Anonymous ID: b5efb6 Sept. 5, 2024, 5:02 p.m. No.21539609   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>9617

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Mazepa#Decisive_battle

Finally in June the Battle of Poltava took place. It was won by Russia and Peter the Great, putting an end to Mazepa's hopes of transferring Ukraine into the control of Sweden, which in a treaty had promised independence to Ukraine. Mazepa fled with Charles XII to the fortress of Bender (Tighina), in the Ottoman Empire's vassal Moldavia, where Mazepa soon died.

 

President Viktor Yushchenko called for the myth about the alleged treason of Mazepa to be dispelled. According to Yushchenko, the hetman wanted to create an independent Ukraine, and architecture thrived in Ukraine over the years of Mazepa's rule: "Ukraine was reviving as the country of European cultural traditions".