The reserve, created in 1994, preserves archaeological, historical and natural monuments on its territory.
Its territory has 81 archaeological, 9 historical and 9 natural monuments. Among them - stay of Mousterian era (120-130 thousand years ago), Trakhtemyriv Scythian settlement, the remains of temples of Trakhtemyriv monastery, multilayer settlement on the hill Gorodky, Cossack cemetery in the village Trakhtemyriv, natural monuments: Kaniv dislocations, tracts, Rozhin Krynitsia.