Attractions of Vinnytsia region

The monument to Mykola Hohol in Mohyliv-Podilskyi is one of the first monuments to the outstanding Ukrainian writer in Ukraine.

It is a small bust on a two-meter pedestal. It was originally installed in 1898 on Soborna Square, which was then renamed Hohol Square (now again Soborna Square). In 1911, the monument was moved to its current location - at the intersection of the former streets of Miyka, Virmenska and Oleksandrivskyi avenues, opposite the house of the district doctor Stepan Mikhalevsky, better known now as the "Head of Administration House".

However, the urban legend calls the Mohyliv-Podilskyi monument to Hohol the first in the country, dates it to 1872, and connects its appearance with a popular story about the scandalous production of "Revisor" in the Mohyliv "Gigant" theater for the writer's 20th birthday. Allegedly, the actors portrayed local officials and aristocracy so naturally in the images of Hohol's heroes that the angry mayor jumped on stage and dared to slap the actor who played the gardener, provoking a big fight. After that, the outraged residents of the city collected funds for a monument to Hohol, which was erected directly in front of the "Head of Administration House".

Mykola Leontovych Museum was opened in the village of Markivka, where the composer's father, the author of the world-famous Shchedryk, lived.

It was in the house of Mykola Leontovych's father that he was shot by a Chekist in 1921. He was buried in Markivka at the same time. And in 1977, to the centenary of the composer's birthday, a museum was opened and a bronze bust was installed (artist Yaroslav Ulhursky).

The museum presents photos of the Leontovych family, original manuscripts of scores, title covers of the First and Second collections of songs from Podillya, pianos, books, sheet music, and furniture.

A granite obelisk is installed on Leontovych's grave. It is planned to erect a monument to Shchedryk.

On August 22, 2016, the renovated museum of Mykola Leontovych was opened as a branch of the Vinnytsia Regional Museum of Local Lore.

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Ukrainian Baroque style was built in Khmilnyk at the beginning of the 19th century on the site of an old wooden church that burned down in 1809 during a fire in the suburb.

The church is stone, two-story, with a stone belfry. In 1865, two chapels were added.

The Church of the Nativity of Holy Virgin was built in Voronovytsia in 1771-1777 at the expense of Mikhayilo ta Frantsishek Ksaveriy Grokholsky as a church.

At first it was wooden, but after the fire it was rebuilt in stone. Later it was rebuilt in the Orthodox spirit.

In Soviet times, the premises housed a cinema.

Now the temple is active.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Murovani Kurylivtsi was founded in 1781. Later, it was dismantled, and the materials were used for a new five-domed church, the construction of which was completed in 1889 at the expense of parishioners, the treasury, and landowners Komar and Lykhachev.

The church had a one-tier gilded iconostasis with a valuable icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God, which was purchased on Mount Athos and donated by the landowner Chykhachova.

In 1934, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was closed by the Soviet authorities, then briefly revived during the German occupation, but in the 1950s it was closed again and stripped of its domes. The premises were used as a library, a gym, a bakery and even a warehouse for glass containers.

Since 1991, the temple is active again.

The Obodivka Museum of Local Lore was established in 1959.

For a long time, the exhibition was located in four halls of a small room near the House of Culture in the center of Obodivka. Now the museum has partially moved to the renovated premises of the former charity hospital, built in 1890 by the Sobansky family, which owned Obodivka for 130 years.

The museum has about 5,000 items, including household items from the 19th and 20th centuries, tools, military equipment, numismatic and archaeological finds, documents, letters, photographs, awards, literary works by local authors. The exposition of the museum is located in four halls, each of which recreates the history of Obodivka of a certain period. The first hall acquaints with the history of the village from the XVI century to 1924. In particular, photos and things of the Sobanski family are presented here. The materials of the second hall tell about the socio-economic development of the village during 1924-1941. The following halls tell about the events of the Second World War and the Russian-Ukrainian war, famous people from Obodivka and about the historical places of the village.

The ethnographic exposition presents a collection of embroidered towels with embroidery from different regions, an exhibition of decorated eggs, thimbles, motanka-dolls of the local talented master of decorative and applied arts Lyubov Syvoroh.

The old Jewish cemetery near Yampil is located on the banks of the Dniester, halfway to the nearby village of Porohy, not far from the quarry.

In the 19th century, Jews made up almost a third of the population of Yampil, and there were 4 synagogues in the city. Among others, Tzadik Borkh Rabinovych, "Zolochiv Magid", great-grandson of the founder of Hasidism, Israel Besht, is buried in the cemetery. A mausoleum was built over his grave.

The regimental church of the Holy Prince Oleksandr Nevsky in Mohyliv-Podilskyi was built at the end of the 19th century.

At that time, the city border ran between the Nemiyka River and the end of Oleksandrivsky Avenue, beyond which the village of Ostrivky began. There was a military unit of the Russian army here. The church of Oleksandr Nevsky was built for the soldiers of this unit.

During the years of Soviet power, it was closed and turned into a club for soldiers of the flight training unit. Only at the end of the 20th century, the church was returned to the believers of the Orthodox Church.

