Khortytsya - the largest island on the Dnieper, the unique natural and historical complex, located near the city of Zaporozhye. Stretches from northwest to southeast, the length of 12,5 km, average width of 2.5 km. In 2007 he was chosen as one of the "Seven Wonders of Ukraine." The name comes from the name of Khortytsya ancient deity of the Eastern Slavs Horsa, who represents the sun.
In the northern part of the island is a museum of the Zaporozhye Cossacks. Zaporizhzhya Cossacks History Museum on the island opened in 1983. Today, under the roof of the Museum has collected more than 30,000 objects that cover the historical period from the Paleolithic period to the nineteenth century, the current era. Originally decorated the room itself: granite plates, tight one to one, creating the impression that visitors move in a cave near the walls of which are silent relics.
There are exhibitions devoted to ancient times, the period of Kievan Rus, the Cossack era, the modern history of Zaporizhzhya region as well as four dioramas: "The Battle of Kiev prince Svyatoslav," "Military Council for Sich", "Exemption Zaporozhye October 14, 1943." In the museum of the history of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks The following exposition: Zaporozhian Cossacks in history and literature, the nature of the.
Khortytsya, orthodoxy in the Ukrainian lands, new archaeological finds of the National Reserve.
Astoyan Cossack village has recently grown by the native land of our ancestors. All construction and decorative elements are made in accordance with all Cossack traditions. Even now almost completed all of the tower, bell tower, the house ataman, Sich school pushkarnya, exposition hall.
In the southeastern part of the island in the flooded areas, is the folklore-ethnographic equestrian theater "Zaporozhian Cossacks", carefully keeping the ancient Cossack traditions. At the request of tourist groups are held horse shows and folk performances with a demonstration of traditional Cossack handicrafts. Nearby are stored in a hangar raised in 1999-2007. from the bottom of the river, and Gull Cossack brigantine 1736-39 years. with which archaeologists work, and performances may restavratory.Posle riding. On the territory of the cafe "Kozatska pledge."
Khortytsya - an extremely beautiful and picturesque island. On both sides lapped wide and mighty Dnieper, surrounded by high stone cliffs, sandy beaches, covered with green woods and decorated with colorful flowers. On the island there are a variety of natural areas: herb-feather grass steppes, oak and pine forests, meadows. In total there are about 960 Khortitsa plant species, 560 of them - representatives of the wild plants, 20 are endemic. Endemics are Dnieper groundsel, onions Savransky, sleep-grass, iris, cornflower Dnieper. In addition to endemic and relict plants are found - the water fern, chilim.
Total in the reserve of about 10 ancient trees and dozens of oak trees and a little more than a hundred years (the oldest of them - the 300-year-olds), there is a century-old wild pear. Basically, these trees grow in the ravines and plavnevoy part of the island. Zaporizhia famous oak tree (located on the outside. Khortytsya), according to historians and biologists - a little more than five hundred years. In Bayrak, but mostly - in plavnevom forest in the south of the island inhabited by more than 30 species of mammals, 120 species of birds, ten species of reptiles, five species of amphibians. The most numerous among the birds - waterfowl (kryzhni, teal, wrench flats).
According to archaeological research, this island is inhabited since the Paleolithic period. In particular, there are early Slavic and monuments: the remains of settlements, burial grounds chernyakhivska tribal culture and the Ants. In 1223 Khortytsya was a gathering place for Russian princes before the battle with the Tatars on the river Kalka. And in the late XV - early XVI centuries, this island - a reliable refuge fled from the feudal and national oppression - has become one of the centers of formation of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks, and then sechevikov foothold in the defense of the southern borders of the Turkish-Tatar aggression.
In 1648, hence the Cossack army acted in the war of liberation ukrainskoto people. During the Russian-Turkish war (1735 - 1739) arrived at the Khortytsya famous naval commander, Vice Admiral N. Senyavin. Under his leadership, the shipyard was laid on which the Cossacks and Russian craftsmen have built a whole fleet of rowing, which played in military actions in the Black Sea a significant role. Somewhere on the island have not yet found the tomb of Admiral Senyavin, who died here of the plague in 1738. After the destruction of the Sich by tsarist troops June 5, 1775 Khortytsya as a gift of Catherine II went to Prince Potemkin. In 1789, the Potemkin gave the island to the treasury, and a year later came into the possession of Khortitsa new owners - the Germans, Mennonites.
Sich colonizing space, the queen hoped to eliminate the freedom-loving spirit of Zaporozhye. Its calculations are justified: the colonists brutally destroyed ancient oaks, linden trees, thickets of wild pears. Timber trade has been one of the most profitable revenue sources. In December 1916 the Germans, who lived at Khortytsya, Alexander sold the island to the town council for the 772 000 350 rubles. Khortytsya frequented by famous people. On its slopes is the path of the great Kobzar, who visited here in August 1843. In 1878, here come the composer Nikolai Lysenko, in 1880 - Ilya Repin, Valentin Serov, with the young. In 1891, Khortytsya visited Maxim Gorky, a little later - Ivan Bunin...
