It was created in 1993 on the basis of a complex of historical, cultural and natural monuments related to the history of the Ukrainian Cossacks during the Hetmanate, on the site of the residence of the Hetman of Zaporizhian Host – Demyan Ignatovych, Ivan Samoilovich, Ivan Mazepa and Kyrylo Rozumovsky.

Sights of national importance: Immediately after the establishment of the institution, work began in the direction of research and preservation of monuments, the formation of the stock collection.

At the initiative of the management of the reserve in 1995 on the territory of Baturyn began archaeological research of Chernihiv State Pedagogical University.

Since 2003, under the auspices of Viktor Yushchenko, a large-scale restoration of the reserve’s monuments has been carried out in Baturyn.

Cooperation with government agencies, artists and philanthropists played an important role in this matter.