Attractions of Cherkasy district

The Literary Memorial Museum of Taras Shevchenko in Kaniv was opened in 1939. Before that, on Taras Hill, there was a folk museum of the poet "Tarasova Svitlytsia", opened at the end of the 19th century in the former house of the overseer of the Shevchenko grave, Ivan Yadlovskyi.

The new museum was built during 1935-1937 according to the project of the outstanding architect Vasyl Krychevsky, who is considered the founder of Ukrainian architectural modernism. According to the initial plan, the laconic, outwardly classicist building was to be decorated with Ukrainian ornaments in the majolica technique. This idea was never implemented, but the interior decoration was impressive with a folk color: a bright stained glass window in the depth of the lobby, caissons with colored rosettes on the ceiling, ornamental paintings on the walls.

After the reconstruction of 2003-2010, the building acquired a modern minimalist look with elements of constructivism.

Today, the museum collection includes more than 20,000 objects. The main exposition presents individual memorial items of Taras Shevchenko (carved casket, spindle, psalter), originals of some of his drawings and etchings, rare editions of the poet's works, works of art on Shevchenko themes, etc.

In a separate hall, Kobzar's posthumous plaster mask is displayed surrounded by texts from the "Testament" in various languages of the world. The interactive map "The last journey of Taras Shevchenko through Ukraine" shows the route by which the coffin with Kobzar's ashes was taken from St. Petersburg to Kaniv.

The exhibition is equipped with multimedia information kiosks, and various audiovisual programs are available to visitors.

The Taras Shevchenko Station Wagon Museum was opened in Smila in 1976 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the station's opening. The wooden passenger car, built in 1935, houses exhibits from the Shevchenko Railway Junction Museum.

Most of the exhibits tell about the formation of Smila as a junction station of the railway, which was originally built as a highway for transporting sugar during the time of Count Bobrynsky.

The car museum is attached to another rare locomotive - the SU 216-32 steam locomotive, built in 1940.

The first Taras Shevchenko National Museum on Chernecha Hill in Kaniv "Tarasova Svitlytsia" appeared long before the creation of the Shevchenko National Reserve.

As early as 1884, at the same time as the arrangement of Shevchenko's grave was completed, a house was built next to it. In one half of it lived the first caretaker of the grave Ivan Yadlovsky, opened the first national museum of the poet with a book of reviews.

The house was dismantled in the 1930s, during the construction of a memorial on Tarasova Hill, but was restored in 1991. The museum exposition presents a copy of a portrait of Shevchenko donated to the museum by artist Illya Repin, a copy of a towel embroidered for the museum by Lesya Ukrayinka, an icon depicting Shevchenko in the image of a saint.

In the second half, the room of the guard of Shevchenko's grave with the original samovar of Ivan Yadlovsky on the table was restored.

"Three Wells" in Subotiv are wells preserved from the time of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, which supplied water to the Cossack hospital. They are located at the bottom of a deep gully on the southwestern edge of the village.

According to legend, three Cossacks dug a spring at the site, the waters of which healed them after being wounded by a local elder.

It is believed that the taste of water from each well is slightly different from the others.

The wooden Transfiguration Church in Bilozirya was built in 1710. In 1867, the bell tower was rebuilt.

At the moment, the church yard is surrounded by a high concrete fence.

The ancient Orthodox Trinity Motronynsky Monastery in Kholodny Yar is located on the site of an ancient Rus settlement and even more ancient Scythian settlements (Scythian ramparts have been preserved).

According to legend, during the time of Yaroslav the Wise, the fortress of Prince Voivode Myroslav stood here. Returning from a campaign against the Pechenegs in 1036, Myroslav decided to check the defense of the fortress, which he entrusted to his wife Motrona. Attacking the fortress under the guise of enemies, Myroslav was accidentally killed by Motrona herself. After learning about what happened, Motrona accepted monasticism and founded a monastery, which was named after her.

The year 1198 is considered to be the official foundation date of the Motronynsky Monastery, when the Simeoniv Chronicle mentions the Pereyaslav Bishop Pavlo, who founded the Church of John the Baptist in the Motronynsky Monastery. In 1568, the revival of the monastery began after the Mongol-Tatar destruction, it came under the patronage of the Cossacks.

In the 18th century, the Motronynsky monastery became one of the centers of the struggle against the Union, as well as a stronghold of the Haydamak movement. In 1768, 3,000 Haydamaks received a blessing here to fight against the Polish nobility, which was the beginning of Koliivshchyna. These events are described in the poem "Haydamaki" by Taras Shevchenko, who visited the monastery in 1845. During the Ukrainian Revolution in 1919-1922, the Motronynsky Monastery served as a stronghold of the rebel units of the Kholodnoyarska Republic

The Trinity Church, built in 1727 and reconstructed in 1805, has been preserved. The cell building was built in recent years. A memorial cross was installed on the grave of centurion Ivan Kompaniyets.

From the entrance to the Motronynsky monastery, the descent to the miraculous spring of Saint Onuphrius begins. Nearby is the Haydamatskyi (Monastyrsky) pond, where the Haydamaks used to consecrate their weapons.

