This illustrated article by archaeologists Dr. Volodymyr Mezentsev (Canada) and Yurii Sytyi (Ukraine) surveys the results of the 2021 excavations in Baturyn, Ukraine. It also examines the princely coat of arms of Ivan Mazepa depicted on the stove tiles discovered at the site of the ruined residence of Pylyp Orlyk, on the 19th-century German engraving, and the hetman’s seal, 1707-08, in a comparative analysis. The first shorter version of this article was published in the bulletin Canadio-Byzantina, No. 33, University of Ottawa, January 2022, pp. 15-22. These authors regularly present their articles and booklets on the history and culture of Mazepa’s capital at this website.
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This article with gallery of colour illustrations in PDF examines the rare ceramic stove tiles featuring the armorial bearings of Ivan Mazepa which were discovered during the excavations at Baturyn in 2017-20. It presents and analyses the computer reconstructions of his broken and burnt heraldic emblem in relief surrounded with images of weapons, military accoutrements, and hetman and Cossack symbols of power topped by the unique depiction of a princely crown. These archaeological finds have been identified with Mazepa’s coat of arms as Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. He was granted this title in 1707. This article was published in the “Ukrainian Echo”, the English-language section of the popular Ukrainian Canadian newspaper “Homin Ukrainy”, Vol. LXXIII, No. 10, Toronto, March 9, 2021.
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This illustrated article in PDF surveys the findings of the 2020 excavations of remnants of the underground brick tunnel in Hetman Ivan Mazepa’s manor, the residences of Chancellor General Pylyp Orlyk, and a well-to-do Cossack in Baturyn’s suburbs. It focuses on the decorations of unearthed ornamental and heraldic stove tiles in Ukrainian baroque style of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Photos and computer graphic reconstructions of selected broken and burnt ceramic tiles as well as two façades of heating stoves of the ruined P. Orlyk’s home are presented and described.
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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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In August 2010 the Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, published the long-awaited second volume of Ivan Mazepa’s letters compiled by Vyacheslav Stanislavs’kyi (Ivan Mazepa’s letters / Compiler and author the introductory study V. V. Stanislavs’kyi – К.: Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2010. – V 2: 1691–1700. – 2010. – 752 pp.).
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On December 23, 2009 in the premise of the museum “Field of Poltava battle” the presentation of the collected materials from the International scientific and practical conference “Poltava battle dated 1709 in the historical fate of Ukraine, Russia, Sweden and other states” took place. The materials included into collection represent the extended and supplemented reports of the conference participants.

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