Attractions of Lubny district

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 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.

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 Lubny secondary school No. 10.

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 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.

The memorial manor of the parents of Hryhoriy Skovoroda, a small-land Cossack Savva Skovoroda and his wife Pelaheya.

In 1722, their son Hryhoriy was born here - a future poet, philosopher and educator. In 1734, he went from here to study at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, from where he went to St. Petersburg, and then on a long journey through European countries. He returned to his homeland in 1750, but did not find his parents alive.

In the center of the manor is a hut under a thatched roof, where items of rural life of the 18th-19th centuries are presented. A large exposition is devoted to the life and work of the philosopher.

The first folk museum of local lore was organized in Khorol by ethnographer Volodymyr Biryukov back in 1917, but it was closed in the 1930s.

The current exposition has been operating since 1995 and is housed in a historical building of the beginning of the 20th century, which is an architectural monument of local importance.

The nature department presents a diorama, stuffed animals, and geological samples.

The archaeological collection includes ancient weapons, ceramics, and stone tools.

In the department of ethnography, the interior of a village house is recreated, folk costumes and household items are exhibited.

A diorama of the "Khorol Yama" death camp is on display.

The Lubny Museum of Local Lore named after Hnat Stelletsky is one of the oldest museums in the Poltava region.

Founded in the second half of the 19th century. Initially, it was a museum room at the Lubny Male Gymnasium. The initiator of the opening and the first director was the Ukrainian archaeologist, teacher Fedir Kaminsky. The basis of the exposition was the finds made by him during excavations in the Lubny region.

In 1918, on the basis of the nationalized museum of the gymnasium, the State Museum of Local Lore was created, which currently has about 30,000 exhibits in its collections. Occupies an old one-story mansion in the city center.

In the permanent exposition - archaeological finds of the Hintsevska settlement lot from the Eneolithic era, decorations from the Scythian era, relics from the Cossack times of the 17th-18th centuries, materials about the Mhar Monastery. There is a collection of numismatics, church utensils, and old books.

A collection of "Scythian women" is exhibited near the entrance to the local lore museum.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary is the oldest preserved church in Lubny.

Built at the beginning of the 19th century, it was originally consecrated as the Brethren Church.

It is located in the central part of the city.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Nativity of Virgin Cathedral in Pyriatyn was built in 1781 by order of the regimental vassal Andriy Ilchenko.

The single-domed church in the Ukrainian Baroque style resembles traditional three-part wooden churches of that time. The walls are decorated with characteristic baroque moldings.

In the 19th century, the temple was rebuilt, but as a result of the restoration carried out in 1980, it returned to its authentic appearance.

Until 1990, the building housed a local history museum. Currently, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Orzhytsia Museum of History and Local Lore was established in 1974.

The exposition tells about nature and archeological finds in the region, the history of Orzhytsia from ancient times to the present, the traditional way of life of the local population.