Ivan Mazepa
Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks from 1687 to 1708
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Updated 2026-05-29
Ruled the Cossack Hetmanate for over two decades until he flipped sides in 1708, ditching Peter I for Swedish king Charles XII when Moscow wouldn't defend Ukraine. The pivot that ended his career but made him unforgettable.
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Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa was a Ukrainian military, political, and civic leader who served as hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1687–1709. His long and stable rule was marked by economical and political recovery from the Ruin. A loyal subject of Russia during most of his rule, Mazepa's close relationship with Tsar Peter I deteriorated as a result of the latter's administrative reforms, which increasingly deprived Mazepa and the Hetmanate of their autonomy. In 1708, Mazepa abandoned his alliance with Peter I and sided with Charles XII of Sweden after the Tsar refused to protect the Hetmanate aga…
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