Historic-archaeological museum-reserve "Verkhnii Saltiv" named after V. O. Babenko | |
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Location | Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine |
Nearest city | Verkhnii Saltiv |
Coordinates | 50°07′57″N 36°47′30″E / 50.13250°N 36.79167°E |
Area | 518 m² |
Established | 1899 |
Website | https://vsaltiv.at.ua/ |
Verkhnii Saltiv is a historic-archaeological museum-reserve[1] that is located near the village of Verkhnii Saltiv in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The reserve covers one of the type sites of the Saltovo-Mayaki culture, the main archaeological culture of the Khazars,[2] with the other type site being Mayatskoye. Findings from the Verkhnii Saltiv archaeological complex are mostly displayed in museums of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Sofia, while only a small portion of them was kept in the museum in Verkhnii Saltiv.[3]