The village of Sydorivka is located 25 kilometers west of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi.
It has been known since the 16th century as a village of the Bratslav district. In 1744, a wooden church was built, which was destroyed by the Bolsheviks exactly two hundred years later.
In the second half of the 19th century, engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist Vasyl Symyrenko settled here after buying and reconstructing the old state sugar factory. Here he designed several new machines for sugar production. The ruins of the Symyrenko palace and the abandoned manor park have been preserved.
Symyrenko Palace
Palace / manor
The estate of businessman and philanthropist Vasyl Symyrenko (uncle of gardener Levko Symyrenko) was built in Sydorivka at the end of the 19th century.
It was a neoclassical palace with wings and a ballroom worth about 10 million rubles. In Sydorivka, Symyrenko opened a sugar factory, where he installed machines of his own development and began producing pastille, which was extremely popular in the Russian Empire.
The entrepreneur gave a tenth of his profits to support Ukrainian culture. In his old age, he bequeathed all his fortune to cultural purposes, but the events of the First World War and the Bolshevik coup of 1917 prevented the implementation of his plans.
During Soviet times, the Vasyl Symyrenko Palace housed a school and a hospital. Now the building is in ruins. It is located in the middle of a heavily neglected park.
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | XVI |
Latitude | 49.40001 |
Longitude | 30.97278 |
Population | 817 |
Postal codes | 19452 |
Region | Cherkasy |