2. 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
3. General policy I.Mazepa
Throughout 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.
4. 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);
5. 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
6. 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.
"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. "
7. 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 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
11. 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.
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.
12. Banknotes 10 UAH
depicting I. Mazepa
Cultural
heritage
Coin 10 USD depicting I.
Mazepa
