Attractions of Poltava district

The Poltava Literary and Memorial Museum of Volodymyr Korolenko was opened in the house where the writer and his family lived for the last 18 years of his life and where he died in 1921.

The writer's creativity is closely connected with Ukraine, where he was born and spent his childhood, and where he returned towards the end of his life. In Poltava, Korolenko worked on a large autobiographical work, "The History of My Contemporary", which was supposed to summarize everything he had experienced and systematize his philosophical views. The work remained unfinished. The writer died while working on the fourth volume. He was buried on the territory of Peremohy Park near the estate.

The estate itself was restored after the war. The complex includes a building-museum (memorial part), a wing (exhibition hall), a garden. In the reconstructed office of Korolenko, you can see his desk, writing instruments, and a wooden couch.

The house of the merchant Vozdvyzhenskyi (Vozdvyzhenko) in Zinkiv served as a meeting place for the nobility before the Soviet-Ukrainian war.

Vozdvyzhenskyi was the son of a poor burgher from Zinkiv, who traded in tar. Thanks to his entrepreneurial talent, he became a famous industrialist: he built a brick factory, oil mills, and a mill. Later, he began to build high-rise buildings in Zinkiv.

The original building in the style of early romantic modernism with neo-Gothic elements was built in 1897. Now it is a dormitory.

The Reshetylivka workshop of artistic crafts was founded in 1905 by the Poltava provincial zemstvo as an exemplary and demonstration weaving workshop.

Unique hand-made tapestry carpets, famous Poltava embroidered towels, national clothes with delicate embroidery, etc. were made here.

In Soviet times, the workshop was transformed into an artillery, then into a factory named after Klara Zetkin.

Today it is one of the oldest enterprises of folk arts and crafts in Ukraine. Its products adorn the interiors of many government buildings, embassies of Ukraine, high-class hotels, etc.

Visitors can observe the work of craftsmen, make an individual order or purchase finished products.