Attractions of Sumy region

The ancient Cossack Saint Nicholas Church is the oldest architectural monument in Hlukhiv. It was built by master Matviy Yefimov in the Baroque style.

During the hetman times, Cossack councils were held on the square in front of the Saint Nicholas church, where various state issues were decided, and "elections" were held in the church itself - sumptuous ceremonies of consecration to hetmans.

Here is the grave of the politician and statesman of the Hetman region, Major General Mykola Khanenko.

Saint Nicholas Monastery in Myropillia is one of the most striking architectural monuments of Sumy Region of the 19th century.

The five-tiered, 56-meter bell tower of the Saint Nicholas Church, which is the tallest in the region, attracts attention. The five-apsed brick temple in the style of classicism has a complex structure and an unusual shape.

Currently, the Saint Nicholas Monastery is active, restoration is in progress.

The stone one-bath Transfiguration Church is one of the architectural landmarks of Hlukhiv.

It was built in 1765 according to the project of Hlukhiv architect Andriy Kvasov on the site of the wooden "Zahrad" church of the 17th century, which was located outside the city fortifications at that time. The Three Saints Church in Lemeshi and the Ascension Church in Korop served as a model.

During Soviet times, the Transfiguration Church was closed, but in the 1980s, restoration was carried out, and in 1989, the church was returned to believers.

On the walls of the altar, a unique painting of the 18th century was discovered - a fragment of the "Last Supper".

The ensemble of the Church of the Savior and the Transfiguration was built in the village of Vorozhba during the years 1885-1892 (according to other sources - in the years 1887-1890) according to the project of Kharkiv diocesan architect Volodymyr Nemkin on the site of the wooden church of the same name from 1778.

The Savior and the Transfiguration church is located in the central part of the village. It consists of two large brick buildings - a three-domed church and a separate belfry over the gate. It is a replica of the famous Slobozhansk architectural landmark of the Baroque period - the Church of the Intercession in Okhtyrka (1753-1768).

Currently, restoration works are underway.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

On March 8, 2022, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the windows of the central church of the Transfiguration Church were damaged by the explosion of a Russian aircraft bomb. Inside, an analog, a throne, and partially destroyed church utensils were damaged.

The beautiful Transfiguration Church is located in the center of Okhtyrka.

A small temple in the Byzantine style was built according to the project of the architect Volodymyr Nemkin instead of the wooden Transfiguration Church, founded in the 18th century. The project of the new stone church was approved and adopted in 1904, and a year later the church was consecrated. The construction was carried out on the donation of the burgher Hryhoriy Chykalo.

Previously, a now lost belfry towered above the temple, on the second tier of which there was a bell weighing 5 tons. During the Soviet struggle against religion, the bell tower was dismantled, the church was closed. Until 1994, the premises were used as a gym. Currently, the Savior-Transfiguration Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Its dome is gilded, restoration work has been carried out inside, and an iconostasis has been installed.

On March 2, 2022, as a result of Russian shelling during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Church of the Transfiguration suffered significant damage.

The wooden Church of the Savior and Transfiguration is the only church in Krolevets that has survived.

It was built in the 18th century. In 1849, architect Malinin rebuilt and expanded the church, created a side altar. In 1863, the architect Ivanov created a project of a stone bell tower, which was built in 1865-1872.

In the 1930s, the Savior and Transfiguration Church was closed, the dome and bell tower were destroyed. Services in the church were resumed only during the period of German occupation - in 1942.

Now the temple is active.

The majestic Savior Transfiguration Cathedral on a pedestrian street in the very center of Sumy combines Renaissance, Baroque and Classicism elements in its image.

The Transfiguration Cathedral in Sumy was built in 1776-1788 on the site of a wooden church of the 17th century. The 56-meter baroque bell tower with English chimes was added later. The cathedral acquired its modern appearance after a major reconstruction, carried out in 1882-1892 according to the project of the authoritative Kharkiv architect Mykhaylo Lovtsov. Cast-iron figures of the apostles Peter and Paul, as well as two identical figures of Saint Volodymyr the Great, and figures of the four evangelists: Luke, Mark, John and Matthew, are installed in the corners of the dome.

