Attractions of Zolotonosha district

The private historical and ethnographic museum-reserve "Cossack Lands of Ukraine" was founded in the village of Veremiivka in 2006 by art critic, historian, artist Volodymyr Nedyak with the funds of the Shevchenko Prize, which he received for the book "Ukraine - Cossack State".

At the moment, the "Cossack Farm of Colonel Taras Bulba" is almost finished: operating mills, stables, cowsheds, a stable for oxen, a well, storerooms, a cellar. The construction of the "Hetman's Mansion" is being completed.

A large ethnographic collection is presented in the museum exhibition. Several authentic Polovtsian (Scythian) women are on display.

The highlights of the open-air museum are the animals. Sheep, cows, goats, rabbits, horses, oxen and buffalo graze on a specially sown area of the steppe. You can play with animals, and ride horses.

Later, a restaurant, hotel and other infrastructure for recreation and entertainment are planned.

The majestic Holy Dormition Cathedral in honor of the Assumption of the Mother of God was built in Zolotonosha at the beginning of the 20th century, but its history begins with a wooden church built in the 18th century.

A hundred years later, the temple burned down, and in 1845 a stone cathedral was built on its place, but it also burned down 60 years later. The new cathedral became one of the largest temple buildings in central Ukraine.

In 1937, the Dormition Cathedral was closed, and the baths were removed from it.

Now it is a functioning church of the Orthodox Church.

Holy Intercession Krasnohirsky women's monastery was founded at the beginning of the 17th century, until 1790 it was a male monastery.

According to legends, a hermit monk from Constantinople settled in Krasna Hill near Zolotonosha in ancient times. After learning about this, the owner of the land, the Cossack Ivan Shebet-Slyuzhka, gave it to a monk to found a holy monastery. The first buildings were wooden.

The stone Transfiguration Cathedral was built in 1767-1771 according to the project of the Ukrainian architect Ivan Hryhorovych-Barsky. The Church of the Intercession (1859) and other buildings have also been preserved.

In 1922, the monastery was closed, all the shrines were transferred to the museum of the city of Cherkasy. Restored in 1941.

The icon of the Mother of God, named Dubenska, because it appeared on an oak tree, is considered the main shrine of the Holy Intercession Krasnohirsky Monastery.

The Literary Museum of Hryhoriy Skovoroda in the village of Kovrai was created in 1972.

In 1753-1759, the Ukrainian poet, philosopher, man of letters and musician Hryhoriy Skovoroda lived in the Kovrai estate and worked as a tutor in the family of Stepan Tomara. Skovoroda taught Tomara's eldest son various sciences, and he devoted his free time to literary creativity.

In Kovrai, he wrote many poems, which were later included in the famous cycle "The Garden of Divine Songs", including the most famous of them - "Fortune and rights to every city...".

A cellar has been preserved on the site of the Tomara manor.

The museum is located on the territory of the secondary school. In 2012, reconstruction was carried out, the museum exposition was significantly expanded. Next to the monument to Hryhoriy Skovorodi, there is a broken park.

The Literary Memorial Museum of Mykhaylo Starytsky was opened in 1980 in his native village of Klishchyntsi.

The prominent Ukrainian writer and theater actor Mykhaylo Starytsky was born here in 1840, and later became one of the founders of the professional Ukrainian theater.

The museum collection includes more than 1,500 exhibits, including photo documents, personal belongings of Mykhaylo Starytsky, furniture of the Starytsky family, etc.

The Krasenivka village history museum is named after the outstanding sportsman Ivan Piddubny, who was born here in 1871.

The world-famous wrestler Ivan Piddubny devoted 40 years of his life to sports, performed in many countries and became a six-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

In 1990, fellow villagers erected a monument to their famous compatriot, and in 1991, the Museum of the History of the Village named after Ivan Piddubny was opened. Along with the history of the village, the history of the Piddubny family for 250 years is revealed here. In particular, a large panel (300 centimeters by 150 centimeters) "Piddubny rodu - no translation" is presented.

Every year at the end of August, near the museum, the All-Ukrainian holiday of heroic strength for Ivan Piddubny prizes is held.

Zolotonosha Museum of Local Lore named after Mykhaylo Ponomarenko was founded in 1960.

Changed the premises several times, since 2018 it is located in the building of the former seed inspection in the center of Zolotonosha.

The museum has more than 8,000 exhibits. In particular, the Gospel and other church old prints of the XVIII-XIX centuries are presented. In the historical department you can see Cossack cradles and cannonballs, household items, as well as exhibits related to the life and work of Taras Shevchenko, Mykhaylo Maksymovych, Hryhoriy Skovoroda, and Ivan Kotlyarevsky.

Documents and photographs tell about the Holodomor of 1932–1933 and the events of the Second World War in the Cherkasy region.

There is a biographical corner of the founder of the institution, local historian Mykhaylo Ponomarenko.