Monument to Maksym Zaliznyak and Ivan Gonta, the leaders of the 1768 "Koliyivshchyna" Haydamaks uprising, was erected in 2015 on the site of the Uman fortress in the area of the "Megometer" plant.

In 1968, for the 200th anniversary of "Koliyivshchyna", a memorial stone was installed here, but the construction of the monument was delayed for almost half a century. The first sketch project of the equestrian monument, depicting the moment of the meeting of the two leaders of the Haydamaks near Uman, was developed by the Kyiv sculptor Ivan Honchar even then. In the final version, the bronze sculpture was made by the sculptor Ihor Zarichny.

The monument to Zaliznyak and Gonta was built on the initiative of the "Uman Cossacks" organization a ...

Monument to Maksym Zaliznyak and Ivan Gonta, the leaders of the 1768 "Koliyivshchyna" Haydamaks uprising, was erected in 2015 on the site of the Uman fortress in the area of the "Megometer" plant.

In 1968, for the 200th anniversary of "Koliyivshchyna", a memorial stone was installed here, but the construction of the monument was delayed for almost half a century. The first sketch project of the equestrian monument, depicting the moment of the meeting of the two leaders of the Haydamaks near Uman, was developed by the Kyiv sculptor Ivan Honchar even then. In the final version, the bronze sculpture was made by the sculptor Ihor Zarichny.

The monument to Zaliznyak and Gonta was built on the initiative of the "Uman Cossacks" organization at the expense of the residents of Uman.