UKRAINE Medal 1959 Hetman Ivan Mazepa Bicentennial of Death. XF-AU

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1959, Ukraine. Copper-Nickel Medal. Hetman Ivan Mazepa Bicentennial of Death.

Mint Year: 1959
Condition: Minor handling marks, otherwise XF-AU!
Denomination: Medal - Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, bicentennial
Material: Copper-Nickel
Weight: 13.34gm
Diameter: 31mm

Obverse: Armored and draped bust of Ivan Bazepa right. Wreath-border around.

Reverse: Bi-lingual (English and Ukrainian) legend in seven lines.
Legend: HETMAN OF UKRAINE IVAN MAZEPPA 1709-1959




Ivan Mazepa (1639–1709) was a significant figure in the history of Ukraine. One story about him says that as a young man, he was caught in flagrante with a noblewoman, whose husband punished him by tying him naked to a wild horse and setting them free; eventually he reached the Cossacks and became their military leader. This legend caught the attention of the English poet Lord Byron ("mad, bad, and dangerous to know"), whose Mazeppa (1819) brought the events to wider attention. His narrative poem inspired many paintings, particularly by French Romantics, which in turn stimulated musical compositions, stage plays, more poems, and so on. New life was breathed into the equestrian tale when it was transposed to the American Wild West. With the independence of Ukraine in 1991, the figure of Mazepa is once again on the international stage.

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