Attractions of Lubny district

The Zemska school building in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau was built in Pisky-Udaiski in the 1910s according to the project of the architect Opanas Slastion (Slaston).

The Ukrainian painter, ethnographer and architect Slastion developed a number of original school projects for the Lokhvytskyi zemstvo, to which the village of Pisky-Udaiski belonged at the time. These projects are characterized by pointed towers and trapezoidal window openings.

After a new, wider building was built for the village school (now the village library), the Zemska school building is not used.

The original building of the two-class Zemska school in Mokiivka was built in 1912 in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau, according to the project of the architect Opanas Slastion (Slaston), who at one time was also known as an artist and ethnographer.

His architectural projects were distinguished by the use of elements of traditional folk architecture. In particular, on behalf of the Lohvytsia zemstvo, he developed projects for more than 50 rural schools, the characteristic features of which were hexagonal trapezoidal window openings, multi-sloped tent roofs with cracks and colorful towers.

The Mokiivka Zemska School has been well preserved and is still used for its intended purpose - the building houses primary classes and the preschool department of the Mokiivka Gymnasium. There is also a school library and a public museum - one room with local history exhibits.

Zemska school in Kharsiky was built in 1913 according to the project of architect, artist and ethnographer Opanas Slastion (Slaston), whose works were distinguished by the use of traditional forms of Ukrainian architecture.

Slastion designed a number of schools in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau at the request of Lohvytsia Zemstvo. The building of the Kharsiky school is one-story, U-shaped, with hexagonal trapezoidal windows and two two-story towers with spires. The facades are decorated with decorative brickwork.

In addition to the school, the complex included a wooden barn, an oak cellar, a well and a fence. The building was used for its intended purpose until 1984, when the school was moved to a new building, and a medical and labor institution was placed in the old premises.

Currently, the facility is in an abandoned state.

The Kizlivka Zemska School is one of the fifty surviving schools of the Lohvytsia Zemstvo, built at the beginning of the 20th century according to the designs of the architect, artist and ethnographer Opanas Slastion (Slaston) in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau. All of them are distinguished by the use of reinterpreted techniques of traditional Ukrainian architecture.

The school in Kizlivka is two-class, one-story, with a characteristic two-story tower with a spire. The Slastion style is also well read by trapezoidal windows, tented roofs and brick decoration. The building is still used for its intended purpose - it is an auxiliary building of the Kizlivka Lyceum.

The two-class Zemska school in Hiltsi was built in 1911 according to the project of the famous architect Opanas Slastion (Slaston), who used elements of traditional Ukrainian architecture in his works.

The one-story brick building with ornamental masonry has tall hexagonal windows and a magnificent tented tower in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau.

The guardian of the school was the head of the public education department of the district zemstvo administration, Prince Kochubey, whose farm was located nearby. Volodymyr Hres (Otaman Gonta), who in 1920 became one of the leaders of the rebel movement in Poltava Region, was the first teacher of the Gilets Zemska Primary School.

The building is still in good condition and is used for its intended purpose.

The ancestral tomb of the Zakrevsky family in the unusual shape of an Egyptian pyramid was built in Berezova Rudka at the end of the 19th century by the famous lawyer Hnat Zakrevsky, who was in the service of Emperor Oleksandr III, was a member of the Masonic lodge and admired Egyptian culture. According to one version, he was also Russia's ambassador to Egypt.

The chapel-mausoleum built by him over the grave of his ancestors most likely has a secret symbolic meaning. The funeral building combined the classical forms of the Egyptian pyramid and pagan paraphernalia with Orthodox symbols. Thus, the entrance to the chapel was "guarded" by a statue of the goddess Isis brought by Zakrevsky from Egypt, and an Orthodox cross was placed on the portico above the entrance. In the center of the hall was an Orthodox altar with a large stone cross.

Hnat Zakrevsky himself died in 1906 in Egypt, his embalmed body was brought to Berezova Rudka and buried in the mausoleum.

Pyramid in Berezova Rudka is one of the three pyramidal temples in Ukraine. During the Soviet rule, the chapel was desecrated and looted, now the building is in a bad condition.

The luxurious building of the women's diocesan school adorns the center of the city of Lubny.

The building was built in 1907 according to the project of the famous architect, academician of architecture Oleksiy Beketov at the expense of the candle factory of the diocese. The school opened the following year.

Now it is Gymnasium named after Vasyl Barka of the Lubny City Council.

The Pyriatyn Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1967.

The museum is located in one of the first stone residential buildings of Pyriatyn - the house of one of the local landowners.

