Kurgan dug grave, Berezan

Nearby cities Berezan located near the railway line little known attraction - mound "dug grave." Along installed a memorial to Taras Shevchenko, who made mound known.

History and mound area

Formed mound during the time of the settlement Baryshevka, the site of which in the 17th century founded the city of Berezan.

In the 12th century the village of carrying out attacks Mongol-Tatars who destroyed and devastated countryside. Since the second half of the 16th century new settlers, including Cossacks, artisans and peasants-fugitives, rebuilt village. Baryshevka mentioned in chronicles of the 17th century as a fortified point. Residents of the village regularly participated in the uprising led by Taras Tryasylo.

Already Berezan city founded in 1843 visited the Taras Shevchenko. The poet was able to observe as Russian soldiers conducted excavation at the mound. It is believed that they were archaeological excavations. However, impressed by what he saw, October 9, Shevchenko wrote daring verse directed against tsarist Russia, which he called "dig the grave." Later, after the work was called the mound, and set it near the memorial to the author. Since then this place has a name that is now - mound "dug grave."

How to get to the mound

Mound is located in the suburbs Berezan, in the forest that runs parallel to the railway track. Near the memorial sign installed monument to the armored train "letters." The village is located in Baryshevskomu Berezan district of Kyiv region.