Ivan Mazepa - Cultural Legacy

Cultural Legacy

The historical events of Mazepa's life have inspired many literary and musical works:

  • Lord Byron - Mazeppa, poem (1818)
  • Alexander Pushkin - Poltava, poem (1828–1829)
  • Victor Hugo - Mazeppa, poem (1829)
  • Juliusz Słowacki - Mazeppa, poem (1840)
  • Franz Liszt - Mazeppa, symphonic poem (1851); Transcendental Étude No. 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Mazeppa, opera (1881–1883)
  • Michael William Balfe - The Page, cantata (1861)
  • Taras Shevchenko
  • Kondraty Ryleyev
  • A Ukrainian-language film loosely based on historical facts, called "A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa" (Molytva za hetmana Mazepu) was released in 2002.

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