Attractions of Zvenyhorodka district

The romantic palace-castle of the Naryshkin-Shuvalov Counts in the town of Talne is one of the most interesting palaces of the Cherkasy region, an architectural monument of national significance at the beginning of the 20th century.

The manor in Talny was established back in 1725 by Count Frantsishek Saleziy Potocki, but it reached its greatest prosperity under Petro Shuvalov. It was he who in 1902-1907 built a two-story palace in the form of French hunting castles of the Renaissance era according to the project of the famous Danish architect Andreas Klemmensen. The coat of arms with a unicorn adorns the main facade of the building.

Shuvalov was married to Sofiya Naryshkina, daughter of Count Lev Naryshkin, who, in turn, received the estate as a dowry from his wife Olha Potoska, daughter of the famous Sofiya Potoska, in whose honor the Uman Park "Sofiyivka" was built. Tombstones from the graves of Sofiya, Petro and Pavlo Shuvalov have been preserved near the palace.

The palace is located in the middle of the English park "Talnivskyi" of the XVIII-XIX centuries, which is a monument of garden and park art of national importance. Separate buildings from the second half of the 19th century have been preserved on the territory of the manor: the foundations of the old palace, the basement of the old kitchen, a cellar, the gardener's and forester's houses, etc.

During Soviet times, the palace housed a museum of agriculture, as a large settlement of the Trypillia culture, which is considered the oldest agricultural culture in the world, was found on the territory of the city.

Since 2022, the palace and the park are under the management of the utility company "Talne Palace and Park Complex of the Shuvalovs". The palace has been undergoing long-term restoration for many years, and the creation of a museum is planned. Visits must be arranged with security.

The location with geographic coordinates of 49*01"39" north latitude and 31*28"58" east longitude was officially approved as the geographic center of Ukraine in 2005 by the decision of the State Committee of Natural Resources according to the results of research by the Research Institute of Geodesy and Cartography.

Before that, it was believed that the geographical center of Ukraine is located next to the urban-type village of Dobrovelichkivka, Kirovohrad Region, where a memorial sign was installed back in 1989. The point in Dobrovelychkivka was awarded another honorary title - the geometric center of Ukraine.

According to updated data, the center of Ukraine is located in the middle of a field to the east of Shpola, next to the village of Maryanivka. The location is 3 kilometers from the highway N-16 "Cherkasy - Uman", behind the railway tracks - a small memorial sign has been installed at this place.

Directly opposite the turn from the highway to Maryanivka, in 2012, the construction of the historical and tourist complex "Geographical Center of Ukraine" began. Previously, at the entrance to Shpola from the Smila side, a granite monument was installed with the outline of the territory of Ukraine, markings of Kyiv, Shpola and Maryanivka, and the inscription "Shpolyanshchyna - the geographical center of Ukraine".

The Church of Saint Anna in Talne was built in 1702 by the Potocki family, which owned the town in the 18th and 19th centuries.

During the Soviet rule, the church was closed, the building was used for household purposes.

In 1992, the shrine was returned to the Catholic community of the city, restored under the direction of the artist Kulahin.

The Military-Patriotic Center-Museum in Shampaniia was established in 2011 by brothers Oleh and Ruslan Boyko with the participation of the Ukrainian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan.

On the territory of the enterprise "Shampantrans" it is possible to get acquainted with the operating military equipment of the Soviet times: various modifications of armored personnel carriers, BRDM, BMP; BAZ 6944 rocket carrier and ATC-59 tractor; ZIL 157 and ZIL-131 trucks; army ATVs, motorcycles, etc.

Also presented are a variety of small arms (machine guns MG-34, "Maxim", KPVT, PTC; submachine guns "Thompson", MR-38, PPSH, PPS, AK-47 and their modifications, rifles, pistols, etc.) and military uniform different times.

Excursions are held in the fleet and at the weapons depot. It is possible to change into military uniforms of different armies and periods (for photos with weapons), as well as to shoot from small arms. Rental of military equipment.

The Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in Chaplynka was founded in the 19th century at the expense of a local landowner.

In 1933, the temple was closed, and after the Second World War it was destroyed.

The Church of the Assumption was restored only in 1993 at the expense of Mykola Suprun, a native of the neighboring village of Poradivka, the husband of People's Deputy Lyudmyla Suprun.

Burty Hillfort is located 1 kilometer north of Chaplynka village. Earthen ramparts 10-12 meters high surround the territory of 1.9 hectares.

Traditionally, "Burty" is attributed to Scythian times (VI-VII centuries BC), however, recent research has revealed burials of the Bronze Age (2-3 millennia BC) in the center of the settlement.

