Attractions of Bashtanka district

Regional landscape park "Pryinhulskyi" is located in the section of the valley of the Inhul River from the village of Rozanivka to the village of Sofiivka.

Precambrian granites come to the surface here, forming a picturesque landscape. Some of the most visible or colorful outcrops of crystalline rocks have their own names. There are several legends about some of them, such as the "Pugach", "Stovp" (or "Rock of the Stone Heroes"), "Sleeping Beauty", "Stina" or simply "Ustia" rocks near the mouth of the Berezovka River. at the confluence with the Inhul River.

South of the village of Rozanivka there is also "Stina" or "Crow's Rock", on which a pair of crows have been nesting since ancient times.

There are fantastically attractive granite outcrops - the "Stone Chimera Coast", a granite plateau at the confluence of the Stoupova River and the Inhul River, which is called the "Devil's City" and others.

Near the village of Sofiivka, an artificial canyon and a waterfall have been created - the spillway of the Sofiivka hydraulic system for rainwater and snowmelt.

The municipal cultural institution "Bashtanka Local Lore Museum" was established in 1959 in memory of the events of the peasant anti-Denikin uprising in the village of Poltavka (now Bashtanka) in September-November 1919.

The museum's collection includes over 6 thousand items of the main fund and 2 thousand items of the auxiliary fund.

The museum's exposition is spread over 8 halls. One of the eight halls is an exhibition hall, where thematic exhibitions from museum collections, exhibitions of folk craftsmen, artistic creative groups, etc. are held.

A separate exhibition hall of the museum is dedicated to the monumental artist Hryhoriy Dovzhenko (1899-1980), a native of Bashtanka - sketches of his works, paintings, drawings, personal belongings are presented.

The Bashtanka Local Lore Museum includes its branch - the "Museum of History and Fine Arts of the Village of Khrystoforivka" in the former estates of the Arkas family.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

In the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion, employees of the Bashtanka Museum of Local Lore faced the problem of preserving the cultural values, the main collection, documentation and property of the institution. They continued to remove exhibits from the museum and bury them until the last moment, until a Russian military column entered Bashtanka on March 1, 2022. For a long time, Bashtanka was repeatedly subjected to air raids and artillery shelling. The blast wave from the rocket attack damaged the roof of the museum. After almost two months of hiding exhibits, at the end of April 2022, the museum managed to remove five thousand exhibits, which is almost half of the museum collection. The exhibits were sent to storage outside the Mykolaiv region. The most valuable are the works of art and the archive of artist Hryhoriy Dovzhenko, ethnographic materials (a collection of towels and clothing from the late 19th and early 20th centuries), collections of photographs and documents, etc.

The Museum of History and Fine Arts of the Village of Khrystoforivka was founded in 1986 and opened its doors to visitors in 1990.

Today, the museum has five exhibition halls: "Peasant Life", "Arkas Svitlytsya", "Hall of the Present", "Sports Room" and "Room of Military Glory". In addition, the museum has five exhibition halls.

The exposition of the "Arkas Svitlytsya" is dedicated to the family of the Ukrainian composer, writer, historian and cultural figure Mykola Arkas, with whom the history of Khrystoforivka is closely connected. It presents personal belongings of the Arkas family, books, family photos, towels, posters for the production of "Kateryna", opera records, household items, dishes, furniture from the Arkas estate.

The Khrystoforivka Village Museum of History and Fine Arts is a branch of the Bashtanka Local Lore Museum.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

At the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the village of Khrystoforivka was under Russian occupation for two weeks. The two-story museum building suffered significant damage during the fighting. However, museum staff managed to hide and later remove the exhibits for storage.

The Kazanka Village Council Historical and Local Lore Museum is located in the center of the village of Kazanka. The museum was founded in 1974 on a non-profit basis, and in 1976 it received the status of "people's".

The museum's funds include over 6 thousand exhibits that reveal the rich historical past of the Kazanka region. The exposition presents documents, photographs, and eyewitness memories of events - the Holodomor of 1932-1933, World War II, etc.

The Novyi Buh People's Historical Museum was opened in 1980 in the premises of the city's cultural center.

Materials on the history of the region are collected in the Novyi Buh museum.

Saint Michael's Pelagia Monastery adorns the rocky banks of the Inрul River on the territory of the "Pryinhulskyi" regional landscape park.

In the center of the complex stands the church of Saint Pelagia, built in 1896-1904 by the brothers Andriy and Mykhaylo Durilin, following the will of father Isidore Durilin, in memory of their mother Pelagia, who died early. An unknown German architect used the modern style fashionable at the turn of the century, embodying it in the "a la Russe" style. The twelve-headed church with domes was crowned with mirror crosses. There are three thrones in the church: Saint Archstrategist Michael, Saint Pelagia and Martyr Andriy Stratilatus. Before the Soviet-Ukrainian war, a parish school operated at the Pelagie church.

During the period of Soviet power, the temple was looted, the premises were used as a warehouse.

In 1994, an Orthodox nunnery of the Moscow Patriarchate was founded at the restored Pelagia Church. The restoration of the temple continues. The construction of the winter church, which is adjacent to the nuns' cells, has been completed.

Saint Peter and Paul Church in Novyi Buh was built in the first half of the 19th century.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Snihurivka Historical and Local History Museum is located in the center of Snihurivka in the premises of the city's House of Culture.

The museum opened on a non-profit basis in 1970 at the initiative of local enthusiasts and local historians. In 1991, the museum received the status of "national".

The museum's holdings include 3,167 items of antiquities from the history of the city and its surroundings. The museum's exposition is presented in 8 exhibition departments, which highlight the history of primitive settlements in the region in prehistoric times, the history of the founding of Snihurivka, events of the Soviet era and World War II, the development of the economy in the post-war period, and the ethnography of the Snihurivka region.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, from March 16 to November 10, Snihurivka was under Russian occupation. The building of the House of Culture, which housed the museum, was captured by the occupiers. The museum premises suffered significant damage, the museum was almost destroyed. Computer and office equipment, furniture, exhibition equipment, inventory books, registration cards - everything was almost destroyed. 40 percent of the museum collection was lost.

After the de-occupation of Snihurivka, work began on restoring the museum collection and replenishing the museum collection with exhibits related to the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The estate of the Tropiny landowners is located on the territory of the Shchaslyvskyi Park on the opposite bank of the Inhul River from Sofiivka, in the village of Shchaslyve (from Sofiivka you can cross a suspended pedestrian bridge).

Brothers Mykola, Ivan, Oleksandr Tropin, sons of the merchant Stepan Tropin, were well-known philanthropists, builders of churches and trustees of educational institutions in Kherson. One of the Kherson hospitals bears their name.

In 1912, Tropiny built a manor house on the left bank of the Inhul and laid out a park. The manor house is poorly preserved, but restoration is already underway with the help of the "Pryinhulskyi" regional landscape park. A cellar has also been preserved, in which a banquet hall is arranged.

In the park, there are century-old aspen trees with a diameter of more than a meter, maples, and mulberries.