Attractions of Kirovohrad region

Coryphaeus Theater - Kirovohrad Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Marko Kropyvnytskyi - built in 1867 according to the project and at the expense of engineer-colonel Heorhiy Trambytskyi.

Ukrainian and Russian performances by amateur troupes were staged in the Trambytskyi Theater, in which the future founders of the Ukrainian professional theater, Marko Kropyvnytskyi and Ivan Tobilevych, performed.

During its existence, the Coryphaeus Theater has undergone many repairs and major alterations, the last of which led to the complete loss of the original appearance of the interiors and a significant change in the external forms.

It was restored in its original form in 2011-2012.

Tours of the theater are held, during which you can visit the stage, learn how the theater prepares for performances and how the magic of the theater is created on the stage, get acquainted with various aspects of the theater, including its history and architecture.

The Museum of Dmytro Chyzhevskyi in Oleksandriia opened in 2022 in the house where this outstanding Ukrainian scientist-encyclopedist, culturologist, philosopher and literary critic spent his childhood and youth.

Dmytro Chyzhevskyi was born in 1894 in a noble family, descendants of the wealthy Cossacks and Ukrainian nobility, representatives of one of the branches of the ancient Chizh family. Since 1904, the Chizhevski family lived in a one-story brick house on the current Shevchenko Street, engaged in public and educational activities.

The museum exposition reproduces the atmosphere of provincial life at the beginning of the 20th century. Furniture in the style of that era, a piano, an antique clock, a camera and a telescope similar to Chizhevsky's father's telescope are presented. First editions of Chyzhevsky's books, family documents and photographs are exhibited.

The museum offers tours on the topics "The world of hobbies of the Chizhevsky family", "The role of the Chizhevsky family in the history of the Oleksandriia city", "The foreign period of life and scientific work of Dmytro Chyzhevskyi", as well as an interactive excursion with a game of croquet "Childhood, youth and hobbies of Dmytro Chyzhevskyi" .

The "Dmytro Chyzhevsky's House" is a department of the Oleksandriia City Museum Center named after Antonina Khudyakova.

The Dobrovelychkivka Museum of Local Lore is located in the building of the former Zemstvo administration, built in 1892.

The Funds of the museum include 5,000 items of material and spiritual culture of the region, which reflect its history from the earliest times (IV-III millennium BC) to the present day.

24 sections of the museum are located in 11 halls. In particular, interesting archaeological material about the history of the settlement of these lands by the tribes of the Trypillya culture (IV-III millennium BC) is presented.

Collections of works of decorative and applied art, works of fine art by amateur artists and professional artists of Kirovohrad Region deserve special attention.

The Dolynska Local Lore Museum in Kirovohrad Oblast is a communal institution of the Dolynska City Council. Founded in 1966. It is located in the historical part of the city, on the oldest street, next to the main architectural monuments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The exposition in four halls tells about the history of the city of Dolynska, culture and life of its inhabitants from ancient times to the present day. In particular, the paleontological exposition presents a petrified tree whose age reaches 250 million years.

An important section of the museum is devoted to the construction of the Znamyanka-Mykolaiv railway line and the "Dolynska" station, named after the local landowner Olha Dolynska, who initiated the development of the city.

A separate hall is set aside for an art gallery, where a collection of works by more than 30 local artists is presented. The collection is decorated with the works of the famous Kirovohrad sculptor Viktor Frenchko.

"Elvorti" is one of the oldest and largest agricultural machinery factories in Europe, specializing in the production of seed drills.

Founded by English brothers Robert and Tomas Elvorti. The success of the factory, which in pre-revolutionary times employed more than half of Yelisavethrad's population, contributed to the development of the city.

In Soviet times, it was renamed "Red Star", whose products were known all over the world. Currently, the factory will return the historical name of Elvorti.

After the restoration and overhaul of the Elvorti building, the factory museum was opened in 1994, which now has more than 3,500 exhibits.

The fire-technical exhibition-museum in Kropyvnytskyi is also known as the Fire Protection History Museum. It is located on the territory of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Kirovohrad region.

Expositions in three halls tell about the history of fire protection of the steppe region and about the activities of the modern rescue service. Among the exhibits are a variety of technical equipment for firefighting and clothing samples of fire and rescue service fighters.

The highlight of the first hall is the diorama "Yelysavethrad Fire of 1834", which shows the tragic event of the past, as a result of which the city burned to the ground. Of particular interest to visitors are the old fire pump and the legendary horse-drawn barrel carriage used by Yelysavethrad rescuers in the 19th century. A miniature fire engine and models of vintage fire engines are also presented.

In the hall of fire prevention and prevention, it is possible to see with the help of a mirror diagram what stages a fire goes through from a spark to complete elimination. Household appliances and interior items that have been in fires are also presented here.

The museum has a local lighting system, which allows visitors to concentrate their attention on one or another object as much as possible thanks to the directed flow of light to the required area of the exhibition.

