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Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks by Ilya Repin
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That’s fantastic, given the story of the original, which is about the Ukrainian Cossacks taking the piss out of the sultan.
From the wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_between_the_Ottoman_sultan_and_the_Cossacks
“ According to traditional interpretations, the sultan's letter and the Cossack response (also known as the Zaporozhian/Cossack letter to the Turkish sultan;[2] Ukrainian: Лист запорожців турецькому султанові) were written between 1672 and 1680.[2] The sultan supposedly demanded the Cossacks to surrender by boasting about his titles and power, and the Cossacks, allegedly commanded by a man named Ivan Sirko (or "Zaxarcenko"[3]) sent an insulting sarcastic reply in which they vowed to fight against the sultan.[2]”
I saw the reenactment pop up on (I think) !noncredibledefense@lemmy.world a few days before commenting here, thought it was a good fit due to the history you mention above.
It's not really relevant to the situation but I like the note in this section of the article on the painting:
"Artists being kinda dickish in harmless ways" is one of my favorite categories of trivia.
I honestly didn’t read that far down - figured it’d be dull info. No! Appreciate it, read the rest of them, and there were some nice bits about some of the characters.