Legends of the city

30.03 2020

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Legend of the silver eagle

You can make the most secret desire at the silver eagle from the Voznesenivskyi Treasures.

25.11 2018

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Baida Island

Khortytsia has a younger brother. It name is Baida Island.

25.11 2018

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Khortytsia after the Cossacks

No matter how sad, but the Cossack era has passed. After the destruction of Sich, Catherine II makes a generous gift to Prince Potemkin - the Ukrainian island Khortytsia.

24.11 2018

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The riches of the sacred oak

Our grandfathers told us that on the island of Khortytsia there were many old-fashioned oak giants, and among them was one that was distinguished by its power. The Cossacks called it "Sacred Red Oak". Its trunk was about 6 meters around and it was more than 500 years old.

24.11 2018

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Cossack Mamai

Cossack Mamai is a peculiar embodiment of the Ukrainian character, the image of freedom and immortality of the Ukrainian people. As long as Sich exists, there is so much legend about the glorious Cossack-characterists.

24.11 2018

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"Zaporizhzhia bowl" or pagan sanctuary?

Sitting on Khortytsia, around a huge stone bowl, the Cossacks was scooping out her fish soup with one and a half meter spoons and fed each other.

24.11 2018

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Iron flowers

From the history of Zaporizhzhia it is known that until 1921 the city was named Alexander after the Alexander Fortress, which was laid in 1770, in honour of General Field Marshal Oleksandr Golitsyn.

23.11 2018

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The legend of Cossack treasures

In the Zaporizhzhia Volnitsa, where the Zaporizhzhia Cossacks lived, after numerous successful campaigns, many treasures and valuable things, money and weapons accumulated. Each Cossack who participated in the battles had his own treasure and kept in a secluded, reliable place.

23.11 2018

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The legend of the Cossack forelock

A brave, courageous, ready at any moment to die for his land - that is what the Cossack forelock symbolizes!

23.11 2018

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How the Snake Cave in Zaporizhzhia became the home of the Scythians

More than 2 million years ago, our beloved and picturesque bed of the Old Dnipro was formed. With high cliffs, like walls, separating the island of Khortytsia from the right bank. And in the gorges of these rocks there are two caves where a person can enter, but does not enter, because ... he cannot find that entrance! The cave is also called Snake, and it is shrouded in ancient legends.