Attractions of Konotop district

The apple tree colony in Krolevets is a unique apple tree-bush over 220 years old. It is a colony of 15 related trees with an area of 1,000 square meters.

The colony developed from a single mother trunk that once existed. Its main feature is a unique method of reproduction. With age, the branches of an apple tree bend to the ground and take root, as a result, new trees sprout (in this way, gooseberries and currants multiply).

Apple tree is located on the territory of the former estate of the Meshchersky princes. A tombstone found nearby with the inscription: "Prince Petro Serheev, son of Meshchersky" was installed under it. He was born on August 24, 1780, and died on February 18, 1848 at the age of 68." According to legend, the tree "mourns" the deceased owner.

Another legend tells that the prince planted an apple tree on the grave of his wife, who died early.

The Aviation Museum in Konotop is a department of the Konotop City Museum of Local Lore of Oleksandr Lazarevsky.

The history of the museum began in 2004 with the observation deck of the Konotop air base, where three helicopters of Mil family were installed.

To date, the exhibition presents the L-39 aircraft, as well as seven different helicopters KB Mil, in particular the world's only surviving to this day air control point Mi-22.

In addition, you can see the military bunker during the German-Soviet war.

The deer farm in Kozatske, Sumy Region, was founded in 2022 by reindeer herder Dmytro Rusanov together with the local agricultural company "Kozatska". Deer were bred here in Soviet times, but later their population declined until enthusiasts decided to revive the business.

The farm has an area of ​​about 70 hectares. Now about 800 and 250 fallow deer live here. Four breeding branches of the European deer are represented: British, New Zealand, Austrian and Romanian. The animals are kept in large enclosures, where they feel free.

For tourists, excursions are held at the deer farm, during which they talk about the breeding of animals, their habits and diet. You can also feed the deer.

In addition, the farm promotes presentations and tastings of the products of LLC "Agrifirm "Kozatska", including meat dishes, dairy products, oil and traditional local drinks. You can order a ride around the village in a horse-drawn carriage.

The museum-manor of General Mykhaylo Drahomyrov opened in 2007 in the restored house of the general in Konotop.

Military and statesman of the Russian Empire of Ukrainian origin, General of the Infantry Mykhaylo Drahomyrov was born in the ancestral Drahomyrov village near Konotop, and the last years of his life he lived in his city estate.

The museum exposition presents furniture of the late XIX - early XX centuries, paintings by local artists and other exhibits.

The museum-manor of General Drahomyrov is a department of the Konotop city museum of local lore of Oleksandr Lazarevsky.

The High Transfiguration Cathedral is the main building of the Holy Spirit Convent founded in Putyvl in the 16th century.

The monastery complex includes the Church of the Ascension of the Cross with a bell tower (XVII century) and stone walls with a gate. In the interiors of the cathedral there is a wonderful iconostasis and works of painting.

The temple was restored in 2006.

The ancient Rus settlement on the hill above the Seym is located in the very center of modern Putyvl.

The construction of the border fortress city "on the way" began on the order of Prince of Kyiv Volodymyr Svyatoslavovych to protect Rus from nomads. Being a capital city, in the 10th-12th centuries Putyvl had powerful defensive structures. During excavations, fragments of defensive walls and the foundation of the Church of the Ascension were found, from where Prince Ihor Svyatoslavych attacked the Polovtsy in 1185 (the remains are preserved underground). According to the "The Tale of Ihor's Campaign", Princess Yaroslavna, who was waiting for her husband from the Polovtsian captivity, was crying on the walls of Putyvl.

After the Mongol-Tatar invasion, the fortress was restored, until the 17th century it consisted of 9 hewn oak towers. The West tower was 27 meters high. By the end of the 18th century, the fortress lost its strategic importance and was dismantled. A ditch and a low rampart have been preserved.

A park with a viewing area has been laid out on the territory, and a monument to Yaroslavna has been erected.

Konotop City Museum of Local Lore is one of the oldest and richest museums in Sumy region. It was founded in 1900 on the initiative of the prominent Ukrainian historian Oleksandr Lazarevsky, whose name the museum now bears. The paintings, books, ancient weapons, and manuscripts donated by Lazarevsky became his first exhibits.

Now the museum has almost 24 thousand exhibits. 9 exhibition halls cover the history, nature and ethnography of the region. Stone Age tools, vessels of the Bronze Age, ancient Rus and Cossack weapons, etc. are presented.

Among the most interesting exhibits: the chair (armchair) of Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovsky from the palace in Baturyn, the castle and the key to the gate of the Konotop fortress, the Gospel-aprakos of 1707 from the printing house of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

The foyer presents works of art of Ukrainian and Western European art.