In the interior - an iconostasis made of white marble and Ural malachite, paintings on biblical themes by Volodymyr Makovsky. The main shrines are miraculous icons of the Tikhvin Mother of God and the Korsun Mother of God.

The cathedral belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate. Festive services are broadcast outside.

The state landscape reserve "Serednoseimskyi" with an area of ​​693 hectares protects a unique floodplain natural complex in the headwaters of the Seim River with mainly meadow vegetation, floodplain deciduous forests and numerous water bodies.

The massif located near the village of Boiaro-Lezhachi has great water protection value. "Serednoseimskyi" nature reserve - a place where the common vulture is preserved - a species listed in the international Red Book. The relict ostrich feather fern and broad-leaved sedge grow here - a species listed in the Red Book of Ukraine.

The territory of the reserve and its adjacent forests, meadows and swamps is promising for the creation of nature-reserve objects of the highest category - a national nature park.

Shostka City Museum of Local Lore was established in 1993.

The exposition tells about the nature and history of the region.

A large section is devoted to film photography, created on the basis of the funds of the former museum of Shostka software "Svema". Full-scale samples and models of technological equipment for the production and testing of film, samples of film and magnetic tapes of the enterprise of the 1930-2000s are presented.

You can also see a variety of professional and household equipment, which used light-sensitive materials and magnetic media.

The Nativity of the Virgin Sophronivsky Monastery is located on Mount Chudna above the Molchanka River.

Its ancient history is closely related to the history of the Molchensky Monastery in Putyvl. According to legend, the first monastery was founded by Greek monks who settled here together with Metropolitan Mykhaylo back in the 11th century.

According to another version, the Sophronivsky-Molchensky Hermitage was founded in the 13th century by Kyiv-Pechersk monks. The first monastery caves belong to these times.

At the end of the 14th century, the monastery fell into disrepair, after a century it was revived, but in 1592 it was again destroyed by the Tatars. After that, the Molchensky Monastery was transferred to Putyvl, but soon the idea of restoring the wilderness in its former place ripened. In 1630, the first stone church of the Nativity of the Mother of God was built, and in 1653, a monastery was revived near it, which was called Small Molchensky, and soon - Sofroniivsky, named after Abbot Sophronius, who significantly contributed to the establishment of the monastery as one of the the largest in the Russian Empire.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 60 different buildings here. In 1930, the Bolsheviks closed the monastery and destroyed the churches, and placed an orphanage on the territory. By the end of the 20th century, only ruins remained here. The revival began in 1999. The caves have been cleared, the Inter-Gate Church of the Intercession and the Church of Elijah the Prophet have been restored, the refectory and the abbot's building have been restored, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin and the bell tower are under construction. The Iver icon of the Holy Mother of God is kept here.

The Nativity of the Virgin Sophronivsky Monastery belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

In 1965, the Spadshchansky forest northwest of Putivl was declared a historical and cultural reserve, since it was here in 1941 that the famous partisan unit of Sydor Kovpak was created, which fought against the German occupiers during the Second World War.

As a result of the active actions of Kovpak's detachment, a large partisan region was created in Sumy region and nearby areas, on the territory of which 24 detachments and 127 groups (about 18,000 partisans) operated in 1942. Kovpak's unit fought 18,000 kilometers behind the enemy's rear, fought on the entire territory of Ukraine from Putivl to the Carpathians.

The memorial complex in the Spadshchansky Forest opens with the "People's Avengers" stele, then the "Alley of Heroes" leads to the "Guerrilla Glory" monument. The partisan stronghold with 9 dugouts was reconstructed: headquarters, bathroom, kitchen, dugouts of scouts, miners, 2nd, 4th, 5th operational groups, personal dugout of Sydor Kovpak. There is a mass grave near the shrine.

