The excursion was organized by Yehor Brailian, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of History and Archaeology, as part of the course "Ukraine in the Context of European History and Culture."

The visit to the museum allowed the applicants to get acquainted in detail with the history of the Zaporozhian Army of the 17th-18th centuries, Left-Bank Ukraine of the second half of the 17th - early 18th centuries, and Europe of the early modern period. The museum's exposition begins with the end of the 14th century, when the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania led by Vytautas fought with the Golden Horde on the banks of the Vorskla River. Applicants could see works of art, artifacts, reconstructions of soldiers (Serdyuk, a soldier of the Swedish army), even a hetman's mace.

The tour guide Kateryna concisely and at the same time interestingly told the museum guests about the figure of Ivan Mazepa, his entourage (Andrii Voinarovskyi, Pylyp Orlyk), the causes and course of the Great Northern War of 1700-1721. A separate part of the museum's artifacts concerns the army of the Swedish king Charles XII (1682-1718). It was an unsurpassed impression to watch the diorama of the Battle of Poltava, which took place in June 1709.

Currently, the processes of rethinking the history of Ukraine as part of European processes are actively underway. The Battle of Poltava changed not only the history of Ukraine, but also of Europe - Sweden abandoned its imperial ambitions, and Russia began an offensive against the autonomy of the Zaporozhian Army. A visit to the museum contributed to a better understanding of the history of Ukraine and Europe of the 17th-18th centuries, including through works of art.

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