both banks of the Dnieper (1687-1709), Prince of the Holy Roman Empire Germanic Nation (1707 - 1709).

From Peter I Mazepa received many awards, was the second Commander of the Order of St. Andrew received the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. But soon broke Peter obligation to defend Ukraine against Poles was the foundation agreement of 1654, and Mazepa defected to the Swedes. June 28, 1709 there was a battle of Poltava, where victory went to Peter J. fleeing after defeat, the pursuit of the Russian cavalry Mazepa and Karl XII took refuge in Moldavia. Here, near the city of Bendery, September 21, 1709 Ivan Mazepa died. Buried in Galati.

Coat of arms of Ivan Mazepa

General policy I.MazepaThroughout most of the 21

years spent Hetman Mazepa traditional Hetman of Left Bank Ukraine policy.

From the sequence it strengthens the position of sergeant, Having given her more than a thousand donations on earth. Thanks to generous gifts from the king Mazepa accumulates about 20 thousand. Estates and became one of the richest feudal Europe.

Zealous patron of orthodoxy, he builds throughout Hetman a number of churches built in the Ukrainian Baroque style. Measures Mazepa Kyiv Mohyla Academy College acquired the status (currently known as the "tomb-Mazepyvianska").

Thanks to the financial support of the hetman, she managed to build new buildings and increase the number of students of (up to 2 thousand.).

Poltava Cross Monastery.

Domestic policy I.Mazepa• Support petty and large

monastic estates;• 1701 - a decree establishing

two days of serfdom;• suppression of the rural

population;• resistance transition

Cossacks in the peasant class;

• attempt to limit the system of rent and taxes;

• tensions Zaporizhzhya Sich ('d put it under control hetman did obstacles to its foreign relations);

Foreign Policy I.Mazepa• was not independent, doing the

will of the king, sent the Cossacks in the war waged Russia (to the end of the 17th century - 11 marches Cossacks);

• while searching for the path of liberation of Ukraine from the Russian authorities;

• 1708 - between Sweden and Ukraine signed a secret agreement whereby after the Great Northern War Ukraine should be free state, and the King of Sweden - the guarantor of its independence;

• secret negotiations with the Polish king Federation of Ukraine with the Commonwealth

"Ukraine have the will or now or never - hand on the shoulder of his nephew, said the evening Ivan

Mazepa, said in a low voice, not so much out of fear of others' ears as fearing seem eloquent. - God alone knows what it will cost us victorious work

against barbarism, but I'm going to end. "

The fate of Ivan Mazepa interested many famous writers, poets, artists and composers from different countries: America, Canada, England, Germany, Poland, Russia and so on. His image is reflected in theatrical productions, in literature, in music works in film, in painting, in churches, as well as icons.

Monument to hetman Ivan Mazepa in Mazepas

The initiator, inspirer and sponsor of the monument to Hetman Mazepa made famous philanthropist Ukrainian, Ukrainian-born American Marian Kots, who now lives near New York.

The monument was held with the participation of the International Education Foundation Yaroslav the Wise.

The designer of the monument was sculptor E. Hunchback.

On the pedestal of the monument carved during the reign of Hetman (1687-1709) and one of the lines from the thoughts of Ivan Mazepa:

"And by faith even forbid umrite and Freedoms."

The monument constructed a small fir park.

First in Ukraine and Europe monument to Hetman Ivan Mazepa, mounted 6 November 1994, in the tribal village of prominent Ukrainian statesman - Mazepyntsi Bilotserkivskyi Kyiv region.

Monument to Ivan Mazepa in Perchtoldsdorf

Standing in the Austrian town

Perchtoldsdorf (county Maydlinґ) that 6 kilometers south of Vienna.

Monument rozstashovanyy the territory of cultural

and information center "Ukrainian House" Ukraine

Embassy in Austria.It was established on

the initiative and at the expense of

Ukrainian Markiian Pryphana.

Monument to Ivan Mazepa in

Kerhonkson, NY

Established in the early 1990s. The monument installed at the expense of Ukrainian national union in the United States.

Many Ukrainian diaspora Hetman figure represented a long path of struggle for national independence of Ukraine.

That is why the proclamation of independence Ukraine having favorable conditions for the commemoration of the famous Ukrainian figure.

The designer of the monument was sculptor Sergey Litvinenko.

A monument to Ivan Mazepa in Galati (6 May 2004)

Monument to hetman Ivan Mazepa and King Charles XII Gustav set September 11, 2008 on a hilltop in the village Dihtyarivka Novgorod-Seversky district, Chernihiv region.

October 30, 1708 on the site of the monument, a historic meeting Hetman Ivan Mazepa Ukraine and King Charles XII of Sweden Gustav, which was decided on the formation of a military-political alliance and joint action against Tsar Peter I to create an independent Ukrainian state.

Banknotes 10 UAH depicting I. Mazepa

Cultural heritage

Coin 10 USD depicting I. Mazepa