[1] In the Middle Ages, Askold's Grave was known as the Hungarian tract (Ukrainian: Угорське урочище, romanized: Uhorske urochyshche).

According to the Primary Chronicle, it was the place where the Magyars crossed the Dnipro on the way from the Russian steppes to Pannonia.

Archeological excavations have revealed a 9th-century dirham hoard and some remains of Izyaslav II's wooden palace.

Hetman Mazepa had the monastery moved to a nearby hill, where a new Baroque penticupolar cathedral was then erected.

The existing church of St. Nicholas is a modest Neoclassical rotunda designed by Andrey Melensky in 1810.