Attractions of Cherkasy region

A wonderful neo-Gothic palace in the style of English medieval castles is located near a landscape park laid out in the 18th and 19th centuries in Leskove by the Dakhovsky landowners.

In 1912, Tadeush Dakhovsky, who returned from Europe, decided to transform the family estate into a type of English estate. The palace was rebuilt in its current form by the Polish architect Tsekhanovsky. The building impresses with its strictness and at the same time elegance of architecture. The central element of the composition is a square donjon tower among round and polygonal toothed towers. The interiors of their time were richly decorated with picturesque canvases and sculptures.

Nearby is a lake that separates the park with the "island of love".

After the Ukrainian revolution at the beginning of the 20th century, a sanatorium was located in the manor, then it was transferred to the military. Currently, the complex is owned by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the territory is under protection, formally the access of tourists is prohibited, but exceptions are possible.

The house of the Deacon, where Taras Shevchenko studied literacy.

The only building on the territory of the village of Shevchenkove that has survived in its original form from the Tarasian times.

The house was built in 1782, restored in 1999. Placed in a glass pavilion.

The wooden one-story doctor's house was built according to the project of the famous Kyiv architect Vladyslav Horodetskyi, who often visited Moshny in the estate of the Balashov landowners, and also performed various architectural orders for them.

During one of the Balashovs' visits, they asked an architect to design a complex of Zemsky hospital buildings for the village.

In its original form, only one case was preserved, decorated in the "Zemsky" style with bright carvings.

The Drabiv Local Lore Museum was founded in 1967. It is located in a historic building built in the second half of the 19th century, in the center of the village of Drabiv. In 1970, it received the status of "People's Museum".

The museum collection includes over three thousand exhibits that illustrate the history of the region from ancient times to the present. A separate exhibition is dedicated to the outstanding Ukrainian artist, a prominent representative of Boychukism, Ivan Padalka, who was born in the Drabiv region and was repressed by the Soviet authorities in 1937.

The ethnographic and touristic complex "Cossack Farm" (Kozatsky khutir) near Chyhyryn reproduces the flavor of the Ukrainian village of the Cossack era. It is part of the National Historical and Cultural Reserve "Chyhyryn".

The central element of the exposition of the open-air museum, located on the outskirts of the village of Stetsivka, is the 18th-century Saint Nicholas Church, which was moved here from the village of Drabivtsi in the Zolotonosha region. It is surrounded by typical village houses: the headman's house, the father's house, a tavern, and outbuildings. Construction continues.

And in the center of the village, the Museum of Milling is being built. 14 windmills from all regions of Ukraine are collected here. The construction of a water mill is planned.

The public ethnographic educational and entertainment complex "Zernoland" was founded in the village of Ivkivtsi in 2014 as part of the creation of a "thematic village" of the Polish-Ukrainian project "Invent a new village".

The complex includes an ethnographic museum, a forge, a pottery, a paper factory, a bakery, a variety of entertainment and master classes. In winter - roller skating.

The warehouse of the sugar factory in Buzhanka was built together with the factory itself in 1851 by Countess Sofiya Potocka, daughter of Count Kostyantyn Branytsky, who owned the village in the 19th century.

For a long time, the warehouse was used for its intended purpose. At the moment, the building has no roof and does not have a protected status. It resembles the ruins of a medieval castle or prison.

Fantasy Park "Nova Sofiyivka" opened in 2019 as a modern extension of the National Dendrological Park "Sofiyivka" in Uman. It is located opposite the old entrance to "Sofiyivka" on Sadova Street, along the Kamyanka River.

A feature of "Nova Sofiyivka" is the harmonious combination of the natural environment, light installations and modern art objects that immerse the visitor in the mystical world of mythical heroes, courageous samurai, majestic dragons and fantastic unearthly creatures.

Guests are greeted by a stylized entrance group, next to which are presented paintings with the periods of development of "Sofiyivka". Next, you can see a light and music installation with a portrait of Sofia Potocka, an innovative 3D mapping show "Soul of the Forest", a waterfall "Dragons", a sculpture "Pegasus" and an observation deck.

In addition, a Japanese garden with a lake, gazebos and a rock garden was built on the territory, a Ukrainian estate with heroes of ancient myths was arranged, a fountain garden was created, as well as regular, fairy-tale and landscape gardens. The park is equipped with a multifunctional playground, a library and a house for children.

Fish row in Cherkasy is one of the old pavilions of the Cherkasy market. It was built in 1908-1909 along with the butcher's shop. Two brick trade pavilions were the main component of the central city market complex in Cherkasy.

