Lysa Hora (Kyiv)
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Lysa Hora (
Lybid' rivers. The hill is now a nature reserve
included in the Kyiv Fortress museum.
The mount supposedly takes its name from the fact that its top was (some
Holosiiv Municipal District of Kyiv
.
According to the
witch gatherings. Particularly, it is asserted in the works of the Ukrainian writer Nikolai Gogol
.
Forts of Lysa Hora
In 1872, a small
Dmitry Bogrov, the assassin of Pyotr Stolypin
.
The fortress saw fierce fighting during the
Nazi
offensive on Kyiv.
Later, the Red Army used the fortress as storage area till 1980. An underground complex beneath the fortress is sometimes mentioned, but in fact only old water tanks can be found, still filled with rain water. In the 1980s, a radio beacon for aircraft navigation was built on the Lysa Hora.
See also
- Lysa Hora (folklore)
- St. John's Eve (short story)
- Zamkova Hora
- Night on Bald Mountain
External links
- (in Ukrainian and English) "The Lysa Gora tract: a walk through time. Complex monography". In Ukrainian with English summary and content.
- (in Ukrainian) "Site of The Kyiv's Green Zone Defenders". (an environmentalist group that started their activities with Lysa Hora issues; includes photos and description of Lysa Hora nature).
- (in Ukrainian) "Documentary movie on the Ukrainian National Television, UT-1". Archived from the original on 2009-08-30.
- (in Russian) Sergey Golovachov. Bald Maiden Mountain.
