Ivan Mazepa’s saber was guarded by more people than the boxer Alexander Usik himself.”
Yaroslava Gres, co-founder of the public organization Ukraine WOW, spoke about the history of the appearance of Ivan Mazepa’s saber in Saudi Arabia during the Usyk-Fury rematch.
She says that after the project was implemented, Google queries about who Mazepa was increased thousands of times. The most popular American, British and Arab media and many others published publications about a unique artifact that belonged to the Ukrainian hetman.
The saber was guarded more carefully than Usik himself. After the champion’s victory, nine minutes passed until the saber appeared in the ring.
How long did Alexander Usyk decide whether he wanted to raise the saber of the outstanding hetman, whose name the Russians had been defaming for centuries, over his head? 5 minutes. From the moment I sent him three pictures with a proposal from the Chernigov Regional Historical Museum: Mazepa’s saber, Semyon Palia’s pennach and the silver Gospel. Usik typed. “Of course, saber. Of course, Mazepa. Of course we do.” No hesitation. At four in the morning, after the fight, we watched the first appearances in the international media, Alexander smiled widely with his satisfied mustache smile: “I can imagine how the Muscovites are burning now.”
Source: Racurs
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