During an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power, Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that Ukraine was given its independence.

• DirectorYurii Illienko
• Release14 February 2002
• Genre
  History / Drama
• Duration2h 34m
• Budget$2,000,000
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  5.0
  9 reviews
• Productions

  Dovzhenko Film Studios