The facade of the museum is decorated with a mural with a portrait of Oleksandr Lazarevsky.

Krolevets Museum of Local Lore was established in 2000 on the basis of the city history museum opened in 1971.

The museum occupies an old wooden house in the city center.

The exposition tells about the history of the region from ancient times to the end of the Second World War, about the culture and art of Krolevets.

A separate hall presents the history of weaving, the art of which Krolevets was famous in the XVIII century.

The Kozatske Village Local Lore Museum in Sumy region was founded in 2000 as a school museum. Since 2017, it has been operating on the basis of the local club "Krayeznavets" at the Kozatske Village House of Culture.

The museum's exposition, spread over several halls of the house of culture, tells about the origin of the village and its name, the history of the local school, church, and agricultural enterprises of the village.

Visitors can learn more about the traditions and customs of local residents, as well as see an exhibition of naive art paintings created by masters of the village of Kozatske.

An exhibition of retro equipment has been created in the park next to the museum, featuring old cars, tractors, and other equipment used by local agricultural enterprises.

The village of Nova Sloboda in the Sumy region is called the Ukrainian Khatyn, because in 1942 the German occupiers shot 586 villagers to take revenge for the help of the villagers to the partisan unit of Sydor Kovpak.

In 2004, the "Bell of Sorrow" memorial was opened in the center of Nova Sloboda - a monument to the unconquered village and its brave inhabitants.

The monument is made in the shape of a bell, inside there is a small chapel, the names of all those who died in that tragedy are engraved on the marble slabs.

The Ethnographic Museum of Horiun Culture in the village of Nova Sloboda opened in 2017 as a branch of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve in Putyvl.

Presents a unique culture of Horiuns - a small ethnic group living in Putyvl region. According to researchers, it is an autochthonous ancient Slavic population that has preserved its original culture, language and archaic features in everyday life.

The museum exposition recreates the estate of the Horiuns of the late XIX - early XX centuries. The interior of the house presents furniture, various household items, clothes, etc. Here and ancient icons, and embroidered towels, and a cradle, and a loom. In farm buildings - barns, barns, windmills - exhibited tools, other agricultural equipment.

In addition, in the Horiun courtyard you can see a crane well and a rare kind of cellar – a neck pit.

The church of Mykola Kozatskyi in the Ukrainian Baroque style was built in the 18th century at the expense of the residents of Putyvl - Ukrainian Cossacks.

It has an unusual silhouette with two towers of equal height. Initially, the temple was built in three parts and with one roof, but later a multi-tiered belfry was added to it from the western side. On the first floor of the two-story church is a "warm church" with low vaults. On the second floor is a "cold church" with a high central top.

The restoration was recently completed, and the museum exhibition "The Tale of Ihor's Campaign" is planned to be opened in the church.

The defensive Molchensky monastery-fortress on the banks of the Seim in Putyvl was built at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries on the basis of a fortress from Lithuanian times, which was called the Kremlin.

The monastery was founded in 1570 by monks who moved to the fortress from the Molchensky desert, located 20 kilometers from Putyvl. In 1604, the impostor tsar False Dmitry I was hiding behind the walls of the monastery, coming from here to Moscow after the death of Borys Hodunov.

The complex of the Molchensky Monastery is dominated by the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, built in 1575-1585 and rebuilt several times in the 17th-18th centuries. The tower over the gate of the fortress serves as a belfry, and a fragment of the wall with a corner tower has also been preserved.

The complex also includes the 19th-century church of John the Baptist, the abbot's and cell buildings, a refectory and utility buildings.

The manor house of the Ohiyevsky landowners in Krolevets is famous for the fact that the poet Taras Shevchenko stayed there.

In 1859, he returned from Kyiv to St. Petersburg for the last time. After visiting his friends the Lazarevsky in the village of Hyrivka (now Shevchenko) in the Konotop district, he drove with them to Krolevets, where the Lazarevsky sister Hlafira Ohiyevska lived. Shevchenko spent the night here, then went to Hlukhiv.

The house of the Ohiyevsky was preserved in its original form. In 1964, a cast-iron memorial plaque was installed.

Currently, the Ohiyevsky manor houses the Museum of Krolevets Weaving, which exhibits traditional Krolevets towels, embroidered cloths, and looms.

The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin rises on the steep bank of the river in the center of the village of Vyrivka.

It was founded in 1892 at the expense of Yukhym Shkolyarenko, a merchant of the first guild, who towards the end of his life was engaged in charity work.

The temple impresses not only with its size and architecture, but also with its interior decoration.

During Soviet times, the church survived, although it was neglected for many years.

Currently, the church has been restored, and the portrait of the founder is preserved in it.