Attractions of Cherkasy region

"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.

The workshop-gallery "Creative Treasury" presents the works of Kaniv artist Halyna Morozova, co-founder of the creative union of the same name, as well as other artists from Kaniv.

Self-taught artist Halyna Morozova works in different styles: realism, impressionism, abstractionism, decorative art. She considers the painting "Bird of Happiness" to be her mascot work.

The house of gravedigger-contractor Yakiv Mayboroda was built in Cherkasy at the end of the 19th century by local architect Heorhiy Filofero.

The mansion is built of brick in the neoclassical style with the use of architectural forms and decorative elements of the Renaissance and Empire. The central and side portals are crowned with complex pediments. The house had three large and seven smaller rooms, a servant's house and a stable were located on the territory of the manor.

Later, the Mayboroda leased the mansion to the Second Four-Class School for Burghers. After the Bolshevik coup of 1917, it housed a branch of the Cherkasy Vseobuch, then a kindergarten, and then it was transferred to the city sanatorium.

From the interior to our time, the old filleted doors, authentic window joinery and parquet floor have been preserved.

The local lore museum of the village of Zalizniachka was opened in 2024 in the premises of the Zalizniachka village library, a branch of the Yerky public central library.

The exposition presents a model of a traditional stove with all the necessary remains, ceramic pots, mugs and bowls, ancient items of folk use, pots and tubs, embroidered shirts, towels and pillows, paintings by folk artists. All these things are collected for the indifferent inhabitants of the village.

Zhabotynsky Saint Onuphrius Monastery is located in the Vitryana Gora tract to the east of the center of Chubivka village.

It was founded no later than 1706, as it is mentioned in documents as already existing in this year. The first temples were wooden (not preserved). In 1812, a stone church was built in the name of Saint Onuphrius the Great.

In 1767-1768, Maksym Zaliznyak, the future leader of Koliyivshchyna, was a novice in the monastery.

Two miraculous icons have been preserved: the Dormition of the Mother of God and the venerable Onuphrius the Great.

In the 1920s, the Zhabotynsky Monasterywas closed, but was revived in the early 1990s.

In addition to the stone Onuphrius church, there is a cave temple, cells and a network of underground passages, which are partially explored, but closed due to a state of emergency. According to legend, an underground passage connects the Zhabotynsky Monastery with the Motronynsky Monastery in Kholodny Yar, which is 8 kilometers from here.

Zhabotynsky Saint Onuphrius Monastery belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate.