Sviatohirsk
Sviatohirsk (Ukrainian: Святогі́рськ) or Svyatogorsk (Святого́рск) is a small city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The population is 5,136 (2001). Before 2003, the city was known as Slovianohirsk (Ukrainian: Слов'яногірськ) or Slavyanogorsk (Славяного́рск), and before 1964 it was known as Bannovsky (Ба́нновский) or Bannovskoe (Ба́нновское), so called for the medicinal baths constructed near the Svyatogorsky monastery in the nineteenth century; the current name is derived from the monastery itself.[1] Sviatohirsk is located on the territory of the Sloviansk City Council, 30 km (19 mi) from the town of Sloviansk, on the banks of the Seversky Donets River.
Sviatohirsk includes the Holy Assumption Sviatohirsk Lavra, the Holy Mountains National Park, an historical and architectural reserve, as well as a resort of national importance; thirty objects, among them a monumental sculpture of Artem (F.A. Sergeyev) and a World War II memorial (opened on the day of 40th anniversary of victory) are included in the historic monuments complex of the reserve. The town has been visited by well-known cultural figures, including Hryhorii Skovoroda, Fyodor Tyutchev, Ivan Bunin, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Ilya Repin.
The development plan of Sviatohirsk provides a significant expansion of the resorts, recreational and tourism network. Within the Sviatohirsk resort are the Holy Mountain sanatorium and hotel-and-tourist complexes. The town carries out a construction and modernisation of recreation departments for children and adults.
In early 2009, a four-star hotel opened. Sviatohirsk also offers the Seversky Donets River, chalk mountains, coniferous and mixed forests, centuries-old oak trees, and clean air.
References
- ↑ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 387.
External links
- Official web site of Sviatohirsk (Russian)
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Coordinates: 49°02′N 37°34′E / 49.033°N 37.567°E