Kaniv Nature Reserve

#514 among destinations in Ukraine

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Kaniv Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve of Ukraine that covers a portion of the right bank of the Dnieper River, and two floodplain islands in the river itself. The reserve is in the center of Ukraine, along the northeast edge of the Dnieper Upland. It was created to protect valuable forest-steppe and floodplain habitat. The site is known for an abundance of archaeological sites left by cultures back to the Paleolithic. The reserve is a unit of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and is located in Cherkasy Oblast. ()

Alternative names: Area: 33.34 mi²Elevation: 446 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 49°44'40"N, 31°27'21"E

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Kaniv Nature Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Taras Hill, Uspenskij sobor, Tarasovi Sevcenkovi.

2.6 miE
Museum, Park, History museum
Taras Hill, Kaniv
68 min walk • Taras Hill or Chernecha Hora is a hill on the bank of the Dnieper near Kaniv in Ukraine and an important landmark of the Shevchenko National Preserve where the remains of the famous Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko have been buried since 1861.
0.6 miN
Church
Uspenskij sobor, Kaniv
15 min walk • The Council of Dormition of the Mother of God - the Orthodox Council in Kaniów, in the Kani deanery of the Cherkas Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
2.6 miE
Memorial
Tarasovi Sevcenkovi
68 min walk • The grave of Taras Shevchenko is the place of burial of prominent Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in the city of Kaniv on the Chernichi Hill, above which since 1939 a bronze memorial by sculptor Matviy Manizer hangs.

Kaniv Nature Reserve

Facts and practical information

Kaniv Nature Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Taras Hill, Kaniv

Uspenskij sobor, Kaniv

Tarasovi Sevcenkovi