Samar, Dnipro: Difference between revisions

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The earliest mentioning of Samar as a settlement in Lower Dnieper region is a royal edict of the [[King of Poland]] [[Stephen Báthory]] in 1576. It was a river port administrated by local Cossacks.

In 1668 at its ___location was built Novobohorodytska (Bohorodytska) fortress with an area of {{convert|70|hectare|acres|abbr=on}}.<ref name=rlratsybarska160928>{{in lang|uk}} Yulia Ratsybarska. ''[https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28017944.html "Dnipro is a city of three fortresses", not a "City of Sovok" («Дніпро – місто трьох фортець», а не «місто совка»)]''. [[Radio Liberty]]. 28 September 2016</ref><ref name="kozactvoSaDnipro"/> It is the only large settlement of the [[Zaporozhian Cossacks]] on Ukraine's [[steppe]]s which survived without significant destruction.<ref name="8017944DniproNovobohorodytska">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/28017944.html "Dnipro is a city of three fortresses", not "a city of scoops"]''. [[Radio Free Europe]] (28 September 2016)</ref> The remains the fortress occupy an area of ​​almostalmost 70 hectares.<ref name="8017944DniproNovobohorodytska"/> According to scientists, the fortress did not appear out of nowhere: more than 1,700 years ago there was a settlement of an ancient tribe.<ref name="8017944DniproNovobohorodytska"/> In 2001, by a resolution of the [[Government of Ukraine]], the remains of the Novobohorodytska fortress was declared a historical monument of national importance.<ref name="8017944DniproNovobohorodytska"/><ref name=rlratsybarska160928/>

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