Attractions of Khomutyntsi

The Literary Museum of the biker poet Stepan Rudansky was opened in 1967 on the site of his parents' house in the village of Khomutyntsi in Vinnytsia Region, where the outstanding Ukrainian humorist was born.

The initiator of the creation of the institution was the local librarian Yuliya Hrosh, who for a long time collected various documents and materials related to the outstanding compatriot, and as early as 1959 opened a room-museum of Rudansky in the local club (a memorial plaque was unveiled).

Now the Literary Museum of Stepan Rudansky is a communal institution of the Kalyniv City Council. The exhibition in two small halls tells about the life and work of a classic of Ukrainian literature. Some of his belongings, original photos and documents are presented, which introduce the child and youth years, studies in Kamyanets-Podilskyi, life in St. Petersburg, Yalta period of the humorist's life.

The grave of Stepan Rudansky's parents has been preserved. In 1969, a bust of the poet was installed in front of the local school building. Next to the museum, in 2021, a granite monument to Stepan Rudansky's popular song "Blow, wind, to Ukraine" was opened, which became a folk song a long time ago.

Every year in the middle of January, on the poet's birthday, the All-Ukrainian festival of satire and humor named after Stepan Rudansky "And I again explore the living world" is held in Khomutyntsi.