The Tyasmyn Canyon in Kamyanka is a landscape reserve of local importance.

Steep, almost straight rocks on the left bank of the Tyasmyn River rise upwards in places by 12-15 meters. The rocks are densely overgrown with young forest (Tatar and American maple, hawthorn, rare ferns and mosses).

The wonderful combination of river, stones, forest and steppe create the most beautiful landscapes.

"Valley of Roses" in Cherkasy is a small park on the banks of the Dnipro 500 meters from the city center. One of the most favorite recreation places of the townspeople.

In recent years, it has been used for city-wide celebrations.

In 2012, a 15-meter sundial was installed on the territory of the park.

The first Varenyk (dumpling) monument in Ukraine was erected in 2006 near the "Rosava" hotel in Cherkasy.

The sculpture represents Cossack Mamai, who eats Varenyks. A huge dumpling in the form of a crescent moon is placed behind his back.

The author of the monument to one of the classic dishes of Ukrainian cuisine is sculptor, Honored Artist of Ukraine Ivan Fizer. The height of the monument made of ceramics is 2.5 meters. Before its opening, a real Varenyk weighing about 70 kilograms was prepared.

A memorial sign at the place of the last battle of Vasyl Chuchupaka, chief ataman of the Haydamaky regiment of the Kholodny Yar Republic, on the outskirts of Melnyky, was erected in 1995 at the initiative of the Kholodny Yar Historical Club and the public.

The commercial bank building in the Art Nouveau style was built in 1914 on the fashionable Cherkasy - Khreshchatyk street.

The rounded forms with plant motifs in the architecture of the two-story building are characteristic of the European "Art Nouveau".

Since Soviet times, the editorial office of the newspaper "Cherkaskyi Kray" (formerly "Cherkaska Pravda") has been located here, where the famous sixties poet Vasyl Symonenko, who was killed by the Soviet special services in 1963 for his active human rights activities, worked here.

In 1998, a museum room was opened for the poet's birthday. The exhibition "Vasyl Symonenko's Office" recreates the atmosphere of those times: a table, a chair, a radio, a table lamp, an inkwell, a pen, a typewriter, which were used by the young journalist. His personal belongings (cloak, hat), first editions of his works, photographs, documents, letters of the poet are presented.

A monument to Vasyl Symonenko has been erected near the RAGS.

Free entrance.

A monument to the Ukrainian sixties poet Vasyl Symonenko in Cherkasy was erected in 2010 next to the historic Shcherbyna house (now the Palace of Marriages).

In this city, the poet worked as a correspondent for the newspapers "Cherkaska Pravda", "Molod Cherkashchyny", "Robocha gazeta" in the early 1960s. Simonenko's anti-Soviet poems became famous thanks to self-publishing. The poet died after a severe beating related to his public activities aimed at exposing the crimes of the NKVD.

The author of the monument is Vladyslav Dymyon. The monument with a height of more than 2 meters conveys the image of the poet in gradual dynamics. The wing that envelops the figure symbolizes talent, the spark of God.

The editorial office of the newspaper "Cherkasky Kray" (formerly "Cherkaska Pravda") is located nearby, where Vasyl Symonenko's room-museum has been opened.

The workshop-gallery "Creative Treasury" presents the works of Kaniv artist Halyna Morozova, co-founder of the creative union of the same name, as well as other artists from Kaniv.

Self-taught artist Halyna Morozova works in different styles: realism, impressionism, abstractionism, decorative art. She considers the painting "Bird of Happiness" to be her mascot work.

The house of gravedigger-contractor Yakiv Mayboroda was built in Cherkasy at the end of the 19th century by local architect Heorhiy Filofero.

The mansion is built of brick in the neoclassical style with the use of architectural forms and decorative elements of the Renaissance and Empire. The central and side portals are crowned with complex pediments. The house had three large and seven smaller rooms, a servant's house and a stable were located on the territory of the manor.

Later, the Mayboroda leased the mansion to the Second Four-Class School for Burghers. After the Bolshevik coup of 1917, it housed a branch of the Cherkasy Vseobuch, then a kindergarten, and then it was transferred to the city sanatorium.

From the interior to our time, the old filleted doors, authentic window joinery and parquet floor have been preserved.

Zhabotynsky Saint Onuphrius Monastery is located in the Vitryana Gora tract to the east of the center of Chubivka village.

It was founded no later than 1706, as it is mentioned in documents as already existing in this year. The first temples were wooden (not preserved). In 1812, a stone church was built in the name of Saint Onuphrius the Great.

In 1767-1768, Maksym Zaliznyak, the future leader of Koliyivshchyna, was a novice in the monastery.

Two miraculous icons have been preserved: the Dormition of the Mother of God and the venerable Onuphrius the Great.

In the 1920s, the Zhabotynsky Monasterywas closed, but was revived in the early 1990s.

In addition to the stone Onuphrius church, there is a cave temple, cells and a network of underground passages, which are partially explored, but closed due to a state of emergency. According to legend, an underground passage connects the Zhabotynsky Monastery with the Motronynsky Monastery in Kholodny Yar, which is 8 kilometers from here.

Zhabotynsky Saint Onuphrius Monastery belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate.