Attractions of Holovanivsk district

The "Khashchuvate Tragedy" Memorial is one of the largest memorials to the victims of the Holocaust in Europe.

Opened in 2014 in memory of 978 Jews from Khashchuvate and its surroundings, shot in 1942 in the Khashchuvate ravine.

The memorial is a smaller copy of the Wailing Wall, on which black granite slabs with a list of the dead, whose names are known to this day, are fixed.

The Haivoron Local Lore Museum was created in 2005 on the basis of the materials of the Railway Workers Museum, which was founded in the 1950s and told about the history of the Haivoron Railway. It is located in the Center for Culture and Leisure of the Haivoron City Council.

More than 2,000 exhibits are presented in 40 thematic expositions, which are dedicated to the nature, history, culture and art of the Haivoron region, outstanding personalities of the region.

The historical section of the museum is decorated in the form of wall books, which highlight the history of the Haivoron region and the Haivoron railway. A large collection of Trypillya ceramics is also exhibited.

In the ethnographic department, the color of the Ukrainian house of the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century is reproduced. The most interesting exhibits are a working loom, embroidered towels and shirts, and old agricultural implements.

The art department contains works of art by outstanding artists-compatriots, including 150 works by Mykola Zhydeliov, made in various artistic techniques and styles. Paintings by the folk artist Nataliya Shevchuk and wooden sculptures by the master of folk art Hryhoriy Pylypyshyn are also presented.

In 2024, the museum received from Latvian partners a unique narrow-gauge locomotive of the ESU2a series, which can work as a mobile power plant.

The Haivoron narrow-gauge railway is one of the few operating narrow-gauge railways in Ukraine. It was built in 1897 as part of a large network of narrow-gauge railways, created in the south of Ukraine by the Southern Association of Access Roads.

The 130-kilometer long route starts in the village of Rudnytsia, passes through Bershad, Haivoron and ends in the village of Holovanivsk. The Haivoron narrow-gauge railway is the longest in Europe.

The infrastructure of the railway included a station, a locomotive depot, a locomotive repair plant, and repair workshops. Since then, Haivoron has been the capital of Ukrainian narrow-gauge railways.

The station is located next to the regular railway station, on the other side of the tracks. Regular passenger traffic is carried out along the entire route (TU-2 locomotives). At the request of tourist groups, the old steam locomotive Gr-280 can enter the route.

In order to popularize and preserve the Haivoron narrow-gauge railway, the "GoodoK_Fest" festival was introduced in 2021, which is planned to be held annually.

The museum of the underground youth organization "Spartak" was opened in 1978 in a specially built building in the center of the Krasnohirka village. Dedicated to the history of the village of Krasnohirka, in particular to the partisan movement in the Holovanivsk region during the Second World War.

In the first hall of the museum, you can learn about the settlement of the region in the 18th century, see interesting archaeological finds and household items of 19th-century peasants, read materials about forced collectivization, the Holodomor, and Stalinist repressions.

The exposition of the main hall tells about the history of the underground youth organization "Spartak", which operated in Krasnohirka during the Second World War. In particular, the weapons and clothing of the partisans are presented.

The Hall of Modernity is devoted to the Chernobyl events, the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, the Russian-Ukrainian war, etc. Exhibitions of masters and craftsmen of the village are organized in the hall.

The Blahovishchenske Historical Museum was opened in 1970. It is located on the second floor of the House of Culture "Myr" in the center of Blahovishchenske.

The exposition of the museum reveals the history of Blahovishchenske region from Neolithic times to the present day and tells about prominent countrymen.

The archaeological section presents materials from the Stone Age, Trypillyan culture, Scythian period, Chernyakhiv culture, and Kyivan Rus. In particular, archaeological finds near the villages of Danylova Balka, Sabatynivka, and Lupolove are exhibited, where the remains of two settlements of the Trypillian culture of the IV millennium BC were discovered.

The second chapter tells about the settlement of the region in the 18th-19th centuries, the life of peasants and townspeople of the 19th century and their ethnographic features, the development of industry in Blahovishchenske. In the next section, you can get acquainted with the events of the 20th century in Blahovishchenske, including the Ukrainian revolution, forced collectivization and the Holodomor, World War II, and post-war reconstruction.

A separate exposition is devoted to the events of the modern Russian-Ukrainian war. The art gallery, in particular, presents the works of local artist Anatoliy Holtzman.

Ecofarm "Klymivka" is a charismatic family estate with a guest house, farm, lake, bathhouse and cafe in the garden. Located next to the M-05 highway Kyiv - Odesa (247 kilometers), not far from Blahovishchenske.

The farm was founded in 2006 by agro-entrepreneur Andriy Klymenko, who built an estate in the style of an American ranch in the steppes of Kirovohrad region. Now the farm belongs to the famous TV presenter and blogger Dasha Malakhova and her husband Serhiy Sulyma.

They keep sheep, goats, chickens, have gardens, a vegetable garden, an apiary and several ponds. The hosts offer guests tastings of honey and apiproducts from their own apiary, craft apple cider vinegar, as well as a variety of dishes made from farm products.

Guests of Ecofarm "Klymivka" can stay in one of three comfortable apartments, enjoy local food, relax in the barbecue area, take a walk around the farm, fish on the lake, or ride a stand-up paddleboard.

The private museum and educational complex "From Trypillya to the Present Day Museum" in the village of Shepylove near Holovanivsk was opened in 2019 by the famous artist, teacher and public figure, Professor Valeriy Marchak.

