Historical and Cultural Complex «Zaporizhzhya Sich»

Zaporizʹka Sich is the capital of the Cossack lands, the heart of the lower knighthood and the center of the Cossack liberties that existed beyond the Dnipro rapids from the middle of the 16th century until 1775.

Caring about the reconstruction of historical memory and the return to the centuries-old traditions of the Zaporizhzhia Cossacks on the territory of the National Reserve «Khortytsia» the historical and cultural complex «Zaporizʹka Sich» was created. This «Sich» is not a copy of one of the eight Zaporizhzhia Sichs. This is a generalized image of the Cossack capital, which presents the main buildings inherent in Zaporizhzhia Sich's: church, kureni, house of the ataman, office, military piggy banks, school, gunshot. In the suburbs: smithy, pottery, tavern and «Greek house» for visiting guests. The historical and cultural complex «Zaporizʹka Sich» is designed to give contemporaries a holistic view of such an unique phenomenon as the Zaporizhzhia Cossacks in the history of Ukraine.