The Mazepa family ( uk , Мазепа) was a

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Ruthenian/Ukrainian family. Their origin can be traced back to 1544, when the Ukrainian '' szlachtych'' Mykola Mazepa-Koledynski was given a ''

khutor A khutor ( rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir ( uk, хутiр, pl. , ''khutory'') is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single-homestead settlement.

'' (farmstead) Kamyanets (which later grew to become the village of Mazepyntsi) by King Sigismund I for his duty. Mykola Mazepa-Koledynski had two grandsons: * Fedir Mykhaylovych Mazepa – a Cossack ''

otaman Ataman (variants: ''otaman'', ''wataman'', ''vataman''; Russian: атаман, uk, отаман) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. In the Russian Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military commande ...

''. He fought against the Poles together with Hryhory Loboda,

Severyn Nalyvaiko Severyn (Semeriy) Nalyvaiko (, , in older historiography also ''Semen Nalewajko'', died 21 April 1597) was a leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks who became a hero of Ukrainian folklore. He led the failed Nalyvaiko Uprising for which he was tortured ...

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. Later he was caught and together with

was executed in

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. * Stepan-Adam Mazepa. His spouse Maryna Mazepa (died 1707) of Mokiev descent became a nun and later

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of the in

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. They had a son, Ivan, and a daughter, who later married Andrew Voynorovskiy.

Notable members

Ivan Mazepa Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (also spelled Mazeppa; uk, Іван Степанович Мазепа, pl, Jan Mazepa Kołodyński; ) was a Ukrainian military, political, and civic leader who served as the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host in 1687–1708. ...

(1639–1709) –

Hetman of Zaporizhian Host The Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host ( uk, Гетьман Війська Запорозького, la, Cosaccorum Zaporoviesium Supremus Belli Dux) was the head of state of the Cossack Hetmanate in what is now Ukraine. The office was disestablishe ...

(1687–1709) *

Andriy Voynarovsky Andriy Ivanovych Voynarovsky (1689 - 1740) was a member of the Zaporozhian Army during 1701–1716. He is the nephew and heir of Hetman Ivan Mazepa through his maternal line. Biography Andriy is the son of the nobleman Jan Voynarovsky from hi ...

(1689-1740) - nephew and heir of

, member of the Zaporozhian Army *

Isaak Mazepa Isaak Prokhorovych Mazepa ( uk, Ісаак Прохорович Мазепа) (16 August 1884, Kostobobriv – 18 March 1952, Augsburg) was a Ukrainian politician. He was a Head of the Government of Ukrainian People’s Republic from August 1919 ...

(1884–1952) –

Prime minister of Ukraine The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of th ...

Anna Politkovskaya Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (;, ; uk, Ганна Степанівна Політковська , 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russian journalist and human rights activist, who reported on political events in Russia, in partic ...

(1958–2006) Kostobobriv Kostobobriv ( uk, Костобобрів; russian: link=no, Костобобров) is a village in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion (raion, district) of Chernihiv Oblast (oblast, province) in northern Ukraine. It belongs to Semenivka urban hromada, one o ...

Notable members

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