Hetman Mazepa defected to the Swedes during the reign of Peter the Great.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple sources state that Hetman Ivan Mazepa defected from Peter the Great to Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War, around 1708–1709, which falls within Peter's reign. The extracted claim faithfully matches the passage, which says Mazepa went to the Swedes during Peter's reign.
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… to protect the Orthodox faith, to rescue Orthodox slaves, especially from the Jews, and then later on to fight for some autonomous entity where they can be treated as Poles, their own elite. So, from the 16th to the 18th century, this was a nonstop thing. Infamously, Hetman Mazepa, during the reign of Peter the Great, Peter I, went to the Swedes, and the Hetman state as an actual government was founded after the rebellion of Kimonitsky, but the Sikh was always independent. …
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Supports. Britannica states that Mazepa turned against the Russians and joined the Swedes during the Second Northern War, with Mazepa and 5,000 Cossacks joining the Swedes in October 1708 under Peter I.[1]
Supports. EBSCO's research starter says Mazepa, disillusioned with Tsar Peter the Great, defected to the Swedish side and shared in Charles XII's defeat at Poltava in 1709.[2]
Supports. A Cambridge 'Imperial Boundaries' chapter describes the dramatic defection of Hetman Mazepa to the Swedes in late 1708, before the Russian victory at Poltava in 1709.[3]
Supports. Historyatlas describes Hetman Mazepa defecting to Sweden against Russia in 1709 during the Great Northern War under Tsar Peter the Great.[4]
Context. Sources differ slightly on the exact date (late 1708 versus 1709), but all place the defection within Peter's reign and none contradicts the core assertion. The Reddit and DergiPark items are consistent with this account.[5][6]
Sources
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- 1Ivan Mazepa | Facts, Biography, & Russian Empire | Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2Ivan Stepanovich Mazepa | History | Research Starters - EBSCOebsco.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3The Bulavin uprising: the last stand of the old steppe (1706–1709) (Chapter 11) - Imperial Boundariesresolve.cambridge.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Cossack Hetman Ivan Mazepa (1639–1709) defects to …historyatlas.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Zaporozhian Host Hetman Ivan Mazepa, a former ally of Peter the Great of Russia, switched to the Swedes during the Great Northern War, turning his name into a fancy way to call someone a traitor.reddit.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6[PDF] Rus Arşiv Kaynaklarına Göre Bir Ukrayna Kazak Hetmanı - DergiParkdergipark.org.tr · not rated · cited for: context
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