Attractions of Trakhtemyriv

The state historical and cultural reserve "Trakhtemyriv" was created in 1994 on the site of the ancient Cossack village of the same name.

It is located on a picturesque peninsula, formed by a steep bend of the Dnipro opposite Pereyaslav. Scythian and early Slavic settlements were discovered here. In princely times, the ancient Rus city of Zarub stood on this site.

In 1147, the Trakhtemyriv Monastery was mentioned, built on the site of the Zarub monastery destroyed by the Tatars. In 1576, a hospital for old and infirm Cossacks was created at the monastery. Two years later, the Polish king Stefan Batory, having established a registered Cossack army, bequeathed the Trakhtemyriv to the Cossacks.

The Trakhtemyriv fortress was built, which became the informal Cossack capital - hetmans were elected here, ambassadors were received, and supplies were stored here. It was also an outpost of popular uprisings on more than one occasion. In 1665, during the suppression of one of the uprisings, the city and the monastery were destroyed.

A Cossack cemetery has been preserved on the outskirts of the village of Trakhtemyriv, a cross has been erected on the site of the monastery in the Tserkovshchyna tract, the remains of the fortress have not been found.

Currently, most of the territory belongs to the private Agrarian and Ecological Association "Trakhtemyriv", which uses the protected lands as elite hunting grounds. A large castle-style hunting lodge (burned down in 2015) was built in a picturesque location next to a former pioneer camp. A tree in the shape of a trident grows near it, next to which there is a memorial sign.

Several houses have been preserved in the village, in one of which the family of a hermit nicknamed "Scyth" lives permanently.