The first written mention of the Kholodnyi Yar belongs to historians who described the battles of Lithuanian and Kievan Rus' soldiers with the Horde in 1363-1367 on the "Blue Water". Due to the dangerous proximity of the Wild Fields and the incessant attacks of nomadic tribes, these lands were uninhabited for a long time. Individual fortress cities and well-fortified monasteries for centuries were the only settlements from
Kaniv and
Cherkasy to the
Dnieper rapids.
Haidamaka uprisings In the 1730s Kholodnyi Yar
Sich was organized in Kholodnyi Yar. This forest became the main base of the
haidamaks for decades.
Kholodny Yar Republic The 1919–1922
Kholodny Yar Republic was a
self-proclaimed state and partisan movement based in Kholodnyi Yar. == Literature ==