Ivan Mazepa and the Russian Empire by Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva bilingual scientists and diplomats from international

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Ivan Mazepa and the Russian Empire by Tatiana Tairova-Yakovleva bilingual scientists and diplomats from internationalIvan 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 book on Russian and Ukrainian history, Ivan Mazepa and the Russian Empire is the first English language biography of the hetman in sixty years. A translation and