The local history museum of the Olhopil village is located in the center of the village.

The organizer and first director of the museum was Yakiv Kyforenko, a history teacher at the Olhopil secondary school, who collected a wealth of material about the past of the Olhopil village. The museum was opened in 1979, and in 1991 it was awarded the title of People's Museum.

Today, the museum's collection includes 1,960 objects, among which there are physical, visual, decorative and utilitarian, written, photo, natural, and video materials that testify to life from the distant past to the modern period of the region.

The exposition of the museum reflects the culture of the Ukrainian people and the traditions of the village: folk women's and men's clothing, shoes, items of furniture of a peasant house, household and kitchen utensils: chairs, benches, cabinets, chests, troughs, baskets, buckets, mugs, antlers, sieves, sieves, jars, wooden and clay bowls, pots, maquis.

The second thematic group includes pottery and pottery tools.

The largest exposition is the ethnographic collection of weaving and embroidery.

The Orativ Local Lore Museum was founded in 1993 and is subordinated to the Department of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Orativ Village Council.

The institution is located in the former library in the center of the village of Orativ.

The museum collection is more than 2,000 items. The ethnographic collection includes home-woven embroidered shirts from the villages of Yakymivka, Chovnovytsia, Lopatynka, Mervyn, Orativ, Rozhychna, ceramics of local potters, as well as various items of Ukrainian folk life.

The Orlovsky Palace in Severynivka was built at the beginning of the 19th century and has remained almost unchanged to this day.

Severyn Orlovsky was a stingy person and did not want to invest a lot of money in the construction of a magnificent palace according to the project of a famous architect. From the outside, the building was quite modest, but from the inside it was impressive with luxury and splendor.

The richest collections of paintings, silver, ancient coins, stamps, etc. were gathered in the palace. Unfortunately, the interiors were not preserved. Some paintings from the Severynivka Palace are now exhibited in museums in Warsaw and Kyiv.

A park was built around the palace, the architect of which was Dionysius Mikler. At the end of the park there is a sandstone rock that offers a magnificent view.

Next to the palace, a large-scale building of the former arena with a gate has been preserved.

During Soviet times, the palace building was covered with tiles. Currently, the Severynivka Rehabilitation Hospital is located here.

About ten Pillboxs (DOTs) from the Second World War have been preserved in the area of Murovani Kurylivtsi.

Not far from here was the northwestern edge of the 12th Mohyliv-Yampil District (MYUR), established in the 1930s on the then southwestern border of the USSR. It was part of the gigantic system of defensive structures of the "Stalin Line", which stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea.

In July 1941, the MIAUR became the defense border of the 18th Army of the Southern Front. Divisions of the 17th Rifle Corps fought in the area of Murovani Kurylivtsi. After the Germans broke through the defenses to the north, the Soviet troops disarmed the DOTs and retreated to the east.

One of the DOTs is located at the entrance to the village from the Vinnytsia side next to the monument to the liberating soldiers - an IS-2 tank on a pedestal. Another DOT is located in front of the bridge over the Zhvan River, and the third is on the territory of the Komar estate.

The local history museum in Pishchanka was created in 1987 on the initiative of local historian Volodymyr Bershadsky.

In the main exposition, ancient household items and tools of the inhabitants of Podillya are widely presented. Ukrainian shirts of the 18th and 19th centuries are particularly proud of the collection of the Pishchanka Museum of Local Lore, where there are embroideries with elements of both Ukrainian and Moldavian traditions.

The second exposition tells about important events of the 20th century that had a significant impact on the history of the region, including the Ukrainian revolution of 1917–1921, the Holodomor of 1932–1933, the Second World War, the reconstruction of the national economy, and Ukraine's independence.

An exhibition of paintings by local artist Stepan Trubalyevych has been opened in the exhibition hall of the Pishchanka Museum of Local Lore.

"Podilsky Zoo" in Vinnytsia is the youngest in Ukraine. Vinnytsia Zoo was created in 2005 thanks to the efforts of "Vinoblagrolis" workers.

Currently, the zoological nursery in Vinnytsia has 45 species of animals and 35 species of birds (about 400 animals in total). In particular, the zoo contains bison, bison, deer, mouflon, llamas, bears and others.

The Potocki Palace in Noskivtsi dates back to the 17th century.

Originally, the house in the Romanesque style was attached, had an arched entrance and an underground passage. In the 18th century, the Potoskis rebuilt their manor house, turning it into an eclectic two-story palace (now in poor condition). The main rooms were located on the second floor (fragments of the decor have been preserved).

At the end of the 19th century, the landowner and philanthropist Yuliya Pashchenko, being a fan of the talented poet Semen Nadson, invited him to Noskivtsi for treatment and rest. The nature of Podillya inspired Nadson, who lived here in 1885-1886, to create many new poems.

The park and the ruins of the arena with stables along the road to the palace have also been preserved. In Soviet times, a secondary school was located on the territory of the manor, which now houses the local history museum and the Semen Nadson room-museum. Recently, part of the palace was damaged by fire.