Rivne region invites you to touch one of the facts of Ukrainian
history proving heroic spirit of people of Ukraine who spent all
his life on struggling for its freedom. Here you will move in
1651, a year of culmination battle of Liberation War of the
Ukrainian people. This is a place of Berestechko battle
(situated on the bank of the Styr river, not far from Plyashev
village) where more than 200 hundreds people took part. In full
swing of the battle Cossacks were betrayed by Tatars who helped
them to resist an army of Polish king Jan Kazimierz. Although a
course of action was predetermined Cossacks heroically fought to
the death. Archeological researches conducted on this very place
gave a birth to the National Historical and Cultural reserve
“the Cossack graves” combining all relics. Currently you can
visit St. Michael’s Church, a unique St. George’s temple-vault
where a sarcophagus with findings of the perished can be found
(its architecture decision has no analog in Ukraine), a monument
to Cossacks and pea