Final part of the traditional initiation (with the saber) to the Zaporozhian Cossacks at the Zaporozhye historical complex "Zaporozhskaya Sech" is an integral part of the Zaporozhye city. The most famous residents of the Khortytsa Island are the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The Zaporozhskaya Sech was a semi-autonomous polity of Cossacks in the 16th to 18th centuries, centered in the region around today's Kakhovka Reservoir spanning the lower Dnieper River in Ukraine. Khortytsa is an island in the middle of the Dnieper River. It is also a national reserve and a historical place. In 2007, the
Final part of the traditional initiation (with the saber) to the Zaporozhian Cossacks at the Zaporozhye historical complex "Zaporozhskaya Sech" is an integral part of the Zaporozhye city. The most famous residents of the Khortytsa Island are the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The Zaporozhskaya Sech was a semi-autonomous polity of Cossacks in the 16th to 18th centuries, centered in the region around today's Kakhovka Reservoir spanning the lower Dnieper River in Ukraine. Khortytsa is an island in the middle of the Dnieper River. It is also a national reserve and a historical place. In 2007, the Khortytsa Island was recognized as one of the "Seven Wonders of Ukraine."
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