In mid May 2010 Vadym Romanovych Viksnin, noted violin maker, musician, member of the Ukrainian Music Union, member of the Association of artists-makers of the strings and bow instruments got in contact with us. He informed us that he made a replica of the hetman Ivan Mazepa’s torban and he has an intent to hand over this musical instrument to one of the Ukrainian museums and he asked us to support him in this issue. More…

The monument to the hetman Ivan Mazepa in Poltava was not finally erected to the Ukraine Independence Day. The city authorities yet again deceived the people and the activists of the Ukrainian social society organizations and movements which expected the appearance of the memorial.

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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 May 21, 2010 in the Ball-room of Tyszkiewicz-Potocki palace of the Warsaw University the scientific conference “Ivan Mazepa in history, historiography and art” was held. The Ukrainian and Polish scientists, lecturers form the educational institutions, students and post-graduate students of the Polish institutions of higher education took part in the conference. Within the framework of the conference there was also the presentation of the publishing project “Hetman” which quickened a keen interest among the Polish audience.

On May 21, 2010 in the Ball-room of Tyszkiewicz-Potocki palace of the Warsaw University the international scientific conference “Ivan Mazepa in history, historiography and art” was held. The East European Studies of Warsaw University and the publishing house “Tempora” were the co-organizers of the conference. The noted Ukrainian and Polish scientists: Volodymyr Panchenko, Myroslav Nagelskyi, Olexy Sokyrko, Piotr Kroll, Olga Kovalevska, Teresa Chynczewska-Hennel and others, were among the participants of the conference. Dariusz Maciak was the moderator of the conference. In addition to delivery and discussion of the scientific reports, within the framework of the conference there was also the presentation of the publishing project “Hetman” which aroused a sincere interest of the Polish audience. The materials of the conference will be published in the scientific journal «Przegląd Wchodni».

Under the heading “Library” “Social and political essays” the article of О. М. Dzuba “Did the hetman Ivan Mazepa write the letters to Motrya Kochubeyivna?” appeared. Look the article here.

Not only the biography facts, thoughts expressed by the contemporaries or conclusions made by the historians can tell about the life and activity of the hetman Ivan Mazepa. This can be successfully ensured by the antiques of that age. Not so many hetman’s personal things have left.
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