Attractions of Cherkasy region

The Tyasmyn Canyon in Kamyanka is a landscape reserve of local importance.

Steep, almost straight rocks on the left bank of the Tyasmyn River rise upwards in places by 12-15 meters. The rocks are densely overgrown with young forest (Tatar and American maple, hawthorn, rare ferns and mosses).

The wonderful combination of river, stones, forest and steppe create the most beautiful landscapes.

The Museum of Ukrainian Harmonica in Zhashkiv was founded in 2006 by the artistic director of the local harmonica ensemble Ivan Sukhyi.

The museum's exposition presents over 1000 exhibits: musical instruments, objects and photographs, posters, textbooks, videotapes and discs related to the existence of the harmonica in Ukraine and abroad. A significant number of harmonicas have been collected, systematized and described. Currently, 260 harmonicas are exhibited in the museum. The oldest harmonica is about 200 years old, the smallest is the size of a palm. There are domestic, foreign, front-line, trophy harmonicas. There are very rare and unique museum exhibits: for example, the harmonica of Petro Nyevsokiy from 1980, the harmonica of Nestor Makhno, instruments from the royal music workshop.

In addition to harmonicas, the museum has about 300 noise and percussion instruments.

The Uman Museum of Local Lore is located in the building of a former private hospital (1902).

The history of the foundation of the museum begins in 1906, when the Society of Antiquity Lovers was founded on the initiative of teacher and local historian Danylo Shcherbakivskyi. The official opening of the Historical Museum of the Uman Region took place in 1918.

The exhibits of three departments tell about the origin of life on Earth, geological structure, minerals, water system, soils, climate, flora and fauna. Samples of granites, kaolins, and lignite are presented to the attention of visitors; there are stuffed animals and birds listed in the "Red Book of Ukraine".

The historical department presents a model of the Uman fortress, samples of ancient weapons and armor.

In the 19th century, the Main School of Horticulture was transferred from Odesa to Uman, under whose control the Uman park "Sofiyivka" (Tsarytsyn Garden) ended up.

A two-story building in the style of classicism was built for him on the territory of the service part of the park. Since then, students have tended the park, using it to improve their knowledge of horticulture.

Currently, it is the Uman National University of Horticulture, which trains specialists from nine fields.

The university museum is open in building #7. In the exhibition, all historical periods of the development of the educational institution are presented step by step, starting from the time of its foundation in 1844 in Odesa.

"Uman Pit" is the name given to the place where in 1941 the Nazis established the "Stalag-349" transit camp, one of the first concentration camps on the territory of Ukraine.

From 50 to 70 thousand prisoners of war and civilians of Uman were kept in inhumane conditions at the bottom of the clay pit of the brick factory. Thousands of them died from wounds, diseases and hunger, thousands were shot.

"Uman Pit" existed until 1943, until the occupation was lifted. A monument to the dead has been installed at the mass grave.

"Valley of Roses" in Cherkasy is a small park on the banks of the Dnipro 500 meters from the city center. One of the most favorite recreation places of the townspeople.

In recent years, it has been used for city-wide celebrations.

In 2012, a 15-meter sundial was installed on the territory of the park.

The first Varenyk (dumpling) monument in Ukraine was erected in 2006 near the "Rosava" hotel in Cherkasy.

The sculpture represents Cossack Mamai, who eats Varenyks. A huge dumpling in the form of a crescent moon is placed behind his back.

The author of the monument to one of the classic dishes of Ukrainian cuisine is sculptor, Honored Artist of Ukraine Ivan Fizer. The height of the monument made of ceramics is 2.5 meters. Before its opening, a real Varenyk weighing about 70 kilograms was prepared.

The Vasyutynsi Arboretum park was founded in 1977 by Ivan Syvolap, a biology teacher at a local school, who was asked to arrange a vacant lot behind the newly built office of the local state farm. Taking the matter seriously, the biologist created an entire arboretum of local importance.

Currently, about 300 types of trees and shrubs grow on the territory of 4.5 hectares. Among them are the relict ginkgo plant (the oldest preserved species on the planet), willow pear, tree peony, Japanese quince, mahonia, Chinese metasequoia and others.

Access is free.

A memorial sign at the place of the last battle of Vasyl Chuchupaka, chief ataman of the Haydamaky regiment of the Kholodny Yar Republic, on the outskirts of Melnyky, was erected in 1995 at the initiative of the Kholodny Yar Historical Club and the public.

The commercial bank building in the Art Nouveau style was built in 1914 on the fashionable Cherkasy - Khreshchatyk street.

