Holy Mountains ( uk, Святі гори)(russian: Святые горы) is the name of chalk hills on the right bank of
Seversky Donets
The Seversky Donets () or Siverskyi Donets (), usually simply called the Donets, is a river on the south of the East European Plain. It originates in the Central Russian Upland, north of Belgorod, flows south-east through Ukraine (Kharkiv, Don ...
within the northern portion of
Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
. The Holy Mountains are closely associated with (and eponymous of) the
Sviatohirsk Lavra
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monastery. The hills are part of the Donets upland located in the
East Ukraine
Eastern Ukraine or east Ukraine ( uk, Східна Україна, Skhidna Ukrayina; russian: Восточная Украина, Vostochnaya Ukraina) is primarily the territory of Ukraine east of the Dnipro (or Dnieper) river, particularly Khark ...
.
The
Holy Mountains National Nature Park was established in 1997.
Hills of Ukraine
Geography of Donetsk Oblast
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