Pavel Lisitsian as Mazepa
Artur Eizen - as Kochubey
Composer Petr Iliich Tchaikovsky - son of Petr Feodorovych Chaika who was
born in 1745 in Nikolaevka, near Poltava,
Ukraine. Petr Feodorovych Chaika was
second child of Feodor Chaika (Ukrainian ) and his wife Anna. He was the first family member who adopt the name Tchaikovsky.
Chaika in Ukrainian means in English - seagull.
Ukrainian bass Taras Shtonda as Kochubey from opera "Mazepa"
opera "Mazepa" at the stage Kyiv Opera