The exposition of the museum is placed in six rooms and highlights the history of the region from the most ancient times to the present day. In particular, an ethnographic collection is presented, as well as exhibits that reproduce the life and daily life of the Pyriatyn Cossacks.

The modest church of All Saints of the Ukrainian Land in Lubny is located on the territory of the Children's Park named after Oles Donchenko, opposite the market.

Founded in 1836. Now it belongs to the community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The private art salon of the Vasylenko creative family "Museum of Ukrainian Life" in Velyka Krucha is located next to the Kyiv-Poltava highway, near the Brewery complex with a restaurant.

Collector Mykola Vasylenko collected a rich collection of works by folk artists not only of Poltava Region, but also of the whole of Ukraine. In particular, Velyka Krucha ceramics made by local amateur artists Oleksandr Suvorov and Serhiy Syomin are presented: vases, pots, figurines of fairy-tale heroes, park sculpture.

Here you can buy various household items and art products. In particular, dishes with paintings by the local master Ivan Vovchanskyi.

Ethnographic collection "Drevo" is a museum of antiquities in the village of Kozubivka in the Poltava region, founded in the old parent's house of Poltava ethnographer Eduard Kutko. Five generations of his family grew up here.

The authentic village house has been restored, its original interiors have been restored, old furniture and household items reflecting the life of a traditional Poltava village are presented.

The museum collection includes more than 2,000 exhibits and items of intangible cultural heritage: embroidery, towels, carpets, paintings, icons, as well as recordings of ancient songs. Most of the exhibits date back to the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

In addition to excursions, the museum offers a master class on making necklaces from Oleksandra Gerasymova, tastings of craft wines from local winemaker Vladyslav Oliinyk, and dinners with traditional Poltava dishes. On the territory there is a garden, a gazebo, a swing.

The Holy Assumption Cathedral in Khorol was founded in 1802 at the expense of the merchant Chebotaryov.

Destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1934. The revival began in 2002. Now the temple has been rebuilt. It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Holy Trinity Church in Lubny is located in the building of the former dormitory of the medical school in Nyzhniy Val, although until 1961 it was the central and largest church of the city.

The wooden Trinity Church was first mentioned in 1622. It stood until 1869, when a white stone five-domed temple was erected in place of the old temple, which beautified and ennobled the central square of the city.

In 1960, under the pretext of clearing the site for the construction of a hotel, the Trinity Church was moved to an unsuitable building on the outskirts of the city, and the church in the city center was blown up.

Today, the church has been rebuilt in classical Orthodox forms.

The Family Museum of the Hrebinka Brothers in the village of Maryanivka was opened in 2018 during the cultural festival "Hrebinka Evenings". The exhibition is located in the premises of the Maryanivka village culture center.

It was in Maryanivka, which in the 19th century was called Hlybokyi Yar, that the outstanding Ukrainian writer-biker Yevhen Hrebinka (1812) and his brother, architect Mykola Hrebinka (1819) were born. Only a crypt and an old chestnut tree remained from the Hrebinka family estate, a monument was erected at the burial place of Yevhen Hrebinka.

The museum presents materials about the life and creative path of prominent compatriots. In particular, you can see a reproduction of the portrait of Yevhen Hrebinka, painted by Taras Shevchenko, and other exhibits that tell about Shevchenko's stay in the Hrebinka family.

Hrebinka City Local Lore Museum was opened in 1967. It is located in two rooms on the first floor of the Hrebinka Municipal Culture House in the center of the Hrebinka city.

The exposition consists of five sections: "People's life", "Hrebinka - the city of railway workers", "The combat glory of the Hrebinka region", "Outstanding compatriots", "Hrebinka's Room". Household items of Ukrainian peasants and ancient tools of rural work are widely represented, in particular, an ox harness dating from the 19th century, a horse collar from the beginning of the 20th century, horseshoes, etc. Among the rarities are the textbooks "Grammar of the Latin Language" (1826) and "Basic Fundamentals of Differential Calculus" (1822), special editions of the newspaper "Russkoye Slovo" devoted to the beginning of the First World War.

In 2023, the exhibition "Ukrainian house rich in goodness" was opened in the Hrebinka City Local Lore Museum, the main goal of which is to revive the customs and traditions of the Ukrainian people.

There is a separate museum "Hrebinka's Room", dedicated to the figure of the Ukrainian writer Yevhen Hrebinka, who was born in the village of Maryanivka not far from the city of Hrebinka, where the Family Museum of the Hrebinka Brothers is opened.