Attractions of Pechenihy

The Museum of Local Lore named after Trokhym Sulima is located in the center of the village of Pechenihy in the historical building of the former Novo-Belhorod convict Central Prison for political prisoners.

The Novo-Belhorod convict Central Prison was built in Pechenihy (at that time - Novo-Belhorod) in 1854 and was part of the complex of buildings of the military settlement. At different times, well-known populists served their terms here: Oleksandr Dolhushyn, Ipolyt Myshkin, Yakiv Rybitsky, revolutionary worker Petro Aleksyeyev and others. The Ukrainian poet-revolutionary Pavlo Hrabovskyi was also imprisoned here. A cell with bunk beds and black-painted windows has been preserved.

The Pechenihy Museum of Local Lore was opened on March 26, 2002. The basis of the museum collection was the items from the former Public Historical Museum of the village of Pechenihy. The museum's funds include more than 3,300 objects, which are exhibited in 12 exhibition halls.

Of special value are the archaeological finds from the excavations of burial mounds of the catacomb culture of the III millennium BC and Neolithic settlements of the V-IV millennia BC.