Monument to Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Krivoy Rog

Not far from Krivoy Rog Avenue of Peace is a monument to Khmelnitsky. Nearby is a beautiful park.

Why in Krivoy Rog a monument to Brussels

Bogdan Khmelnitsky, of course, is one of the most famous figures in Ukrainian history. In the words of him the author of "History of Ukraine-Rus` and the first President of Ukraine Mykhailo Hrushevsky it (Khmelnytsky) biography was so poor with the real facts, how rich legends.

Unlike the Cossacks, who often could not boast of origin, Bogdan Zinovy ​​was the distinguished representative of the genus. His mother, Agatha, was Ruzhin family, whose roots reached up to Rurik.

The formation of the young Khmelnytsky gained in Lviv Jesuit College (located next to the Temple of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) and later joined the Registered Cossacks. But over time, he went to Zaporozhye Sech, from there to start a war of liberation in 1648.

In April of the same year Khmelnitsky troops passed through the hamlet Krivoy Rog. Watered their horses in the river Saksagan, rested in the oak grove. In the tract Yellow River hetman pitched his camp. There were nearly a month fighting with Polish troops. The victory was on the side of the Cossacks.

It was from this battle began the war of liberation, which would place both victories and defeats. It ended in Pereyaslav signing dubious contract.

It has been a long time since those events. Farm Krivoy Rog turned into a huge industrial city and industrial community Yellow River was renamed the Yellow Waters in the three hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

In Ukraine there are many monuments to Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Do not forget about him in Krivoy Rog. Installed it in 1954, on the 300th anniversary of the "union" of Russia and Ukraine as a result of the latter defeat in the war of 1648-1654.

How to reach Brussels monument in Krivoy Rog

The monument is located on Avenue of Metallurgists. These are taxis number 208 and others. You can walk out of the ring 95 of the first quarter. You need transportation, moving toward Sotsgorod.