Zaporozhye region

Nature reserve "Kosa Obytochna"

Sandy spit on the northern shore of the Azov Sea. Gets into the sea for 30 km between the Obitov and Berdyansk bays. Nature reserve "Kosa Obytochna" [Sandy Spit - tr.]. runs into the sea for 32 km. Sandy Spit consists of a shell and quartz sand washed by the waters of the Obytochna River.The Nogai people called the sand spit as Djurulgash, which means "a precipice washed up with water".

 

The National Reserve «Khortytsia»

The National Reserve «Khortytsia» is an unique memorial of nature, culture and history of Zaporizhzhia Cossacks. Khortytsya is the largest island not only on the Dnieper, but on all the rivers of Europe, 12 km long, 2.5 km wide. Its area is approximately 2,5 thousand hectares. According to scientists, it was created more than 2 million years ago as a result of a geological fault that split a piece of the Ukrainian crystal shield.

 

 

Botieve wind power station

Botieve wind power station is the most modern and powerful wind power station in Ukraine. The station is included in the top 5 largest wind farms in Central and Eastern Europe. Botieve wind power station has a significant environmental effect: annually, the plant's operation allows to reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere by about 730,000 tons of CO2 – the same amount of CO2 365 thousand cars produce annually. 

 

 

 

Milk Estuary

Milk Estuary is one of the reservoirs of the water area of the Azov Sea, which until the XV century was a bay. It is named after of the river of the same name, which carries its waters to the estuary, and is connected with the sea by a strait dig out by people.It is interesting that the estuary is a natural miracle, therefore it is included in the list of wetlands of Ukraine having international significance.

 

 

Popov's Manor Museum-preserve (Vasilivsky Castle)

Vasilivsky castle or Popov's Manor - is a palace and park complex in Vasilivka, on the basis of which a historic-architectural museum-reserve «Manor Popov» was created. The construction of a grand palace lasted from 1864 to 1884. Buildings combine elements of Baroque, Romanesque and Gothic styles. In the main building there was a ballroom, mirror rooms, a library with rare books, a picture gallery with the originals of Titian, Goya, Rembrandt. This is the only complex in Ukraine where practically all elements of the estate of the time of development of the Wild field have been preserved: jagged walls with gates, two wings, caretina, stables, sentinel tower.

 

The nature monument "Donkey Ears"

On the banks of Berda river, there is a series of five geological monuments of nature, among which are the cliffs of the Donkey Ears and the High Rock. The donkey's ears are a rock with two quartz dikes, "ears" formed on the top. The cliff "Donkey Ears", has been under protection since 1972. The rock is on the right bank of the river Berda 1 km north of the eastern outskirts of the village Radyvonivka.