Horoshino

Horoshino stands on the Sula, where the remains of an old fortified site overlook the river. It is traditionally associated with Horoshyn, the fortress mentioned by Volodymyr Monomakh in connection with events of 1084. Earth ramparts and a ditch guarded the settlement against attacks from the steppe. Before the uprising of 1648 the town belonged to the estates of the Vyshnevetsky family; a survey counted 107 householders and eleven mill wheels. The old fortress and the mills recall the long settlement of the Sula valley, where defence and cultivation stood close together.