The rounded forms with plant motifs in the architecture of the two-story building are characteristic of the European "Art Nouveau".

Since Soviet times, the editorial office of the newspaper "Cherkaskyi Kray" (formerly "Cherkaska Pravda") has been located here, where the famous sixties poet Vasyl Symonenko, who was killed by the Soviet special services in 1963 for his active human rights activities, worked here.

In 1998, a museum room was opened for the poet's birthday. The exhibition "Vasyl Symonenko's Office" recreates the atmosphere of those times: a table, a chair, a radio, a table lamp, an inkwell, a pen, a typewriter, which were used by the young journalist. His personal belongings (cloak, hat), first editions of his works, photographs, documents, letters of the poet are presented.

A monument to Vasyl Symonenko has been erected near the RAGS.

Free entrance.

A monument to the Ukrainian sixties poet Vasyl Symonenko in Cherkasy was erected in 2010 next to the historic Shcherbyna house (now the Palace of Marriages).

In this city, the poet worked as a correspondent for the newspapers "Cherkaska Pravda", "Molod Cherkashchyny", "Robocha gazeta" in the early 1960s. Simonenko's anti-Soviet poems became famous thanks to self-publishing. The poet died after a severe beating related to his public activities aimed at exposing the crimes of the NKVD.

The author of the monument is Vladyslav Dymyon. The monument with a height of more than 2 meters conveys the image of the poet in gradual dynamics. The wing that envelops the figure symbolizes talent, the spark of God.

The editorial office of the newspaper "Cherkasky Kray" (formerly "Cherkaska Pravda") is located nearby, where Vasyl Symonenko's room-museum has been opened.

The Krasenivka village history museum is named after the outstanding sportsman Ivan Piddubny, who was born here in 1871.

The world-famous wrestler Ivan Piddubny devoted 40 years of his life to sports, performed in many countries and became a six-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

In 1990, fellow villagers erected a monument to their famous compatriot, and in 1991, the Museum of the History of the Village named after Ivan Piddubny was opened. Along with the history of the village, the history of the Piddubny family for 250 years is revealed here. In particular, a large panel (300 centimeters by 150 centimeters) "Piddubny rodu - no translation" is presented.

Every year at the end of August, near the museum, the All-Ukrainian holiday of heroic strength for Ivan Piddubny prizes is held.

The Museum of History of Village Vilshana is located in the premises of the House of Culture.

The museum exposition tells about the history of the village and famous personalities whose life path is connected with Vilshana - these are Maksym Kryvonos, Taras Shevchenko, and the Klitschko brothers, whose grandfather - Rodion Klitschko - hails from Vilshana.

In the museum, household items of ancient times are widely represented: rubles and rocking chairs, zhlyukto and bodnia, makitras and kopistiks, bowls on a bowl, a carved yoke and a whip, the first irons and calculators.

No less interesting are photographs of Vilshana from the end of the 19th century, portraits of residents of Vilshana in colorful Ukrainian costumes.

The Manor Museum of the Hero of Ukraine Vyacheslav Chornovil, an outstanding Ukrainian statesman, Soviet dissident, leader of the NRU party, was opened in Vilkhovets in the house where he spent his childhood and youth.

In 1946, at the age of nine, Vyacheslav and his family moved to Vilkhovets from their native Yerky. Here he graduated from high school, and in 1955 he went to Kyiv to enter the philological faculty of Kyiv University.

After his tragic death in 1999, his sister Valentyna Maksymivna donated the house to the Cherkasy Regional Museum of Local Lore. In 2007, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the birth of Chornovil, an exposition dedicated to him was opened in this building, and a bust of him was installed in the yard.

Visitors to the museum of Vyacheslav Chornovil have the opportunity to get acquainted with the original interiors of the rooms, unique photographs and documents, books, and personal belongings of the Chornovil family.

The Vyacheslav Chornovil Manor-Museum in Vilkhovets is a branch of the Cherkasy Regional Museum of Local Lore.

The water mill in Korzhova was built in 1825 by landowner Mykhaylo Rafalovych, who bought the estate from Count Andriy Potoski. A dam was built on the Yatran River, the river channel was changed. Austrian equipment was installed at the mill. Rafalovych's grandson Vladyslav Pidhorsky added new premises to the mill and installed a steam engine.

On the eve of the Bolshevik coup of 1917, the mill burned down (it is believed that the owner burned it himself for the sake of an insurance payment), but was restored by the new owner, Hrabovetsky. In Soviet times, the mill remained operational.

In 2008, the water mill in Korzhova was purchased by entrepreneur Viktor Halaur, restored and put back into operation.