The main part of the complex is the Ukrainian People Household Culture Museum. In the old country house purchased by the founder, his personal collection of folk objects, which he has been collecting for half a century, is presented - products of ceramics, embroidery, weaving, folk pictures, icons.

The complex also includes the Modern Art Museum and the Museum of Trypillya Civilization and the Veles Book.

The Holovanivsk Town-type Village History Museum was opened in 1985 as the Holovanivsk District Museum of History and Local Lore. It is located on the second floor of the village center of culture and leisure. The museum's funds include more than 7,600 exhibits.

The exposition in nine halls tells about the historical events of the Holovanivsk region from the settlement of the region to the present day. In particular, objects from the Stone Age, artifacts of the Trypillia culture, and things from the time of the Cossacks are presented.

In the exposition "Ukrainian Room" you can see a reproduced fragment of a Ukrainian house with a stove, household items of antiquity and mannequins in Ukrainian clothes. Cones, spindles, spinning wheels and details of workbenches, yokes and chains, rakes and pitchforks, roof tiles give an idea of the traditional life of a Ukrainian village.

The following expositions tell about the revolutionary events of 1917-1922, the Holodomor of 1932-1933, the Second World War and the reconstruction of the national economy. The exhibition "Holovanivsk region artisans" presents the works of local masters of decorative and applied art and visual arts.

The Holy Intercession Church in the village of Nerubaika in the Kirovohrad region is one of the oldest churches in the region, an architectural monument of local importance. According to some sources, it was built in the 18th century as a Catholic church at the expense of the Polish Count Stanislav Potocki.

Since after the accession of these lands to the Russian Empire, the number of Catholic population of Nerubaika decreased, in 1837 the church was rebuilt and rededicated as the Orthodox Church of Saint George. In 1917, it was named the Church of the Holy Intercession.

The church in the style of classicism has a squat silhouette. The thickness of the gray granite walls reaches one meter. The interior is decorated with paintings.

The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Holovanivsk is the oldest architectural building in the village, an architectural monument of local importance. Located in the center of Holovanivsk.

The church was founded in 1764 as a Greek-Catholic church at the expense of the Polish magnate Frantsishek Saleziy Potocki, who at that time owned the town. It was probably originally made of wood.

In the future, the temple was rebuilt several times, in particular in the middle of the 19th century, when it acquired its current appearance.

The Historical and Local Lore Museum of the village of Mohylne was opened in the premises of the Mohylne comprehensive school in 1986 on the initiative of history teacher Vasyl Derezovsky.

The museum exposition is divided into four thematic sections, which are arranged in chronological order and reflect the most characteristic stages of the historical development of the region.

The exposition "Our Region in Ancient Times" presents objects of the Trypillyan culture found near the village (tools made of flint and bone, fragments of ceramic dishes).

The exposition "The Tragedy of the Ukrainian People" in documents and photographs testifies to the terrible crimes of the Soviet regime and the Holodomor of 1932-1933.

A large exposition is dedicated to the events of World War II, the Chornobyl tragedy and the war in Afghanistan.

The museum is decorated with objects of peasant life, including a cart on wooden wheels, a painted stove, a variety of jugs and dishes, embroidered towels, peasant clothing, etc.

The new exhibition is dedicated to the events of the Revolution of Dignity and honoring the memory of the Heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian War.

The Nerubaika People's Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1967. Located in five rooms on the second floor of the House of Culture of the village of Nerubaika.

Considerable attention is paid in the exposition to the Cossack period of the region's history and the emergence of the village of Nerubaika in the 17th-18th centuries. A large collection of weapons from different eras is presented.

The pride of the Nerubaika Historical and Local Lore Museum is the collection of samples of national material culture, which is presented in the interior of a traditional Ukrainian house. In it, you can see the figures of the hosts in authentic Ukrainian clothes. A loom for making canvas, a spinning wheel, table and kitchen utensils and other household items of Ukrainians are located here. The floor is covered with homemade paths that were donated to the museum by local residents.

Two more museum halls are devoted to the revolutionary events of the beginning of the 20th century, the Holodomor of 1932-1933, episodes of the Second World War and the post-war period connected with these regions.

The Novoarkhanhelsk Museum of Local Lore in the Kirovohrad Region was founded in 2003 and is located in the building of the former Ukraina cinema on the central square of Novoarkhanhelsk.

The museum's collection includes more than 5,500 exhibits that tell about the history of the region from Paleolithic to modern times. In particular, collections of rocks and minerals, coins and banknotes are presented.

The Hall of Arts acquaints visitors with the artistic heritage of the region - products of decorative and applied arts, paintings by local artists.

The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces in Pobuzke near Pervomaisk is unique and has no analogues in the world.

The top-secret launch site of intercontinental ballistic missiles, which has been completely preserved since the Cold War, is open to visitors.

The museum was created in 2001 on the basis of the disbanded 309th regiment of the 46th missile division of the Strategic Missile Forces. The complex consists of an RS-22A missile mine-launcher (SS-24 "Scalpel"), a unified underground command post, a power unit, a refrigeration center, barracks, security and utility premises. On the territory you can see samples of rocket engines, rocket-carrying vehicles, fuel tanks for rocket fuel, a mock-up of a nuclear warhead, as well as R-12 and RS-20 (SS-18 "Satan") missiles.

Excursions are conducted by officers who previously served at this base. By separate agreement, you can go down to the underground command post at a depth of 30 meters, where the "nuclear button" was located.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, more than half of the population of Holovanivsk was Jews. One of several synagogues in the city has been preserved, located in the area of the market. It can be recognized by the windows in the pseudo-Moorish style.

Currently, the premises are occupied by the "Red Cross" department.