The Zaporizhzhya region is in the south-eastern part of the country and it's traditionally associated with the Cossacks glory. The gathering place of zaporozhtsi (free Cossacks) is situated on the Khortytsya island on Dnipro. There is the Ukrainian Cossacks museum there. This island is also interesting as a geological phenomenon. Tourist's attention is drawn to the gigantic buildings of the Dnipro Hydro Power Plant, bridges, and the Ukraine's highest monument to the proletariat leader Vladimir Lenin. Facilities near the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (Berdyansk, Prymorsk, Kyrylivka and others), such natural objects as "pishyani kosy" (sand bows), Dnipro Rapids, "Kamjyani Mohyly" ("Stone graves)" reserve, picturesque banks of river Berda are also worth visiting. You should also visit the mansion of V. Popov in Vasylika and the local history museum in Hulyaipole.