While serving at a royal court, this man was rumored to have an affair with the Polish "Madam Falbowska.
While serving at a royal court, this man was rumored to have an affair with the Polish "Madam Falbowska." That legend inspired a Lord Byron poem in which this figure is punished for an affair by being tied naked to a horse that runs wild throughout Eastern Europe. This man was compelled to engage in one action after his people were threatened by the forces of Stanislaus Leszczynski, which this man considered a violation of the treaty of Pereyaslav. In 2009, Viktor Yushchenko claimed this man revived Ukraine "as the country of European cultural traditions" and should not be considered a traitor. After his most notable defeat, he and a ruler fled to the Ottoman controlled fortress at Bendery. After this man's defection, his former monarch razed the capital of Baturyn and replaced him with Alexander Menshikov. For 10 points, name this Cossack Hetman who allied with the Swedish Charles XII and got curbstomped by the Russians at the Battle of Poltava.
While serving at a royal court, this man was rumored to have an affair with the Polish "Madam Falbowska.
Ivan Stepanovych {Mazepa}