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The Archaelogical Excavations In Baturyn From 1995

The Archaelogical Excavations In Baturyn From 1995(44)

30 juni 2009

In 2009 the excavations of Baturyn will continue that started in 1995. Several universities are involved in these digs. The former capital of the Hetmanate is in Cernihiv province situated on the high southern bank of the lower Sejm River. The castle (Lytovskyj zamok) occupied an area of around 1,3 hectares. The state officials and [...]

The Archaelogical Excavations In Baturyn From 1995
On Mazepa. Voice of America from Moscow on June 25, 2009

On Mazepa. Voice of America from Moscow on June 25, 2009

Peter Fedynsky wrote from Moscow in the article “Russian, Ukrainian Tug of War Over History” that “Ukrainians say the Hetman was forced to side with Sweden, because Russian ruler Peter the Great failed to honor a 1654 treaty to protect their land against Polish attacks”.
Fedynsky reported that in Ukraine Mazepa was seen to have been [...]

On the Tragedy of Baturin in November 1708

On the Tragedy of Baturin in November 1708

There exists a Swedish document on the taking of Poltava with a number of details of this tragedy.
November 1, 1708 “at four in the afternoon, we deployed a battery in a suitable place and began to bombard the fortress. …And as night came, we prepared fascines and ladders for an assault. And even though the [...]

On Hetman Ivan Mazepa on the Eve of the 300th Anniversary of the Battle of Poltava

On Hetman Ivan Mazepa on the Eve of the 300th Anniversary of the Battle of Poltava

(Följande artikel bör betraktas som ett slags referat av ett stycke ur Ilko Borshchaks bok Hryhor Orlyk, France’s Cossack General (1956) – se artikeln Om god sed – vikten av att ange källor).
Hetman Ivan Mazepa was a man of great experience, well-educated and well educated in West European culture. He was also a great philantropist [...]


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