Ivan Mazepa
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Ivan Mazepa was a prominent late 17th–early 18th century Ukrainian hetman known for his efforts to strengthen the autonomy of the Cossack state and for his controversial alliance with Sweden against the Russian Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ivan Mazepa canonical | 6 |
| Mazepa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1698879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ivan Mazepa Context triple: [Cossack Hetmanate, notableLeader, Ivan Mazepa]
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A.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky was a 17th-century Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and laid the foundations of early modern Ukrainian statehood.
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B.
Prince Dmitry Pozharsky
Prince Dmitry Pozharsky was a Russian nobleman and military leader who, together with Kuzma Minin, led the volunteer army that liberated Moscow from Polish-Lithuanian occupation and helped end the Time of Troubles in the early 17th century.
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C.
Ivan Vyhovsky
Ivan Vyhovsky was a 17th-century Hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate known for his attempts to secure Ukrainian autonomy through shifting alliances between Poland-Lithuania, Russia, and other regional powers.
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D.
Symon Petliura
Symon Petliura was a Ukrainian political and military leader who played a key role in Ukraine’s struggle for independence during and after World War I.
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E.
Danylo of Halych
Danylo of Halych was a 13th-century Ruthenian prince and later king who ruled the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and played a key role in consolidating and defending the southwestern lands of Kievan Rus'.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ivan Mazepa Target entity description: Ivan Mazepa was a prominent late 17th–early 18th century Ukrainian hetman known for his efforts to strengthen the autonomy of the Cossack state and for his controversial alliance with Sweden against the Russian Empire.
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A.
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Khmelnytsky was a 17th-century Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and laid the foundations of early modern Ukrainian statehood.
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B.
Prince Dmitry Pozharsky
Prince Dmitry Pozharsky was a Russian nobleman and military leader who, together with Kuzma Minin, led the volunteer army that liberated Moscow from Polish-Lithuanian occupation and helped end the Time of Troubles in the early 17th century.
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C.
Ivan Vyhovsky
Ivan Vyhovsky was a 17th-century Hetman of the Cossack Hetmanate known for his attempts to secure Ukrainian autonomy through shifting alliances between Poland-Lithuania, Russia, and other regional powers.
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D.
Symon Petliura
Symon Petliura was a Ukrainian political and military leader who played a key role in Ukraine’s struggle for independence during and after World War I.
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E.
Danylo of Halych
Danylo of Halych was a 13th-century Ruthenian prince and later king who ruled the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and played a key role in consolidating and defending the southwestern lands of Kievan Rus'.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cossack hetman
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Ukrainian political figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ally | Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | anathema by Russian Orthodox Church (1708) ⓘ |
| citizenship | Cossack Hetmanate ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Ukrainian postage stamps
ⓘ
monuments in Ukraine ⓘ |
| country | Cossack Hetmanate ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1639-03-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1709-10-02 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Rus' chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
The History of the Rus'
Works of Voltaire ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Jesuit college in Warsaw
ⓘ
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ⓘ
surface form:
Kyiv-Mohyla Collegium
|
| endTime | 1708 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Ivan Mazepa
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mazepa
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| givenName | Ivan ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Left-bank Ukraine ⓘ |
| influenced | Ukrainian national movement ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Alliance with Charles XII of Sweden
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Defection from Tsar Peter I of Russia ⓘ Role in the Great Northern War ⓘ Strengthening autonomy of the Cossack Hetmanate ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Cossack Host
ⓘ
surface form:
Cossack starshyna
|
| movement | Ukrainian Cossack autonomy movement ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Construction of Baroque churches in Ukraine
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Patronage of Orthodox churches and monasteries ⓘ Reforms to centralize Cossack administration ⓘ Kyiv-Mohyla Academy ⓘ
surface form:
Support for Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
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| opponent |
Peter the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
Peter I of Russia
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| participantIn |
Battle of Poltava
ⓘ
Great Northern War ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
ⓘ
Ukrainian Baroque ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian Baroque architecture
|
| placeOfBirth | Mazepyntsi ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bender ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Hetman
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surface form:
Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine
Hetman ⓘ
surface form:
Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host
|
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| residence | Baturyn ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1687 ⓘ |
| workLocation | Baturyn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ivan Mazepa Description of subject: Ivan Mazepa was a prominent late 17th–early 18th century Ukrainian hetman known for his efforts to strengthen the autonomy of the Cossack state and for his controversial alliance with Sweden against the Russian Empire.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mazepa