Attractions of Tymanivka

The Bakhmetievs-Sheremetievs estate is the decoration of the village of Tymanivka in Vinnytsia Region, a monument of architecture and landscape art of local importance. Despite its neglected condition, the palace and park remain the main tourist highlight of the village.

The palace in Tymanivka was founded at the beginning of the 19th century by Prince Gottfried Sviatopolk-Chetvertynsky, and was completed by the next owner of the estate, General Oleksii Bakhmetiev, who received the Tymanivka estate after marrying Princess Nataliia Sviatopolk-Chetvertynska. The building was designed in a neo-Gothic style, which was rare for the Podillia at that time.

At the beginning of the 20th century, when the owner of Tymanivka was a large landowner, Honorary Justice of the Peace of the Kyiv and Yampil Districts, Volodymyr Tolli (Tol), a side extension with an arch and a terrace was added to the palace, which smoothly transitioned into the park with steps to an artificial waterfall.

The next addition to the palace was made by the last owner of Tymanivka, Count Oleksandr Sheremetiev. He installed a cast-iron porch with columns at the main entrance, brought electricity, water supply and sewage to the estate, built a brewery and distillery in the village, and created the first fire brigade. The estate park around the palace was decorated with rare species of trees and shrubs.

In Soviet times, the Bakhmetievs-Sheremetievs palace housed the Tymanivka Regional Anti-Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Now the sanatorium occupies new buildings, and the palace stands empty. Local enthusiasts are taking care of its preservation.

Since 2024, a lavender plantation has begun to be planted in the park near the Bakhmetievs-Sheremetievs palace as part of the "Lavender Dream" project.

The Tymanivka Folk Museum of Oleksandr Suvorov was opened in 1947 in the house of the manager of the Tymanivka estate, where commander Oleksandr Suvorov lived in 1796-1797. In the Tymanivka area, he conducted training for Russian troops stationed in Tulchyn.

The museum's collection is based on finds discovered by local residents in the village (18th-century coins, cannons, cannonballs, bayonets, a drum, etc.). Also presented are uniforms of officers and soldiers of the Russian army of the late 18th century, weapons and standards of Russian, French, and Turkish armies of the 18th century, and a numismatic collection. A document with the commander's personal signature and seal is preserved.

Previously, in front of the museum building stood a bust of Oleksandr Suvorov, which was dismantled in 2023 as part of decolonization.

The Peoples Art Museum named after Taras Shevchenko in the village of Tymanivka was established in 1964 on the initiative of local residents, who had earlier begun to collect a collection of works by folk masters: embroidery, weaving items, carving samples, etc.

Later, the museum's collection was supplemented by works by professional artists and sculptors who visited Tymanivka at different times, works from the funds of the Lviv and Kharkiv State Art Institutes. Also presented are gifts to the local agricultural enterprise from numerous delegations, exhibits from various exhibitions in which the enterprise participated.

In total, the museum collection has over 1,100 items.

The Tymanivka Village History Museum opened in 1966, initially housed in the village house of culture. Now the exposition is located in an old building built in 1912, where until 1987 the office of the local collective farm named after Oleksandr Suvorov was located.

Today the museum collection has almost 3000 exhibits. The exposition tells about the founding and development of the village of Tymanivka starting from the Cossack times. The interior of the office of the head of the local collective farm, Pylyp Zheliuk, whose memory is very revered by local residents, has been preserved.