Velyka Lepetykha

Velyka Lepetykha lies on the left bank of the lower Dnipro, where the Lepetykha ravine opens towards the river. The settlement was founded in 1792 by migrants from several provinces of the Russian Empire. It arose during the resettlement of the steppe north of Crimea, on land where the Dnipro's broad floodplain met the open country of the left bank. The ravine gave the new village its name.