Ivan Mazepa and the Russian Empire.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (425 pages)
Cover -- IVAN MAZEPA AND THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Sources and Transliteration -- Map -- Introduction: The Ukrainian Hetmanate in Mazepa's Time -- 1 Ivan Mazepa and Ivan Samoilovych -- 2 Ivan Mazepa, Vasilii Golitsyn, and the Naryshkins -- 3 Mazepa's Domestic Policy -- 4 Mazepa and the Foreign Policy of Peter the Great -- 5 Mazepa and Right Bank Ukraine -- 6 The Cossack Elite of Mazepa's Time -- 7 Mazepa's Baroque -- 8 Mazepa and "the Birds of Peter's Nest" -- 9 A Sick Old Man -- 10 The Reforms of 1707 -- 11 The Tragedy of Choice -- Notes -- Index.
A political biography of the famous Ukrainian hetman Ivan Mazepa and his clash with the emerging Russian empire.
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Mazepa, Ivan Stepanovych,-1639-1709. Ukraine-History-1648-1775. Hetmans-Ukraine-Biography. Ukraine (Hetmanate : 1648-1782).