Sights in Zaporizhzhya
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Khortytsya Island
The Zaporizhska Sich on Khortytsya Island was the most important cradle of Ukrainian Cossackdom, where hetman (leader) Dmytro Baida united disparate groups of Cossacks in the construction of a sich (fort) in 1553-54. At the height of its power the community numbered some 20,000 fighters, under the authority of one hetman. On the battlefield they were formidable opponents; off it formidable vodka drinkers.
There's an amphitheatre on the southern portion of the island where highly entertaining horse shows and mock fights are put on periodically by Cossack descendants; check with the travel agency at the Hotel Intourist for details.
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Dniproges Dam
Here's a quick quiz. What's missing from the following list? The Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Empire State Building, the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal, the Alaska Highway… Perhaps the Sydney Opera House? Nope. Try again. Apparently, until 2007, when the list was refreshed, the seventh declared wonder of the modern world was Zaporizhzhya's Dniproges Dam.
At 760m - two and a half times longer than the famous Hoover Dam - the wall of the USSR's first dam certainly represented a monumental engineering feat when constructed under US supervision in 1927-32. In some ways, it's still impressive, but it's not especially tall and you have to reflect that its concrete …
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Historical Museum of Zaporizhsky Cossacks
The informative Historical Museum of Zaporizhsky Cossacks includes painted dioramas and various Cossack weaponry and bric-a-brac excavated from the island and nearby Baida Island.
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