Attractions of Tiahynka

The remains of defensive structures on the banks of the Dnipro in the village of Tiahynka belong to Lithuanian and Turkish times.

Back in the 14th century, the Lithuanian Tyahyn castle with three round towers at the corners was built on the island of Velyke Horodyshche.

In 1491, after seizing these lands from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Crimean Khan Mengli-Girey rebuilt the Tyahyn fortress, which became one of the strongholds for Tatar raids on Ukrainian lands.

In 1492, Zaporizhzhia Cossacks captured and destroyed a Turkish ship under the walls of Tyagin fortress, which is considered to be the first mention of Cossacks and the date of foundation of Zaporizhzhia Cossacks.

In 1673, Ataman Ivan Sirko marched on the Tyahyn fortress, and in 1693, Colonel Semen Paliy defeated a Tatar detachment here. The fortress was finally destroyed in the 18th century.

In 1992, a monument in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Ukrainian Cossacks "Cossack Slava" was erected on the site of the hillfort in the form of a column with the figure of Saint Michael the Archstrategist. Fragments of the fortress walls were preserved near the old bridge.