Neporotove

Dnistrovskyi district · Chernivtsi region

Neporotove is a small village of Sokyryany district , Chernivtsi region. The population is 121 people. It belongs to the Mykhalkivka village council.

The village is popular among tourists for recreation on the Dniester River. In the middle reaches, the Dniester valley is narrow, winding, and rich in picturesque landscapes with stone cliffs and forested banks. The Dniester hydroelectric power plant's pressure structures created a reservoir 194 km long with a surface area of 142 square kilometers. The maximum depth of the reservoir is 54 meters. The water here is suitable for swimming; the upper layer warms up in May. Recreational facilities include sandy beaches with sun loungers, boating and scooter rides. There is an opportunity for fishing - bream, carp, pike perch, ruff, catfish.

Include in the excursion tours:

St. Nicholas Cave Monastery;
Not far from the village in the Halytsia tract, there is a giant rock above the Dniester, in its ledge there are the remains of a rock monastery founded at the turn of the XI-XII centuries; it was restored in 1999.
Historical and local history museum (in the House of Culture).

The first written mention of the village dates back to 1447. At that time, it, like the rest of Bessarabia, was part of the Moldavian principality. As of 1859, 940 people (465 males and 475 females) lived in the owner's village of Khotyn district of Bessarabia province, there were 210 households, and there was an Orthodox church. As of 1886, the owner's village of the Romankouk Volost had a population of 1119 people, 204 households, an Orthodox church, and a brewery.

In November 1918, the village was occupied by Romania as part of the Hotin district (Judeţul Hotin) of Bessarabia. In 1930, the number of inhabitants was estimated at 1,819. In 1940, the village became part of the Ukrainian SSR, and a village council was organized. On March 18, 1941, the Budiunnyi collective farm was organized. At the beginning of the Second World War it was again occupied by the Romanian army. 300 Jewish families were deported to concentration camps, 5 activists of the village were shot. More than 100 residents went to the front and half of them were killed.

In 1980-1981, in connection with the construction of the Dniester hydroelectric power plant, a mass resettlement of villagers began, resulting in the relocation of 427 families (1271 people) to different parts of Ukraine. The majority of the resettlers who settled in Mikhalkove were provided with land plots for the construction of residential buildings. The IDPs were paid compensation for the purchase of construction materials, and construction materials were sold at preferential prices. During the construction of the Dniester PSPP, about 500 hectares of land were flooded. After the resettlement, 60 households remained in Neporotove.

Old Russian settlements of the XII-XIII centuries

Two ancient Russian settlements are located on high banks, at a distance of 1.5 km from each other. The first of them is located northeast of the village in the Halytsia tract. Two arched ramparts have been preserved here. The outer rampart fences off a platform about 100 meters in diameter from the field. A cultural layer with finds of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was discovered in its interior. The settlement is adjacent to a large settlement - a post of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, on the territory of which the remains of wooden houses with clay ovens were found. The second settlement (12th-13th centuries) is located south of the village, on a high promontory on the right bank of the Dniester, in the Shchovb tract. Its area is bounded by an arcuate rampart on the north side.

Settlements of Trypillian culture

1) In the center of the village, on the second terrace of the Dniester;

2) 2.5 km north-west of the village, on the first terrace of the Dniester River, in the Dubova tract;

3) Southeast of the village, on a high promontory on the right bank of the Dniester in the Halytsia tract, on the territory of a Trypillian culture site.

The Neporotivsky St. Nicholas Orthodox rock-cave monastery is named after St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. According to archaeological research, it has existed since ancient times. After a period of Sovietization, the monastery resumed its work in January 1999 thanks to two monastic brothers who came to the farm. They held their first service right there on the ruins of the monastery. Later, they were joined by 2 more monks and 2 novices, who still serve, work, and rebuild the monastery.