Attractions of Kirovohrad region

The picturesque ruins of a water mill on the Pivdenny Buh River in Lupolove always attract lovers of water tourism.

The three-story building of the mill was built in 1901 on the branch of the Pivdenny Buh, which washes one of the islands. The dam and the waterfall, which used to turn the water wheel, are called "Jacuzzi" by the locals and are used for bathing.

The recently started reconstruction for the purpose of creating a recreation complex is currently suspended.

The first private gallery "Yelysavethrad" in Kropyvnytskyi opened in 2011 in the historical quarters of the city, on the street named after the mayor Oleksandr Pashutin. The two-story building of the gallery was built at the end of the 19th century by the local baker Oleksiyenko.

The exhibition includes several dozen paintings by famous Ukrainian, including Kirovohrad, artists, in particular, the brothers Anatoliy and Serhiy Shapovalovy, Semen Ravskyi, Borys Vintenko, Fedir Klymenko and others. One of the works of Petro Ossovsky is presented.

There is a permanent exhibition of documents, photographs, objects related to the history of the city of Kropyvnytskyi. Thematic exhibitions of household items and art of the Soviet period, coins and banknotes of the world, household items of the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, porcelain dolls, etc., are also popular.

The gallery regularly holds thematic exhibitions and painting workshops.

The People's Memorial Museum of Yuliy Meitus in Kropyvnytskyi has been operating since 1985 at Music School No. 2, which also bears the name of the outstanding Ukrainian composer, founder of Ukrainian opera of the 20th century, Yuliy Meitus.

The foundation of the exposition is made up of more than 200 unique exhibits donated to the museum by the family of Yuliy Meitus. Among them are manuscripts, posters, photo documents, pianos, letters, music collections, books and personal belongings of the composer.

In addition to excursions, the museum hosts musical evenings, author's concerts, competitions and festivals, lessons-concerts, workshops, presentations of new exhibits.

The Literary Memorial Museum of the writer Yuriy Yanovsky is located in the village of Nechaivka, where he was born in 1902. The museum building was erected in the center of the village in 1972 on the initiative of fellow villagers.

The Yanovsky family was of Cossack origin, they were distant relatives of the Hohol-Yanovsky. They lived on the Mayorivka farm, which is now part of the Nechaivka village (a memorial sign has been installed on the site of the homestead). Yuriy Yanovsky lived here for the first 15 years of his life, studied at the local Zemstvo school. In 1917, the family moved to Yelysavethrad, but memories of the native village were reflected in the writer's work.

The design of the museum exposition was executed by the monumentalist artist Volodymyr Volokhov, realizing in artistic form the two main themes of Yuriy Yanovsky's work - the steppe and the sea.

The basis of the museum exposition is Yuriy Yanovsky's personal belongings, books, photo albums, documents, order books, a membership card of the Writers' Union. The interior of the writer's dining room and office in his Kyiv apartment is reproduced. Decorations for performances staged based on Yanovsky's plays, theater posters are also exhibited.

The History Museum in Zakharivka is considered one of the largest rural museums in the Kirovohrad Region - its holdings include more than 13,000 objects from the main holding alone. The exhibition is housed in 15 rooms of the former kindergarten.

The basis of the museum's collection is the materials about the 116th Kharkiv Rifle Division, which liberated Zakharivka from the German occupiers in 1943. Searchers managed to establish the names of about a hundred fallen heroes buried in a mass grave on the territory of the village. Fragments of weapons and military equipment are presented.

The ethnographic section exhibits things preserved by the inhabitants of the villages of the Novoheorhiyvka district, which were flooded in the 1960s by the waters of the Kremenchuk Reservoir during the construction of the Kremenchuk HPP. Among them are furniture, household items, work tools, photos, toys, postcards. A collection of embroidered fabrics and antique towels is presented, including a wedding towel embroidered in 1813.

Impressive collections of ancient musical instruments, as well as hand, pocket and wall clocks, which are presented about 1.5 thousand copies.