Khotyn. Vacation

Khotyn - city, District Khotyn district of Chernivtsi region, is located 69 km from Chernivtsi and 22 km. from Kamianets-Podolsk.
 The area of ​​the city is 20.39 square kilometers, and the population as of 01.01.2011 amounted to more than 9900 residents. The climate is temperate continental, soft, very wet, first mentioned in written sources Khotyn date from the early eleventh century. City Khotyn is known primarily thanks Khotyn castle, which is one of the most famous Ukrainian monuments. In X - XI centuries Hotinskaya lands were part of Kievan Rus, and the second half of the twelfth century - to the Galician and later - Galicia-Volyn principality. Probably just in time and were built the first wooden building on the high bank of the Dniester, and that laid the groundwork for future glory Khotina as a fortress. In the first version of the name comes from the legendary Khotina Dacian chieftain named Kotyzon, and the second name was formed from the word "want", and indeed at all times, the city was located in a favorable location at the crossroads of trade routes and in the future - in borders of different states, has always been a dream for various conquerors, therefore Khotyn was one of the most fortified castles Dniester. In 50 - 60 years of the thirteenth century by order of Daniel Galician wooden fortifications Khotina replace masonry around the kremlin building new walls of white limestone of the castle church, later destroyed, the remains of a length of 25 meters and a height of 7 meters and today visible in the thick eastern wall, adjacent to North Castle. In the mid-15th century., Where the Lowlands was part of the Moldavian state, during the reign of Stephen III the Great, the castle essentially build anew, leaving only part of the eastern wall and raising the level of the castle yard of 8 - 10 meters, and it was erected powerful towers and walls, two palaces and castle chapel, and in 40 years of the 16th century. after partial destruction of the Polish army fortress stronghold rebuild and extend in a southerly direction. By the way, the walls Khotyn fortress in 1621, held a grand battle between the joint Polish-Ukrainian army and the army of the Ottoman Empire, which is several times more common force of Cossacks and Poles. Although the Ukrainian-Polish army managed to defend these lands, but the battle Khotin was wounded Ukrainian Cossack hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny that of his wounds soon died. During 1711 - 1718 years by French engineers fortification on the neighboring hills Turks, who seized Hotynschyna, build mighty fortification bastion type, called "New Castle", built using the latest advances fortification cases, they have been adapted to modern at the time type of weapon - long-range artillery. From the mid-nineteenth century., After going Khotyn district of the Russian Empire, fortress gradually loses its defensive significance and decline.
 In 1919, there was a rebellion in Khotyn against the Romanian government that was installed after the capture of Bukovina and Bessarabia by Romania in 1919, and Khotyns'ka fortress was exactly the place where the rebels were executed, the memory of these events was established monument in the city center on the corner of Olympic and Independence authorship A.Konsulova architect and sculptor V. Borysenko and V.Podolskoho. In the postwar period Hotinskuyu fortress Soviet filmmakers chosen as the place of shooting movies, the most famous among them "The Three Musketeers", "The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe", "Zahar Berkut", "Arrows of Robin Hood," "Old Fortress", and in 2007 -2009 years here were shooting razhysera V.Bortka Russian film "Taras Bulba". Moreover, since 2009, every year in September held here International Festival "Hotinskaya firmament" during which participants recreate historical events Khotyn battle 1621, and in May 2010 the walls of the fortress passed military festival "Battle of Nations", which took place as in subsequent years.
In 2000, the creation of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Khotyn Fortress", which deals with the protection, research and popularization of historical and architectural heritage Khotyn Castle. The reserve offers guests a variety of tours, including to Khotyn castle, during which you can go see the castle, including the inner yard of the castle, and the exhibition hall Diaz. There are 8-kilometer walking tour in the village Ruhotyn, which runs near the Upper Ruhotynskoho flow along the canyon, past the village Korneshty, which are the remains of embankments of the old settlement, during which you can see the church of stone, which is a historical and architectural monument XVII., as well as caves and Ruhotynsku Prespodnyu Ruhotynsku and rocks. Also Reserve also offer tours of the historic and architectural monument of Khotyn district, which runs through the town and village Khotyn Attacks Nedoboyivtsi, Stavchany, Kerstentsi, during which you can see next Summer Heat Escape, namely: bridge on the Dniester near the village Attacks monuments Khotyn uprising 1919 year Komsomolets-underground movement, the Holy Virgin Church 1667-1668 years of construction, Historical museum, monument to Peter Konashevich Sagaidachnogo et al. monuments that are in Khotyn, Memorial Stavchanskiy battle and others.

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17 Svyato Pokrovska st, Khotyn, Chernivtsi region,...
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+38 (0372) 2-13-73
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1 Fortechna st, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine
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+38 (03731) 2-29-32
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