Attractions of Sumy region

The first full-size monument in Ukraine to the outstanding Ukrainian poet and public figure Taras Shevchenko was erected in Romny in 1918 (according to other sources, in 1919).

The city of Romny at that time was already under the control of the Bolsheviks, who actively supported the cult of the "revolutionary poet". The author of the monument is the famous sculptor Ivan Kavaleridze. The sculpture, which depicts Shevchenko sitting in a thoughtful pose, is considered the most "human" monument to the poet.

A model of this monument has been installed in Kyiv, on Andriyivsky Descent.

The Tereshchenko House in Hlukhiv is the oldest surviving building of the architectural heritage of the family of famous sugar millers and patrons.

Prosperous merchant Artemiy Tereshchenko applied to the city authorities for permission to build a new two-story stone house in the historic center of Hlukhiv back in 1855. He was able to complete the construction of his Hlukhiv residence in the architectural forms of historicism only in 1866.

In the interior, the original decor is partially preserved: stucco ceilings, carved doors, tiled stoves, as well as stairs to the second floor, made in the technique of cast iron decorative casting.

In 1931, the All-Union Research Institute of Hemp was located here. Now it is the Research Station of Bask Cultures (Institute of Bask Cultures), where a hemp variety that does not contain narcotic substances was recently created. In the lobby, there is a small exhibition of hemp products: ropes, ropes, fabrics, clothes, shoes, etc.

The Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine occupies a complex of historical buildings in the center of the city of Sumy.

The first educational building is located in Taras Shevchenko Square (Soborna Street), in the former premises of the First Female Gymnasium. It belongs to a large group of Neo-Gothic buildings of the 19th-20th centuries in the city.

The main building of the academy was built only a few years ago on the central Petropavlivska Street, on the site of the former estates of the descendants of the founder of Sumy Hryhoriy Kondratiev. Until 1917, one of the city's fire brigades was located here, then various institutions. All the architectural nuances of the historical building have been carefully preserved in the reconstructed building. Instead of a fire station, a tower with a clock was built, which notifies the city about various celebrations at the academy.

The monument to Ukrainian weapons was erected at the entrance to the village of Shapovalivka in 2009 in honor of the 350th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Konotop.

The memorial sign is an artistic composition of Cossack sabers cutting through a shield, mounted on a low pedestal, and symbolizes the victory of Cossack weapons over the enemy. The inscription on the monument: "Here the glory of Ukrainian weapons was forged! Erected in honor of the 350th anniversary of the glorious victory of the army of Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop".

The authors of the monument: sculptors Mykola Mazur and Bohdan Mazur, architect - Volodymyr Bykov.

On the opposite side of the sign is a memorial chapel, which was also built for the 350th anniversary of the victory of the Ukrainian army in the Battle of Konotop.

A bust of Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky is installed in the center of the village of Shapovalivka.

The village park in Velykyi Bobryk was established in 1815 on the territory of the estate of the landowner Yelyzaveta Rakhmanova.

The dominant feature of the park is a 35-meter-tall spruce tree, planted during the foundation of the park by the landlady's son, General Hryhoriy Rakhmanov, a participant in the war with Napoleon in 1812.

In addition to several 250-300-year-old patriarchal oaks, an alley group of lindens, several spruces, two pines, an ash, etc. have been preserved. The manor house has not been preserved.

The Museum of the History of the Village of Boromlia was established in the 1980s. The museum's exposition includes over 1,000 exhibits, telling the story of the founding and development of the village.

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village of Boromlia was under occupation for over a month. The museum staff managed to save all the most valuable exhibits. The museum premises were damaged by a blast wave, but at the time of the deoccupation of the settlement, it remained the only surviving administrative building in Boromlia and the museum began to function as a humanitarian headquarters.

Currently, the museum in Boromlia collects exhibits about the modern Russian-Ukrainian war. Bread from the occupation, documents of Russian soldiers and fragments from shells are all new exhibits of the museum. The museum also has official documents left behind by Russian soldiers - "travel letters with seals".

The People`s Museum of History of the Village of Ulanove was founded by a local school teacher, Petro Kyselenko, in 1959 as a school history and local history museum on a non-profit basis.

The museum is located in a separate building with a total area of ​​over 500 square meters.

The museum's collections include about six thousand exhibits, including more than five thousand originals, which are presented in 7 exhibition halls. Among the exhibits are valuable historical documents, photographs, rare editions of books, posters, leaflets, newspapers, paleontological, archaeological, numismatic collections, three thousand folders-funds of personalities of famous people of Sumy region. The museum has a library fund, which has more than four hundred copies, a newspaper collection, which has more than three thousand titles.

The Literary Museum of Writers Leonid Poltava and Yosyp Dudka operates in the village of Pustoviitivka at the Pustoviitivka Secondary School named after Petro Kalnyshevsky.

The institution opened in 2006 as a memorial museum of the poet, publicist, and public figure Leonid Poltava to mark the 85th anniversary of his birth. The museum's exposition introduces the life and creative path of Leonid Poltava, editions of his books in English and Ukrainian, family photos, performance posters, opera and operetta librettos, collections of badges, key chains, coins, stamps, envelopes, and personal belongings of Leonid Poltava, which were donated to the museum by his family from New York.

Later, a museum exposition was opened to mark the 95th anniversary of the birth of Yosyp Dudka - a famous poet and teacher of Romny region, an extraordinary person, and an ardent patriot of his land.

A small one-story manor house in Lebedyn was built in the first half of the 19th century by the Zalesky brothers.

In 1859, Taras Shevchenko stayed at the Zalesky estate.

Until the end of the 20th century, a local history museum was located here. Now the building is empty, restoration is needed.