Attractions of Chornukhy

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 ministerial (state) school in Chornukhy was built in 1900-1903 by the zemstvo of Lohvytskyi District. This two-story building in the style of classicism is the oldest architectural monument of the village.

Initially, the school was two-class, with a five-year term of study. Since 1918, it bears the name of Hryhoriy Skovoroda, who was born in Chornukhy. In 1972, a new school building was built nearby, but the old school also continues to be used for its intended purpose. Today it is Chornukhy Lyceum named after Hryhoriy Skovoroda.

Chornukhy Zemska School is one of more than 50 schools built by Lokhvytsia zemstvo in Poltava region at the beginning of the 20th century.

The building in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau was erected in 1913 according to the project of the architect Opanas Slastion (Slaston), who was also known as an artist, ethnographer and art critic. In his projects, the architect used characteristic techniques of traditional Ukrainian architecture - trapezoidal windows, broken multi-pitched tent roofs with ledges, stylized towers.

The Zemska school in Chornukhy was a three-classroom, with a library and a teacher's apartment. The building is wooden, covered with brick and decorated with ornamental masonry.

Until 1978, the school building was used for its intended purpose. Now it houses the House of Children's and Youth Creativity and the Young Naturalist's Club.