The famous Kyiv architect Vladyslav Horodetsky participated in the design of the buildings. Only Fish Row - the original building in the Art Nouveau style - has survived. Currently, this is the commercial premises of the Cherkasy National University.

The Museum of Folk Decorative Art is located in Kaniv in the two-story building of the former Basilian school, founded in 1781 by the Uniate priest Bonifatiy Fizykevych at the expense of Count Stanislav Ponyatovsky, who owned the city at the time.

The school was closed in 1838. In the future, the building was also used for its intended purpose as a school. The second floor was built during Soviet times.

In 1990, the Museum of Folk Decorative Art, which was previously located in the neighboring building of the Assumption Cathedral, moved to this premises.

The museum has more than 5,000 exhibits: a collection of glass from the XIII-XVI centuries, wood products, paintings. There is a collection of samples of traditional Ukrainian clothing and household items of the three central regions - Cherkasy, Kyiv and Poltava. In particular, the primitivist works of the People's Artist of Ukraine Mariya Prymachenko, the unique embroidery of the artist Svitlana Ustymenko, and others are presented.

The unusual round water mill building "Green Mill" (green mill) in the park on the bank of the Tyasmyn River in Kamyanka is also called the "Mill of the Decembrists".

The rotunda mill was built by Kaluha masters Havrilov and Dmitriev by order of the owner of the Kamyanka estate, the Decembrist Vasyl Davydov. According to one version, the "Green Mill" was originally conceived by Davydov as a secret room for conspiratorial meetings of the Southern Society of Decembrists, similar to Masonic lodges. According to the traditions of the Davydov family, it was near the mill that Ivan Shervud, a non-commissioned officer of the 3rd Ukrainian regiment, eavesdropped on the conversations of the conspirators, then passed on their content to Emperor Oleksandr I, which caused the failure of the Decembrist uprising.

As part of the Davyd family estate, "Green Mill" is included in the complex of the Kamyanka State Historical and Cultural Reserve.

The legendary Haidamatskyi (Monastyrsky) Pond is located in the very heart of Kholodny Yar, in a deep gorge near the Motronynsky Monastery and the Scythian settlement. The pond is protected by defensive ramparts on both sides.

According to legend, at the beginning of the Koliivshchyna in 1768, before setting out on a campaign, the Haidamaks led by Maksym Zalizniak gathered at the pond for a prayer service, consecrated their weapons for the holy cause and went to liberate Ukraine from enemies. In 1968, many knives, pipes, flints and other belongings of the Haidamaks were found at the bottom of the reservoir.

In 2006, participants in the annual Honoring of the Heroes of Kholodny Yar restored the ritual of consecrating weapons here. There is a recreation area with a large gazebo on the shore.

The Helmiaziv Region Local Lore Museum named after Pavlo Herman is located in the center of the village next to the village council building.

The main exposition is dedicated to the history of the region and its inhabitants. A large ethnographic collection introduces visitors to the features of peasant life at the end of the 19th century. The museum hosts master classes in folk crafts.

The museum collection has a total of over four thousand exhibits.

The monument to the heroes of Kholodny Yar was erected in 2003 in the center of the village of Melnyky, which was considered the capital of the Kholodny Yar Republic and the center of the liberation struggle of various eras.

Sculptors Valentyn and Maksym Siri made a sandstone monument resembling a felled tree trunk with an oak and images of Kholodny Yar heroes carved on its surface. The stele is crowned with a gilded trident.

Nearby, in 2010, a monument to the officer of the army of the Ukrainian People's Republic, writer Yuriy Horlis-Horsky, author of the famous novel "Kholodny Yar" was erected.

The house of the estate manager in Kamyanka is part of the former estate of the Decembrist Vasyl Davydov's family.

The house was built by the son of the Decembrist Lev. Since his father was exiled to Siberia and deprived of his property, the son had no right to his father's inheritance. Then he was invited to the position of chief manager of the Kamyanka estate. That is, de facto he managed his estate, but de jure it did not belong to him.

He built a house for his family and office premises on the plot allocated to him. Petro Chaykovsky, whose sister was married to Davydov, often stayed in this house.

In the 1920s, the Kamyanka NKVD was located here, later a polyclinic and a children's music school named after Chaykovsky.

Currently, the Kamyanka Historical Museum, the Kamyanka Art Gallery and the office of the Kamyanka Historical and Cultural Reserve are located here.