Bakota, Ukraine

Bakota

Ба́кота
Bakota Ба́кота
Historic settlement
	The Dniester River's shore near Bakota's rocky hills.
	Coordinates: 48°35′35″N 26°58′44″E / 48.59306°N 26.97889°E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Raion	Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
First mentioned	1240
Elevation	110−130 m (360−426 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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Bakota (Ukrainian: Ба́кота) is a historic submerged settlement of the Rus Kingdom, modern-day Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The village lies beneath the Dniester River and is located in the historical Podillia region.

Bakota has an ancient Orthodox cave monastery (48.585647°N, 26.999702°E), which includes ancient frescoes and paintings dating back to the 12th-14th centuries,^[1] as well as preserved remains of monks.^[3] Local legend has it that the Bakota Cave Monastery was founded by Saint Anthony of Kiev, who also founded the historic Kiev Pechersk Lavra in 1051, now in Kyiv, Ukraine.^[4] A Paleolithic archaeological site is also located near the village.^[1] Bakota is currently part of the National Environmental Park "Podilski Tovtry".

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