Kholodnyi Yar

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Kholodnyi Yar Ukrainian: Холодний Яр
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Geography
Location	Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine
Coordinates	49°08′03″N 32°14′19″E / 49.13417°N 32.23861°E / 49.13417; 32.23861
Area	6,804 hectares

Kholodnyi Yar (Ukrainian: Холодний Яр) is a relict forest area in the Cherkasy Oblast in Ukraine, which has historical and environmental significance.^[1]

Kholodnyi Yar ranks first in Ukraine in terms of the number of unique archaeological, historical, and scientific objects, and there are more than 150 of them here. The mounds of the Scythian period and later are scattered in the forest area and in the fields around it. In Kholodnyi Yar archaeologists have found traces of all archaeological cultures, starting with the Trypillian field culture, which originated in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine 5-4 thousand years before the new era.

The mounds of the Scythian period and later are scattered in the forest area and in the fields around it. In Kholodnyi Yar archaeologists have found traces of all archaeological cultures, starting with the Trypillian field culture, which originated in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine 5-4 thousand years before the new era.

The tract has an area of 6,804 hectares and is located within Cherkasy Raion in Cherkasy Oblast.