![]() ![]() ![]() We have no fear of your army by land and by sea we will battle with thee. ![]() Thou shalt not, thou son of a whore, make subjects of Christian sons. What the devil kind of knight art thou, that canst not slay a hedgehog with your naked arse? The devil defecates and your army eats. O sultan, Turkish devil and damned devil's kith and kin, secretary to Lucifer himself. Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan! The Cossack's defiant, mocking and vulgar reply to the Sultan is often recounted in the following terms: Sultan Mehmed IV to the Zaporozhian Cossacks: As the Sultan son of Muhammad brother of the sun and moon grandson and viceroy of God ruler of the kingdoms of Macedonia, Babylon, Jerusalem, Upper and Lower Egypt emperor of emperors sovereign of sovereigns extraordinary knight, never defeated steadfast guardian of the tomb of Jesus Christ trustee chosen by God Himself the hope and comfort of Muslims confounder and great defender of Christians - I command you, the Zaporozhian Cossacks, to submit to me voluntarily and without any resistance, and to desist from troubling me with your attacks. ![]() There is one widely circulated version of correspondence between the Ottoman Sultan and the Cossack's subsequent reply. The tale inspired the artist to create one of his most recognizable masterpieces, but historians doubt the letter is anything more than a folklore plot aimed to highlight Cossack's grandeur, pride and love of freedom. After receiving the letter, the Cossacks gathered to compose their reply to the Sultan and drafted it in the most humiliating terms possible. The Cossacks, the story had it, received a letter from the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire that prescribed them to surrender to the Sultan. During one of the social gatherings at the estate, the artist heard a story that would come to inspire him. In the summer of 1878, renowned artist Ilya Repin visited famous entrepreneur and art supporter Savva Mamontov in his Abramtsevo estate near Moscow. While many believe - not least due to Repin's artistic endeavor - that the letter was a genuine historical document, historians express their reservations. The story inspired Repin to create one of his greatest masterpieces. Two hundred years later, renowned realist painter Ilya Repin heard a story about Cossacks composing a humiliating letter to Mehmed IV, the Sultan of the hostile Ottoman Empire. In the 1670s, the Ottoman Empire clashed with the Tsardom of Russia. The main intrigue is whether the correspondence in question was ever written. ![]()
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