Kochubey oaks in Dykanka are a monument of nature and history.

Three oaks growing in a row are the remains of a large oak avenue that decorated the entrance to the Kochubey manor on the ancient Poltava road, laid through the Mykolaivsky forest. Another oak tree stands alone, near the forest department. The age of the trees is about 800 years, the diameter of the trunk is 1.5-1.8 meters, the height is 20-22 meters.

According to legend, the oaks were planted by the Zaporizhzhia General Clerk Vasyl Kochubey and Colonel Ivan Iskra on Kochubey's birthday. Another legend tells that under one of these oaks, young Motrya Kochubey, the daughter of the general clerk, met her elderly lover, Hetman Ivan Mazepa.

Kochubey oaks were sung by the poet Pushkin in the poem "Polt ...

Kochubey oaks in Dykanka are a monument of nature and history.

Three oaks growing in a row are the remains of a large oak avenue that decorated the entrance to the Kochubey manor on the ancient Poltava road, laid through the Mykolaivsky forest. Another oak tree stands alone, near the forest department. The age of the trees is about 800 years, the diameter of the trunk is 1.5-1.8 meters, the height is 20-22 meters.

According to legend, the oaks were planted by the Zaporizhzhia General Clerk Vasyl Kochubey and Colonel Ivan Iskra on Kochubey's birthday. Another legend tells that under one of these oaks, young Motrya Kochubey, the daughter of the general clerk, met her elderly lover, Hetman Ivan Mazepa.

Kochubey oaks were sung by the poet Pushkin in the poem "Poltava".