The monument to the first tram, launched in Kropyvnytskyi in 1897, was erected at the corner of Teatralna and Shulhynykh streets to the 100th anniversary of the city's first tram line.

The tram route "Railway station - Zaltser Brewery" passed through Teatralna. The tram in Kropyvnytskyi was one of the first electric trams in the Russian Empire and lasted until 1944.

The sculpture in the form of an arch with a stylized image of a tram car placed in it was created by sculptors Viktor Frenchko and Arkadiy Matsiyevsky.

The defensive ramparts of the fortress of St. Elizabeth, which started Kropyvnytskyi, are located near the current city center.

Founded in 1754, the fortress bears the name of Saint Elizabeth, the heavenly patron of the Russian Empress Elizabeth. The ramparts of the fortress are built in the form of a star-shaped polygon, the ends of which are sharp bastions.

The Elizabethan fortress served as the headquarters of the Russian military command in the south of Ukraine, a stronghold of Russian influence in the Zaporizhzhia lands and a center of struggle against the Haydamak movement. In 1769, the fortress withstood the siege of the Turkish-Tatar army of Khan Crimea-Girey. After the end of this stage of the Russo-Turkish war and after the liquidation of the Zaporizhzhia Sich, in 1775 the Elizabeth fortress lost its military and strategic importance, and in 1784 it was disarmed.

However, the unique earthen fortification structure has survived to this day. The barracks in which the regiment of General Mykhaylo Kutuzov was stationed at the end of the 18th century have also been partially preserved. A memorial sign was installed - ancient guns.

On the territory there is a memorial to the Eternal Flame at the military cemetery of those who died during the Second World War.

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 geometric center of Ukraine is a point that was first identified in 1989 by Doctor of Geographical Sciences Viktor Shevchenko as the geographical center of Ukraine.

He came to the conclusion that the center of Ukraine is a point with geographic coordinates of 48*21" north latitude and 31*10" east longitude. This point is located on the outskirts of Dobrovelychkivka, in the "Kozatska krynytsya" district.

By the decision of the district council in 1991, a granite memorial was installed.

However, in 2005, as a result of new research, it was established that the geographical center of Ukraine is located near the city of Shpola in Cherkasy Region. The point in Dobrovelychkivka was awarded another honorary title - the geometric center of Ukraine.

A large chorale synagogue in the characteristic eclectic style of the end of the 19th century with a romantic direction of the Moorish style was built in Kropyvnytskyi in 1853.

In 1895, it was reconstructed according to the project of the famous Elisavethrad architect Oleksandr Lyshnevskyi. At that time, about 25,000 Jews lived in the city.

After the Second World War, the synagogue was closed, the building was in a state of disrepair. Now it has been restored and returned to the Jewish community of Kropyvnytskyi.

In 1998, 2 significant projects of Jewish culture started working in the premises of the synagogue - the historical museum "Jews of Yelisavethrad" (at the time of its creation it was the first communal Jewish museum in Ukraine) and the Jewish musical and dramatic theater "Thiya".

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.

Historical and memorial reserve "Black Raven" was founded in 2020 in the tract "Chorny Voron" near the village of Rozumivka.

It was here that Mykola Sklyar, better known by the pseudonym Black Raven (Chorny Voron), died here, the legendary rebel leader of the times of the Kholodny Yar Republic, the commander of the shock-reconnaissance detachment of the Steppe Division of the Army of the Ukrainian People's Republic.

According to the chronicler of Kholodny Yar, Yuriy Horlis-Horskyi, the Black Raven detachment gave its last battle to the Red Army in October 2020, covering the withdrawal of the Steppe Division to the Kherson region. In a battle with much larger enemy forces, the chieftain himself and all 300 of his Cossacks died.

Residents of the village of Rozumivka buried the rebels at the site of the battle. This is the only precisely known burial place of one of the five insurgent chieftains of the time of the Ukrainian revolution, who had the pseudonym Black Raven (the prototype of the main character of Vasyl Shklyar's book of the same name is another Black Raven – Ivan 'Chorny Voron' Chernousov).

In 2005, a wooden cross was installed on the chieftain's grave. In 2017, a monument to Yuriy Horlis-Horskyi was opened nearby.

Since 2020, the creation of the "Black Raven" Historical Memorial Reserve, which is a branch of the Central Ukrainian Regional Museum of Local Lore, has been underway. According to the project, the reserve will include a memorial composition "Crosses", a Cossack-style chapel, reconstruction of a rebel camp, training and tourist camps.

The historical and memorial reserve "Black Raven" is an object of the tourist historical and local history route "Kholodnoyarski stezhki Chornolissya".

The historical museum in the city-type settlement Kompaniivka was founded in 2009. It is located in the premises of the Kompaniivka House of Culture.

The museum's funds include 330 permanent exhibits and more than 200 items of temporary use.

The exhibition presents archaeological finds from different eras, in particular, the Cossack era, fragments of weapons and equipment from the Second World War, materials about prominent countrymen, collections of coins and banknotes from different times.

A separate exposition is devoted to the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.