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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