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Article: Mazepa, Ivan (c. 1639–1709; Ruled 1687–1709)
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MAZEPA, IVAN (c. 1639
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1709; ruled 1687
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1709)
MAZEPA, IVAN
(c. 1639
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1709; ruled 1687
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1709), hetman of Ukraine. Born in the Kiev region into a noble Ukrainian family, Mazepa was educated at the Kievan Mohyla Academy and the Jesuit College in Warsaw, and he also studied military affairs in the Netherlands. His father's pro-Polish attitude allowed the young Mazepa to become a diplomat in the service of the Polish king, John II Casimir Vasa. While at the king's court, Mazepa was alleged to have had amorous misadventures that were subsequently immortalized by nineteenth-century romantic writers and composers. In 1669 Mazepa left the royal court and entered the ...