This illustrated article by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev in PDF summarises the results of the excavations in Baturyn last summer focusing on the ceramic ornamental and heraldic stove tiles found at the ruined residences of Ivan Mazepa and Pylyp Orlyk. It is an off-print from the bulletin of the Canadian Committee of Byzantinists Canadio-Byzantina, No. 32, University of Ottawa, January 2021, pp. 13-18, republished here with the permission of the author. Our colleague, Dr. Mezentsev, regularly contributes his articles and booklets on the history and antiquities of Ivan Mazepa’s capital at this website.
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This article surveys the results of the research on building history and designs of early modern Baturyn fortifi cations and the 2019 excavations of the remnants of masonry and wooden structures of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, Chancellor General Philip Orlyk, and Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovsky. It examines the ceramic decorative and heraldic stove tiles, a female adornment, and other 17th – 18th-century archaeological finds in the town. Complete computer reconstructions of the burnt tiles with Ivan Mazepa’s armorial bearings are published and discussed.
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This report on the archaeological research in Baturyn last summer by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev is placed in the “Library” section in PDF format with illustrations. It is an off-print from the bulletin of the Canadian Committee of Byzantinists Canadio-Byzantina, No. 31, University of Ottawa, January 2020, pp. 10-15, republished here with the permission of the author. Our colleague, Dr. Mezentsev, regularly presents his articles and booklets on the history and culture of Ivan Mazepa’s capital at this website.
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EXCAVATIONS AT BATURYN IN 2016-2017. CERAMIC ADORNMENTS OF HETMAN ARCHITECTURE.
Volodymyr Mezentsev, Ph. D.
CIUS, Toronto
(Published in Ukrainian Echo (Toronto), Vol. 31, No. 28, October 17, 2017, pp. 1-2.)

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This report on the archaeological research in Baturyn last summer by Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev is placed in the “Library” section in PDF format with illustrations. It is an off-print from the bulletin of the Canadian Committee of Byzantinists Canadio-Byzantina, No. 28, University of Ottawa, January 2017, pp. 12-16, republished here with the permission of the author. Our colleague, Dr. Mezentsev, regularly submits his articles and booklets on the history and culture of Ivan Mazepa’s capital to this website.

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In Swedish state archive, in the deeds “riddarhusarchivet” (records of the secret commission dated 3 and 6 February 1727) there is one document which sheds light on the relations of Theophan Prokopovich with the Swedes. This document has been found by the well-known Swedish historian Harald Hjärne and published with relevant explanations in the anniversary collection dedicated to C.G. Malmström.
Borys Krupnyts’kyi. Theophan Prokopovich and the Swedes

Carl Loewe is recognized master of the German vocal and instrumental ballad. In this field he composed a large number of works for the vocal with piano of different types: historical, mystic, scientific and even humorous. In every composition he knew how to find an expressive means for musical incarnation of different themes and stories.

Naukovyj visnyk / Scientific bulletin. Issue 17