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Музей Михайла Грушевського, Сестринівка
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Mykhaylo Hrushevsky Museum

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The museum of the outstanding Ukrainian historian, public and political figure Mykhaylo Hrushevsky in the village of Sestrynivka is open to the 140th anniversary of the great Ukrainian.

A small museum building stands on the site of the estate of his grandfather, the local priest Zakhariy Opokov, in whose family his mother Hlafira Opokova (Hrushevska) was born in 1847. As a child, Mykhaylo Hrushevsky repeatedly came to Sestrynivka, he came here during vacations at the university, then often mentioned the village in his works.

The first museum was opened at Sestrynivka Secondary School in 1996, and in 10 years a new museum building was built, the exposition was renovated and expanded. The funds of the institution number about 400 subjects.

The exhibition presents many unique things, including the metric book of the local church, which records Hlafira Opokova: her baptisms and weddings. You can see the genealogy of the Opokovs, photos and documents of parents, brothers and sisters, as well as contemporary publications, newspaper publications.

The central place in the museum's exposition is given to materials about the period of Hrushevsky's life as a politician who headed the Ukrainian Central Rada from March 1917 to April 1918 during the period of national uplift and revival of the Ukrainian state.

The museum is located next to the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin, where Hrushevsky's grandfather served. A monument was erected in honor of the 135th anniversary of the birth of Mykhaylo Hrushevsky.

Map pin icon Mykhayla Hrushevskoho Street, 34 Sestrynivka

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