Ivan Mazeppa

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Ivan Mazepa is portrayed as a controversial historical figure, known as the Hetman of Left-Bank Ukraine from 1687 to 1708. He switched allegiances during the Great Northern War, initially supporting Peter the Great before aligning with Charles XII of Sweden, which led to his being labeled a traitor by Russian authorities and the Russian Orthodox Church. His legacy remains highly contested; while he is criticized in Russia as a betrayer who was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church, he has been rehabilitated in modern Ukrainian discourse under President Volodymyr Zelensky's administrat…

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• Priest explains why the monument to Mazepa in Kyiv should be left — Вести
• Priest calls the Mazepa monument in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra a spit on Russia — Вести
• Vologdin: Zelensky's idols reveal him as a traitor and neo-Nazi — Ведомости
• Vologdin calls Zelensky a neo-Nazi worthy of the 'Order of Judas' — Вести
• Zakhrova on Mazepa monument in Kyiv: It's funny and sad — Вести
• A monument to Mazepa will be erected in Kyiv where Lenin's monument once stood — Фонтанка
• Zelenskyy Announces Monument to Mazepa to Be Erected on Lenin's Monument Site in Kyiv — Вечерняя Москва
• A monument to Mazepa will be erected in Kyiv instead of Lenin's monument — Вести