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General information about Borzna

The city of Borzna is located on the Kyiv-Moscow international highway.

Two Scythian barrows, traces of the Chernyakhiv culture, a hillfort from the period of Kyivan Rus were found on the outskirts.

The current city was founded in the 16th century, received Magdeburg law in 1634, at the same time there was a fortress. Liberated from the Poles in 1648, it became the center of the Borznyan hundred, then the county. The State Agricultural Technical College was founded in 1898 as a school of horticulture.

The museum "Estate of the artist Oleksandr Sayenko", the historical museum are active.

Місто Борзна розташоване на міжнародній трасі Київ-Москва.

На околицях знайдені два скіфські кургани, сліди черняхівської культури, городище періоду Київської Русі.

Нинішнє місто засноване в XVI сторіччі, Магдебурзьке право отримало в 1634 році, в цей же час існувала фортеця. Звільнене від поляків в 1648 році, стало центром Борзнянської сотні, потім повіту. Державний сілогсптехнікум заснований в 1898 році як школа садівництва.

Діють музей "Садиба художника Олександра Саєнко", історичний музей.

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Art-Memorial Museum "Manor of Artist Oleksandr Sayenko"

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The Borzna Memorial Art Museum "Manor of the People's Artist of Ukraine Oleksandr Sayenko" was opened in 1996 in the house of the Sayenko family in the town of Borzna, Chernihiv Region.

The exposition highlights the life and work of the famous Ukrainian decorator, whose name is included in the UNESCO list of outstanding figures of world culture.

Oleksandr Sayenko was born in Borzna in 1899. Due to an illness, he lost his hearing and speech as a child, but thanks to the patronage of the Sayenko neighbor, the writer Hanna Barvinok (wife of Panteleymon Kulish), he entered the St. Petersburg Imperial School for the Deaf and Dumb. He became most famous for his works in the field of monumental and monumental-decorative art in the straw inlay technique.

The exposition of the museum presents such famous works as "Kozak Mamay", "Semen Paliy" and others. Also on display are carpets, tapestries, scraps of Sayenko's work, a collection of Ichnya tiles collected by him, and family memorabilia.

Partyzanska Street, 58