Brief biography of Poltava

Mary is famous for more than only beauty, but everyone knows her meek temper. Many grooms wow for her, but Maria's heart is impregnable. And then the hetman Mazepa himself is moving the matchmakers behind her. The hetman is already old, but feelings are boiled in it, not changeable feelings of youth, but an even heat that does not cool until his death. Advertising Parents of Mary in indignation, they are outraged by the behavior of the old man, because Maria is the godmother hetman.

Mary's mother says that Mazepa is a wicked, that there can be no talk of marriage. Hearing it all, Maria falls without feelings. For two days, Maria cannot recover, and on the third day disappears. Soon Kochubey reached a terrible news that his daughter was fled to Mazepa. Only now the old people understood the reason for the mental confusion of their daughter. And Kochubey conceived a plan of revenge to the hetman.

But no one was in charge of secret plans for the insidious and vengeful Mazepa. For a long time he has been bearing a plan of betrayal, not revealing it to anyone, but his secret thoughts suffered an offended Kochubey and decided to take revenge on the insult of the house, revealing the plans of the traitor to Peter. Once upon a time, Kochubey and Mazepa were friends and believed their feelings to each other, then Mazepa opened his plans, but now there is an offense between them, which Kochubey could not forgive.

The spirit of revenge is also supported by his wife. Now you need only a reliable person who is ready, not shy, put at the feet of Peter the denunciation of Kochubey on the hetman. Advertising such a person was found among Poltava Cossacks, once rejected by Maria, but still loving her even in her shame and hating her seducer. He sets off with a Kochubey denunciation of a hetman, sewn in a hat.

Mazepa, who does not suspect a terrible danger, weaves a political intrigue, negotiating with the Messenger of the Jesuits, disturbing the Cossacks on the Don, raising Crimea, Poland and Turkey against Moscow. And in the middle of these insidious worries, the Russian nobles sent him a denunciation to him, written in Poltava and left Peter without attention. Excuses before Peter and convincing him of his fidelity, Mazepa requires the execution of scammers, the execution of her beloved father, “Maria selflessly loves Mazepa and despises the rumor.

Only sometimes sadness masters it at the thought of parents. But she still does not know what the whole of Ukraine already knows, a terrible secret from her is hidden. Even Mary’s affection is not able to dispel his terrible thoughts, he remains cold to them. The insulted Maria reproaches him, saying that for his sake she ruined her own happiness, disgraced herself. Mazepa is trying to calm Mary with the words of love, but she accuses him of cunning and pretense.

She is even jealous of him to a certain Dulskaya. Maria wants to know the reason for Mazepina's coldness. And Mazepa opens her up his plans for the uprising of Ukraine against the rule of Moscow. Maria is delighted and eager to see her lover with the royal crown on her head. She will remain faithful to him in misfortune and even go to the block with him. And Mazepa subjects Maria a terrible test: he asks who is more expensive for her - father or husband?

He tries to force her to an unambiguous answer, puts her with a terrible choice: whose death she prefers if she is destined to choose, whom to send to the execution. And the desired answer was received. Advertising "Quiet Ukrainian Night." In the old castle in the White Church, he sits in the tower of the ended Kochubey and is waiting for an execution that he is not afraid - he is oppressed by shame, a loss of honor.

He was given to the king to reproach the enemy, not having the opportunity to bequeath his revenge to the offender. The door of his prison opens, and a bloodthirsty Orlik enters. Mazepa is known that Kochubey hid the treasures, and Orlik came to find out where they rush. Kochubey replies that his treasures were his honor, the honor of his daughter, but these treasures were taken away by torture and Mazepa, and the third treasure is the holy revenge - he is preparing to demolish God, Orlik is inquired where the money is hidden, but unsuccessfully, and Kochubaya is given the executioner.

Maria, caressed by Mazepa, does not yet know about the terrible fate of her father, and Mazepa shudders from the thought of what will happen to her when everything opens. He repents that he seduced her, that he tried to harness the “horse and trembling storm” into one cart. Leaving Mary sitting in ignorance, tormented by doubts, Mazepa leaves the palace. At dawn, in peace, where Maria slept, her mother crept up and opened her daughter a terrible news.

Mother cannot believe that her daughter does not know anything, she asks Mary to fall at Mazepa's feet and beg him to spare her father. Unable to endure mental torment, Maria loses her feelings. Advertising at the place of execution gathered a huge crowd. In the cart, convicted Kochubey and spark were brought. The martyrs move on the block, the executioner chops their heads and, holding the plague, shows the crowd.

When the place of execution is already empty, two women come running, but, alas, they were late. Returning home after a terrible execution, Mazepa finds the light of Maria empty. He sends the Cossacks in search, but everything is in vain: no one saw Mary anywhere. Soul sorrow does not prevent the hetman from implementing its political plans. Continuing the intercourse with the Swedish king, Mazepa pretends to be a deadly ill, but quickly rises from the deathbed when Karl transfers military operations to Ukraine.Now Mazepa leads shelves against Peter.

Peter himself leads the squads to Poltava, and now the two armies became against each other, ready for the morning battle. At night, before the battle, Mazepa talks with Orlik and talks about his disappointment in Karl, who does not seem to him a state -owned husband, who could compete with an autocratic giant. Orlik replies that it is not too late to go over to Peter, but Mazepa rejects this proposal and opens up the reason for his hatred of the Russian king.

Once at a feast, in response to a boldly spoken word, Peter grabbed Mazepa by the mustache.

For this insult and vowed to avenge Peter Mazepa. In the morning, the Battle of Poltava begins, in which combat happiness serves the Russian troops. Encouraged by the appearance of Peter, Russian regiments crowded the Swedes. Mazepa silently watches the battle, and suddenly a shot is heard behind him. It was Voinarovsky who struck the young Cossack who was hung up with a saber on Mazepa, who, dying, whispered the name of Maria.

They jump on horseback, fleeing the persecution. Suddenly, the farm, past which the fugitives rush, scares Mazepa: he recognizes the place where he once feasted and from where he brought Maria in the steppe by dark night. The fugitives spend the night in the steppes on the banks of the Dnieper, when suddenly someone hides Mazepa in the night silence.

He opens his eyes and sees Mary. She is in the racket, with her hair loose, sparkling hollow eyes. Maria lost her mind. She does not recognize Mazepa, says that this is someone else, and is hiding in the night darkness. In the morning, Karl and Mazepa jump on. A hundred years have passed, and only Peter remained in history, but there was not even a memory of Mazepa and Mary. E. Source retold: all the masterpieces of world literature in a brief presentation.

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