It is the largest island on the Dnieper area about a kilometer 31kvadratnogo . Connected to the city arch bridge . Place of pilgrimage for the inhabitants of the city Zaporozhye, and tourists.
The historical and natural complex. Part of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine . Is a historical monument .
According to legend, in 972 died on Khortitsa Prince Svyatoslav I. , returning from a raid on Constantinople.
Center Zaporizhzhya Cossacks .
The island remained a few lines of earthworks during the Russian- Turkish wars of the XVIII century.
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