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A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2003)

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2003)

Drama History

I, Hetman Ivan Mazepa have declared this beautiful country an independent state... and for this I've received an eternal curse, an anathema, from the one who raped my land the worst of all — from Moscow Tsar Peter I.

Release Date: 2003, November 14
Directors: Yurii Illienko
Countries: Ukraine
Production: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Cast: Kostiantyn Stepankov, Oleh Drach, Viacheslav Dovzhenko, Ostap Stupka, Serhii Romaniuk, Bohdan Stupka, Mikhail Golubovich, Lyudmila Efimenko, Nikita Dzhigurda, Viktor Demertash, Pylyp Illienko, Les Serdyuk

Overview:

During an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power, Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that Ukraine was given its independence.

Keywords:

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