Also there are the main objects of the memorial complex "Spadshchansky Forest": the Museum of Partisan Glory and the Museum of Weapons and Military Equipment. The museum presents personal belongings of partisans, samples of weapons, photographs, documents, etc. A cannon that was in service with the Kovpak army and a German T-III tank captured by them are installed near the museum.

In 2019, the Museum "Soviet Park" opened on the territory of the complex. Soviet monuments, busts and sculptures collected from the Sumy, Poltava and Chernihiv regions are presented here. Among them are monuments to Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Kotovsky, Shchors, Frunze, Chapaev and others.

Only two outbuildings have survived from the once luxurious Strohanov Manor in Khotin, which a hundred years ago was called one of the most outstanding estates in the entire Russian Empire.

Since the 17th century, the Khotin estate belonged to the descendants of the founder of Sumy, Colonel Herasym Kondratyev. The palace complex was built in 1799-1810 by the colonel's granddaughter Hanna Kondratyeva, who married the secret adviser Mykhaylo Komburley. The couple invited the famous St. Petersburg architect of the heyday of Russian classicism, Giacomo Quarenghi.

The estate was built according to the axial system traditional at the time and surrounded by a large park. There were 87 rooms in the palace, all of them were decorated in a different color scheme. For a long time, the military historian Dmytro Buturlin lived and worked in the manor, then for more than half a century, Count Pavlo Strohanov owned the manor, at whose invitation the artists Ivan Kramskoy and Fedir Vasylyev visited.

At the beginning of the 20th century, when a lawsuit broke out over the Strohanov estate, the palace fell into disrepair. In 1918, the Khotin palace complex was destroyed by fire. Two side wings have been preserved from it, which housed a secondary school in Soviet times. Currently, the buildings are in poor condition.

There is a History Museum at the school.

The Sukhanov-Sumovsky estate is a beautiful two-story palace-type house in Sumy.

It was built in 1895 by Sumy businessman and philanthropist Mykola Sukhanov. Later, the manor became the property of the Sumovsky family. The manor house is located in the depth of the park behind a fence with a wrought-iron gate and figured bars.

A two-story residential building with rich architectural decorations was connected by an underground passage to an office building with an attic in the Neo-Renaissance style. On the border of the manor plot there is a long building of the farm building.

Currently, the Institute of Applied Physics, the services of the Academy of Banking, as well as one of the divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are located in various premises of the Sukhanov manor.

In the premises of the library of the banking academy, the exhibition "The Sukhanovs in Sumy" was opened, which tells about the life and charity of the Sukhanov family.

A small gazebo made of carved wood, built according to the project of the architect Matviy Shchaveliyiv without a single nail, is considered a visiting card of the Sumy city.

According to legend, it was built by a burgher, Yosyp Lishchynsky, on the site of a well drilled during an unsuccessful search for oil.

The Sumy gazebo is the only wooden structure in the city that was not damaged at all during World War II.

Sumy Regional Art Museum named after Nikanor Onatsky is located in Sumy in the building of the former State Bank, built in the early XX century by Sumy architect Hustav Sholts.

The museum was established in 1920 on the basis of nationalized private art collections and the collection of Oskar Hansen, which was then in Sumy. The first director was the artist Nikanor Onatsky, a student of Illya Repin, whose works, in particular, are presented in the museum.

The most interesting are the landscapes of Italian artists of the XVII-XIX centuries, Dutch and Flemish painters, including the works of Rubens' students, French landscape painters of the XIX century.

Also presented are the works of famous artists-travelers: Shyshkin, Kuyindzhi, Levitan, Savrasov. The masterpieces of painting of the late XIX - early XX century include the works of Vasnetsov, Serov, Kotarbinskyi, Ayvazovskyi. 

The museum has a collection of works by the outstanding Ukrainian folk artist Mariya Prymachenko.