Attractions of Znamianka

The City Local Lore Museum of Znamianka was founded in 1961 as "Kobzar Room" on the initiative of distant relatives of the poet Taras Shevchenko - Kateryna and Antonina Krasytski. Since 2004, the local lore museum has had an official status, and "Kobzar Room" functions as its branch. Another descendant of Shevchenko, Vyacheslav Shkoda, made a significant contribution to the development of the institution (a memorial plaque has been installed near the entrance).

The museum exhibits are located in four rooms. They tell about the history of the foundation of Znamianka during Cossack times, its development as a station on the Odesa - Kharkiv railway, cultural and public figures of the end of the 19th - the first half of the 20th centuries, the events of the Second World War and the modern Russian-Ukrainian wars. The central exhibit here is a model of the railway station "Znamianka" and the nearby town of the beginning of the 20th century.

In the exhibition "Kobzar Room" a prominent place is occupied by a loom of the beginning of the 20th century. Also on display is a collection of Ukrainian towels, agricultural and household items, works of sacred art. Paintings by Borys Yehorov, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, works from natural materials by Antonina Krasytska, wood carvings by masters Serhiy Batyuk and Mykola Puntus, portraits of the Krasytskis by Mykhaylo Hryshyn from Znamianka, etc. are presented.

The Subotsi Village Council Local History Museum was created in 2005 as the Znamianka district local lore museum. In 2020, the institution came under the control of the Subotsi community and updated its exhibits, which are now devoted mainly to the history and prominent residents of these settlements. But the museum will continue to be located in the city of Znamianka.

The main fund of the museum consists of more than 3,000 objects. Among them are archival documents, unique photographs, archaeological finds, household items, works of decorative and applied art masters.

In particular, the archaeological collection includes fragments of ceramics from the Scythian and Sarmatian era, arrowheads, plowshares, and slag fragments of the famous Melhunovsky mound.

Also presented is a large ethnographic collection of embroidered towels, ancient clothes and household items collected on the territory of the former Znamianka district.

The museum offers 5 tourist routes: "Black Lake - the pearl of Chornolissya", "Guerrilla glory of Chornoliske Dibrov", "Both forest and steppe joined together on the blessed Subottsivka land" (Bohdanivka village), "Cossack glory will not rest, but about itself will tell" (Moshoryne village), "Cast tomb: from the Scythians to the present day" (Trepivka village).