He served as chief advisor to the regent, Sophia Alekseyevna, an aided the prince, Gallitzin, in his campaign against the Tatars.
He served as chief advisor to the regent, Sophia Alekseyevna, an aided the prince, Gallitzin, in his campaign against the Tatars. A legend of his youth, which often appears in literature, tells of how he was tied to the back of a wild horse and sent into the steppes by a jealous husband. He built on his credibility as hetman to make secret negotiations with the Swedes and openly joined Charles XII in 1708, fighting against his former Russian masters at Poltava. FTP, name this Cossack leader and turncoat during the Great Northern War whose story is described in a namesake Lord Byron poem.
He served as chief advisor to the regent, Sophia Alekseyevna, an aided the prince, Gallitzin, in his campaign against the Tatars.
Ivan {Mazepa}