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However, Peter I trusted Mazepa, he arrested
informers and sent them to Mazepa.
September Occupation of territory of Ukraine by
1708 Swedish army.
October Mazepa joined Carl XII.
1708
November Destruction of hetman residence Baturyn by
1708 Russian army under the command of
O. Menshykov. All population was killed.
Ukrainian towns Lebedyn and Romny were
ruined. Civilian residents charged with
“treason” were executed.
November Peter I declared Ivan Skoropadskyi hetman
1708 with residence in Gluhiv.
March Mazepa and a part of Zaporozhian Cossacks
1709 headed by kosh otaman Kost’ Hordiyenko
joined the Swedes.
May By order of Peter I Russian army destroyed
1709 Chortomlyk Sich. Those who escaped death,
founded the so-called Oleshiv Sich on Tatar
territory.
June The battle of Poltava ended in defeat of
1709 Swedish army and I. Mazepa, their “ally”.
Flinging off the pursuing Russian cavalry,
Carl XII and Mazepa found shelter in
Moldaviya, which was under the protectorate
of Turkey.
September I. Mazepa’s death in Bendery. He was buried
1709 in Saint George’s Church in the town of
Halats. His grave is not preserved.
April The Cossack council in the town of Bendery
1710 elected Pylyp Orlyk, a former scribe, hetman
in emigration. There were 16 agreement

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