The village of Slobidka-Shelekhivska is located 15 kilometers south of Derazhnia.
It was founded in 1555 next to the more ancient town of Shelekhiv. In the 19th century, the village belonged to the representatives of the count family Putyatiny, then it became the property of the landowners Vakars, relatives of the poetess Anna Akhmatova, who was staying here with her aunt Anna Erazmivna. Akhmatova's mother, Inna Erazmivna, settled with her sister in Slobidka-Shelekhivska in the 1920s and died here in 1930. Her grave, as well as the graves of her aunt and her husband Viktor Vakar, were preserved in the old village cemetery. In 1989, for the 100th anniversary of Akhmatova's birthday, a literary and memorial museum was opened in the village of Slobidka-Shelekhivska.
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Anna Akhmatova Literary Memorial Museum
Museum / gallery , Palace / manor
The Literary Memorial Museum of Anna Akhmatova in Slobidka-Shelekhivska was opened in 1989 "in a house near a road with no traffic," as the poet herself described the house of her aunt Anna Vakar.
Akhmatova repeatedly visited her relatives in Podillya, often visited Slobidka-Shelekhivska, and wrote several poems there. In the 1920s, Akhmatova's mother Inna Horenko also settled here, where she lived until the end of her life.
The grave of Akhmatova's mother, her aunt and her husband have been preserved in the village cemetery.
In front of the museum, the first monument to Anna Akhmatova by Viktor Zayko, as well as two cast-iron benches and a street lamp from St. Petersburg, was installed in Ukraine.
The Literary Memorial Museum of Anna Akhmatova is a department of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Literary Museum.
Novytsky Palace
Palace / manor , Architecture
A castle-like palace with three corner towers in the Neo-Gothic style was built over a pond in Slobidka-Shelekhivska in 1911 by the landowner Mykhailo Novytsky (Novynsky). A park with luxurious flower gardens was arranged around the palace.
On the wall on the right side of the facade, the engraved date of the construction of the palace and the family coat of arms of the Novytskys have been preserved.
In 1920, with the establishment of Soviet power, Novytsky and his sons went abroad, and the estate was nationalized. Initially, the palace housed a construction office, later a children's sanatorium with a school, which operated until 1989. Subsequently, the premises were temporarily leased to various enterprises, for some time a psychiatric hospital was located here. After the hospital closed, the building was not used and fell into disrepair.
In 2009, the mutilated estate of the Novytskys got a new private owner, who planned to give the palace a new life. The thickets were cleared, the roof was patched with slate, and the windows and doors were closed. However, the restoration of the estate itself never began.
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1555 |
Latitude | 49.15832 |
Longitude | 27.42531 |
Population | 188 |
Postal codes | 32261 |
Region | Khmelnytskyi |