Pyvykha Mountain in Hradyzk on the banks of the Kremenchuk Reservoir is considered the highest point on the left bank of the Dnieper or the Dnieper Lowland (168 meters). It is sometimes mistakenly called the highest point of Left-Bank Ukraine.

It arose as a result of the onset of continental ice during the Ice Age. There are outcrops of blue marl - a rare highly calcareous clay used in construction.

It is believed that the name of the mountain is connected with the settlement that existed here in ancient times, which belonged to the boyars Pyva.

In the 16th century, the Pyvohorsky Monastery was founded, near which the settlement of Horodyshche, and later the present Hradyzk, arose.

After the construction of the Kremenchuk Reservoir, Mount Pyvykha is graduall ...

Pyvykha Mountain in Hradyzk on the banks of the Kremenchuk Reservoir is considered the highest point on the left bank of the Dnieper or the Dnieper Lowland (168 meters). It is sometimes mistakenly called the highest point of Left-Bank Ukraine.

It arose as a result of the onset of continental ice during the Ice Age. There are outcrops of blue marl - a rare highly calcareous clay used in construction.

It is believed that the name of the mountain is connected with the settlement that existed here in ancient times, which belonged to the boyars Pyva.

In the 16th century, the Pyvohorsky Monastery was founded, near which the settlement of Horodyshche, and later the present Hradyzk, arose.

After the construction of the Kremenchuk Reservoir, Mount Pyvykha is gradually collapsing. It is a historical and geological reserve.