Ivan Mazepa and the Russian empire / Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva ; translated by Jan Surer.

"Ivan Mazepa (1639-1709), hetman of the Zaporozhian Host in what is now Ukraine, is a controversial figure, famous for abandoning his allegiance to Tsar Peter I and joining Charles XII's Swedish army during the Battle of Poltava. Although he is discussed in almost every survey and major bo...

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Main Author: Tairova-I︠A︡kovleva, T. G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Russian
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ivan Mazepa and Ivan Samoilovych
  • Ivan Mazepa, Vasilii Golitsyn, and the Naryshkins
  • Mazepa's Domestic Policy
  • Mazepa and the Foreign Policy of Peter the Great
  • Mazepa and Right Bank Ukraine
  • The Cossack Elite of Mazepa's Time
  • Mazepa's Baroque
  • Mazepa and "the Birds of Peter's Nest"
  • A Sick Old Man
  • The Reforms of 1707
  • The Tragedy of Choice.