# Ivan Mazepa

> He ruled the Cossack Hetmanate for over two decades, then switched sides in the middle of the Great Northern War — a gamble that cost him everything and turned his name into a Russian curse word for traitor that lasted three centuries.

*Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks from 1687 to 1708*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ivan-mazepa

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Public Official
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1639-03-20
- **Died:** 1709-09-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ivan Mazepa became hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1687 and spent most of his tenure rebuilding Ukraine from economic and political collapse, working closely with Tsar Peter I. That partnership fractured as Peter's reforms stripped away the Hetmanate's autonomy, and in 1708 the tsar refused to defend Ukrainian lands against the advancing Swedish army, ordering a scorched-earth campaign instead. Mazepa broke with Russia and allied with Charles XII of Sweden. The Swedes lost at Poltava in 1709; Mazepa fled to Moldavia and died in exile months later. The Russian Orthodox Church excommunicated him that same year and still has not lifted the anathema, though Constantinople never recognized it. For generations "Mazepist" was Russian shorthand for Ukrainian separatism, and Soviet historiography buried him. Independent Ukraine has since begun to reclaim his story.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 51.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Writer / Author, #Politics, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165419)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Ivan%20Mazepa)
- [İvan Mazepa](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0van_Mazepa)
- [Мазепа Иван Степанович](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Іван Мазэпа](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B0)
- [Іван Мазепа](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0)
- [Иван Мазепа](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0)
- [ইভান মাজেপা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Iwan Masepa](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwan_Masepa)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Iván Mazepa](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Mazepa)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [ایوان مازپا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%BE%D8%A7)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Iván Mazepa](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Mazepa)
- [Ivan Mazepa](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [איוואן מזפה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%A4%D7%94)
- [इवान माज़ेपा](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Iwan_Mazepa)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0)
- [إيفان مازيبا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7)
- [ايفان مازيبا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7)

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