Vasylivka

The regional center on the bank of the Kakhovske Reservoir, on the Zaporizhzhia-Melitopol highway. Founded in the 18th century. Zaporizhzhia Cossacks as a winter house. In 1784. these lands passed into the ownership of Major General V. Popov, manager of the office of Prince G. Potemkin. Popov founded the village, calling it after his own name, built a railway station, a cloth factory, a tannery and brick factories, a hospital, and a school. His grandson V. Popov at the end. XIX century. launched a grandiose manor construction, inviting the famous architect N. Benois. The palace complex in the style of neo-romanticism is called "Popov's castle" for the successful stylization of medieval defense architecture. During the Soviet years, most of the buildings were dismantled for ...

The regional center on the bank of the Kakhovske Reservoir, on the Zaporizhzhia-Melitopol highway. Founded in the 18th century. Zaporizhzhia Cossacks as a winter house. In 1784. these lands passed into the ownership of Major General V. Popov, manager of the office of Prince G. Potemkin. Popov founded the village, calling it after his own name, built a railway station, a cloth factory, a tannery and brick factories, a hospital, and a school. His grandson V. Popov at the end. XIX century. launched a grandiose manor construction, inviting the famous architect N. Benois. The palace complex in the style of neo-romanticism is called "Popov's castle" for the successful stylization of medieval defense architecture. During the Soviet years, most of the buildings were dismantled for building materials. A museum has been opened in the surviving buildings.