Khortytsia, ancient sanctuary near Balka Great Molodnyaga
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Reconstruction of the sanctuary on the slope of the Velyka Molodnyaga gully. In the distance, there is Preobrazhenskogo bridge (over the Novyy Dnieper river).
The complex of sanctuary-observatory is located on a hill Bragarnya. The sanctuary consists of two pa...
Sovuta's Rock rises above the same-named gully, both named in honour of the cossack called Sovuta.Sc...
Zaporizhzhia city. View from Khortytsia island onto Dnieper river and Preobrazhensky bridge. The brid...
Historical and сultural сomplex "Zaporizhzhya Sich "on the island Khortitsa is a reconstruction of an...
View from a hill near the museum of history of Zaporizhzhya Cossacks onto Dnieper Hydroelectric Stati...
Rock "Upper Head" (Verkhnia Golova) is the northernmost part of the Khortitsa island. To the South it...
View from Naumov cliff on Khortitsya island onto Stary Dnieper river. There are steep of right bank o...
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