Details About Zaporozhye

Zaporozhye is more than 200 years old and stretches across both sides of the Dnieper River. The city encompasses the environmentally protected Khortitsa Island whose beauty, intrigue and charm have mesmerized artists, authors and poets for centuries. This impenetrable island was an important defense for the Cossacks in protecting themselves against invaders and was integral in the fight to reunite Ukraine with Russia.