Poltava is a narrative Poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1828-9 about the involvement of the Ukrainian Cossack hetman Ivan Mazepa in the 1709 Battle of Poltava between Sweden and Russia.
Although often considered one of Pushkin\'s lesser works and critiqued as unabashedly imperialistic, a number of critics have praised the Poem for its depth of charac.
The Poem intertwines a love plot between Mazepa and Maria with an account of Mazepa\'s betrayal of Tsar Peter I and Peter\'s victory in battle.
Poltava is a narrative Poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1828-9 about the involvement of the Ukrainian Cossack hetman Ivan Mazepa in the 1709 Battle of Poltava between Sweden and Russia