 In the 1650s, to the south of the Zmiiv appeared the Zmiiv Nikolaev Cossack Monastery, which was the castle of the old, wounded and other Cossacks.It is believed that the monastery was a treasure chest; it had 6,000 acres of land and numerous buildings.In 1656 it was sent to the city by the Tsar of Moscow, Yakov Khitrovo.