- Lysa Hora
:"See also
Lysá hora , a mountain in theCzech Republic , andŁysa Góra , a mountain in Poland."Lysa Hora (Ukrainian: Лиса Гора; Russian: Лысая гора ("Lysaya Gora"); literally "Bald Mountain") is a large woody
hill in the Ukrainian capitalKiev (Kyiv), near the confluence of theDnieper andLybid' rivers. The mount supposedly takes its name from the fact that its top was (someslope s of the hill are still) not covered by trees.According to the legends, the Lysa Hora hill is the largest and most famous location of the mystical "bald mountain" - a traditional site of the
witch gatherings. Particularly, it is asserted in the writings ofNikolay Gogol .History
In 1872, a small
fortress (part of theKiev fortress ) was built on the hill by Russian army. However, upon completion the fortress was found to be of little military importance and was converted into the military storehouse. Due to its relatively remote location, from 1906 the fortress was used as an execution place for convicted political prisoners of the Tsarist government. Over 200 people were executed there by hanging between 1906 and 1917, one of them wasDmitry Bogrov , the assassin ofPyotr Stolypin .The fortress has seen fierce fighting during the
World War II , when a unit of local defence volunteers resisted theNazi offensive on Kiev. Later, theRed 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.The hill is now a
nature reserve included in the "Kyiv Fortress" museum.See also
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Lysa Hora (paranormal)
*Zamkova Hora
*Night on Bald Mountain External links
*uk icon [http://lysa-gora.narod.ru/ Site of The Kyiv's Greenlands Defenders] (An environmentalist group that started their activities with Lysa Hora issues; includes photos and description of Lysa Hora nature)
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