Attractions of Cherkasy region

On the territory of the Otamansky Park between the villages of Holovkivka and the villages of Medvedivka, there is the "Zhyvun" Source, the water from which is attributed healing properties. According to legend, the Haidamaks treated their battle wounds with water from the "Zhyvun".

The water is drinkable, ecologically clean. According to the content of dissolved silver and other chemical elements useful for human health, it ranks first among the forest springs of the Kholodny Yar tract and the surrounding nature reserves.

A prayer service is held in the chapel near the spring every Friday morning.

Nearby is a small forest lake and several oaks 600-800 years old. Equipped place for rest.

Zolotonosha Museum of Local Lore named after Mykhaylo Ponomarenko was founded in 1960.

Changed the premises several times, since 2018 it is located in the building of the former seed inspection in the center of Zolotonosha.

The museum has more than 8,000 exhibits. In particular, the Gospel and other church old prints of the XVIII-XIX centuries are presented. In the historical department you can see Cossack cradles and cannonballs, household items, as well as exhibits related to the life and work of Taras Shevchenko, Mykhaylo Maksymovych, Hryhoriy Skovoroda, and Ivan Kotlyarevsky.

Documents and photographs tell about the Holodomor of 1932–1933 and the events of the Second World War in the Cherkasy region.

There is a biographical corner of the founder of the institution, local historian Mykhaylo Ponomarenko.