Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve «Upper Saltov»

Historical and archaeological reserve "Upper Saltov" located on the high and picturesque bank of the reservoir Pechenigy (p. Seversky Donets). It was later excavated ancient city Sarada (VIII-X centuries.), Based on Alan (migrants from the Caucasus) and the entrance to the Khazar Khanate. Mound about 120 hectares was surrounded by three lines of fortification. In the north-eastern part was a powerful fortress with a stone citadel. The museum exposition is placed in several rooms of the Archaeological Hall, which tells about the history of the region during the VIII-X centuries. On the history of the discovery and the study of culture, known as the place Saltavskoy location. The exhibition is the archaeological materials obtained from local archaeological excavations revealing the life, beliefs and customs of tribes at the time. Hall History of the Second World War on the territory of Upper Saltov, which tells about the events associated with the attempt to liberate Kharkov from Volchansschiny, namely in March and May 1942. Ethnographic hall. There are exhibits that tell the history of the Upper Saltov period of occupation of these places and the construction of the Cossacks Cossack fortress until the end of the XX century.