National Bank of Ukraine issued two commemorative coins dedicated to the history of Zaporozhye. One of them was published under the title "Island on the Dnieper River Khortytsya - the cradle of the Ukrainian Cossacks," the second in a series of "Maritime History of Ukraine" with the image of a seagull, raised from the bottom of the Dnieper River near Khortitsa.
In the northern part of the island is a museum of the Zaporozhye Cossacks. Zaporizhzhya Cossacks History Museum on the island opened in 1983. Today, under the roof of the Museum has collected more than 30,000 objects that cover the historical period from the Paleolithic period to the nineteenth century, the current era. Originally decorated the room itself: granite plates, tight one to one, creating the impression that visitors move in a cave near the walls of which are silent relics.There are exhibitions devoted to ancient times, the period of Kievan Rus, the Cossack era, the modern history of Zaporizhzhya region as well as four dioramas: "The Battle of Kiev prince Svyatoslav," "Military Council for Sich", "Exemption Zaporozhye October 14, 1943." In the museum of the history of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks The following exposition: Zaporozhian Cossacks in history and literature, the nature of the.
Khortytsya, orthodoxy in the Ukrainian lands, new archaeological finds of the National Reserve.
Astoyan Cossack village has recently grown by the native land of our ancestors. All construction and decorative elements are made in accordance with all Cossack traditions. Even now almost completed all of the tower, bell tower, the house ataman, Sich school pushkarnya, exposition hall.In the southeastern part of the island in the flooded areas, is the folklore-ethnographic equestrian theater "Zaporozhian Cossacks", carefully keeping the ancient Cossack traditions. At the request of tourist groups are held horse shows and folk performances with a demonstration of traditional Cossack handicrafts. Nearby are stored in a hangar raised in 1999-2007. from the bottom of the river, and Gull Cossack brigantine 1736-39 years. with which archaeologists work, and performances may restavratory.Posle riding. On the territory of the cafe "Kozatska pledge."
Khortytsya - an extremely beautiful and picturesque island. On both sides lapped wide and mighty Dnieper, surrounded by high stone cliffs, sandy beaches, covered with green woods and decorated with colorful flowers. On the island there are a variety of natural areas: herb-feather grass steppes, oak and pine forests, meadows. In total there are about 960 Khortitsa plant species, 560 of them - representatives of the wild plants, 20 are endemic. Endemics are Dnieper groundsel, onions Savransky, sleep-grass, iris, cornflower Dnieper. In addition to endemic and relict plants are found - the water fern, chilim.
Total in the reserve of about 10 ancient trees and dozens of oak trees and a little more than a hundred years (the oldest of them - the 300-year-olds), there is a century-old wild pear. Basically, these trees grow in the ravines and plavnevoy part of the island. Zaporizhia famous oak tree (located on the outside. Khortytsya), according to historians and biologists - a little more than five hundred years. In Bayrak, but mostly - in plavnevom forest in the south of the island inhabited by more than 30 species of mammals, 120 species of birds, ten species of reptiles, five species of amphibians. The most numerous among the birds - waterfowl (kryzhni, teal, wrench flats).According to archaeological research, this island is inhabited since the Paleolithic period. In particular, there are early Slavic and monuments: the remains of settlements, burial grounds chernyakhivska tribal culture and the Ants. In 1223 Khortytsya was a gathering place for Russian princes before the battle with the Tatars on the river Kalka. And in the late XV - early XVI centuries, this island - a reliable refuge fled from the feudal and national oppression - has become one of the centers of formation of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks, and then sechevikov foothold in the defense of the southern borders of the Turkish-Tatar aggression.
In 1648, hence the Cossack army acted in the war of liberation ukrainskoto people. During the Russian-Turkish war (1735 - 1739) arrived at the Khortytsya famous naval commander, Vice Admiral N. Senyavin. Under his leadership, the shipyard was laid on which the Cossacks and Russian craftsmen have built a whole fleet of rowing, which played in military actions in the Black Sea a significant role. Somewhere on the island have not yet found the tomb of Admiral Senyavin, who died here of the plague in 1738. After the destruction of the Sich by tsarist troops June 5, 1775 Khortytsya as a gift of Catherine II went to Prince Potemkin. In 1789, the Potemkin gave the island to the treasury, and a year later came into the possession of Khortitsa new owners - the Germans, Mennonites.Sich colonizing space, the queen hoped to eliminate the freedom-loving spirit of Zaporozhye. Its calculations are justified: the colonists brutally destroyed ancient oaks, linden trees, thickets of wild pears. Timber trade has been one of the most profitable revenue sources. In December 1916 the Germans, who lived at Khortytsya, Alexander sold the island to the town council for the 772 000 350 rubles. Khortytsya frequented by famous people. On its slopes is the path of the great Kobzar, who visited here in August 1843. In 1878, here come the composer Nikolai Lysenko, in 1880 - Ilya Repin, Valentin Serov, with the young. In 1891, Khortytsya visited Maxim Gorky, a little later - Ivan Bunin...
National Bank of Ukraine issued two commemorative coins dedicated to the history of Zaporozhye. One of them was published under the title "Island on the Dnieper River Khortytsya - the cradle of the Ukrainian Cossacks," the second in a series of "Maritime History of Ukraine" with the image of a seagull, raised from the bottom of the Dnieper River near Khortitsa.
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