Verkhnii Saltiv (museum-reserve)
| Historic-archaeological museum-reserve "Verkhnii Saltiv" named after V. O. Babenko | |
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| Location | Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine |
| Nearest city | Verkhnii Saltiv |
| Coordinates | 50°07′57″N 36°47′30″E / 50.13250°N 36.79167°E |
| Area | 518 m² |
| Established | 1899 |
| Website | https://vsaltiv.at.ua/ |
| Official name | Салтівський археологічний комплекс: городище і катакомбний могильник (Saltiv archaeological complex: settlement and catacomb grave field) |
| Type | Archaeology |
| Reference no. | 200017-Н |
Verkhnii Saltiv (Ukrainian: Верхній Салтів) is a historic-archaeological museum-reserve that is located near the village of Verkhnii Saltiv in Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The reserve covers one of the type sites of the Saltovo-Mayaki culture, the main archaeological culture of the Khazars, with the other type site being Mayatskoye. Findings from the Verkhnii Saltiv archaeological complex are mostly displayed in museums of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Sofia, while only a small portion of them was kept in the museum in Verkhnii Saltiv.