In Cossack times, the ramparts were used as fortifications by the troops of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, then Colonel Semen Paliy. The "Black Path" of Tatar raids passed 8 kilometers to the northeast of "Burtiv". During the Korsun-Shevchenkskyi battle (World War II), German troops placed an artillery battery here, but they did not last long. At that time, the settlement occupied up to 12 hectares.

In the 1960s and 1970s, "Burty" was intensively plowed. Today, it is a monument not only of archeology, but also of nature, as representatives of the "Red Book of Ukraine" can be found among the local vegetation.

The house of the Deacon, where Taras Shevchenko studied literacy.

The only building on the territory of the village of Shevchenkove that has survived in its original form from the Tarasian times.

The house was built in 1782, restored in 1999. Placed in a glass pavilion.

The giant Trypillya settlement, on the basis of which the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Trypillian culture" was created in 2003, is located between the villages of Lehedzyne and Talianky. Belongs to III-IV millennia BC. It occupies an area of 450 hectares.

It was the largest known human settlement of that time - up to 15,000 people lived here. Up to 3,000 wooden houses of Trypillyans were located in concentric circles, which were surrounded by a protective rampart.

Currently, the reserve includes 11 hillforts within the Cherkasy region.

In Lehedzyne, the Museum of Giant Settlements was created, where Trypillya ceramics and other finds are presented. The creation of an open-air museum (open-air museum) is underway, where visitors can already live in reconstructed Trypillya houses and take part in archaeological excavations.

The wonderful church in honor of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is one of the most beautiful churches in the Cherkasy region.

The Peter and Paul Church was built in 2007 according to the project of architect Anatoliy Ditkovsky at the expense of patron Volodymyr Movchan.

Inside, there is a five-tiered iconostasis in the Ukrainian Baroque style. The church has seven domes, the belfry has 11 bells, the largest of which weighs 1,950 kilograms.

The entrance to the temple is decorated with bronze bas-reliefs of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, above which a mosaic image of the icon of the Holy Mother of God is installed.

The Literary Memorial Museum of the outstanding Ukrainian writer Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky was opened in Steblev in the house where he was born in 1838.

He lived here from 1851 to 1909.

The exposition tells about the life and creative activity of a classic of Ukrainian literature, who was treated with great caution both during the times of Tsarist Russia and during the Soviet regime. The writer's office has been recreated, and his personal belongings have been collected.

Next to the museum, behind the house of culture, on Spasa Hill are the graves of Nechuy-Levytsky's grandfather and father.

A monument to the work of sculptor Halyna Kalchenko has been installed near the museum, and nearby is a sculpture of "Nymydora" (the heroine of the story "Mykola Dzherya").

The memorial museum of Kyrylo Stetsenko was created in 1959 in the composer's native village in the Korsun region.

Kyrylo Stetsenko was born in the village of Kvitky in 1882.

The museum is located in the restored building of the Zemstvo school, where Stetsenko studied. About 400 exhibits tell about his life and creative activity. Despite a rather short creative life, Kyrylo Stetsenko managed to create a number of outstanding works, including patriotic and spiritual works.

Since 1994, the museum has been a branch of the Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi Historical and Cultural Reserve.

A monument to Kyrylo Stetsenko was erected near the museum.

The Lysianka Historical Museum was created in 1967, and in 1992 it was granted state status.

The exposition, which is spread over 5 halls, tells about all periods of the history of the Lysianka region. In the first hall, archeology, prehistory, Trypillya culture, princely era, Cossacks are presented.

In the following halls, you can familiarize yourself with the events of the 18th-20th centuries, collectivization and the Holodomor, the Second World War and modern times.

Ethnographic collection, numismatics, products of local craftsmen, valuable historical collections are presented.

A two-story palace in the style of classicism was built in the middle of the 19th century on the outskirts of Shpola, which is called Verkhnya Dariivka, by the famous financier and statesman Oleksandr Abaza, who bought the Shpola estate from Count Orlov.

The main facade with white columns looks very simple and austere, but on the garden side there is an open terrace with a cast-iron colonnade with ornaments on plant motifs and monograms with the letter "A".

An outhouse from the beginning of the 20th century with wooden carvings has also been preserved.

In a small park with an artificial pond, local species of trees are presented, as well as several exotic ones: pyramidal oak, ironwood and others.

In the 19th century, the estate passed as a dowry to the daughter of Oleksandr Abaza Pelaheya, who married the diplomat Lev Urusov. In 1917, the Urusovs were forced to leave the estate and emigrate abroad, and a shelter for orphans and children of the repressed was placed in the palace. Now it is a specialized boarding school.

The estate in Budyshche was built in 1828 by Baron Pavlo Enhelhardt (son of Senator Vasyl Enhelhardt, hero of the Second Turkish War) as his summer home (the Engelhardts' main residence was in Vilshana).

A park with a cascade of ponds and ancient oak trees was laid out nearby. According to legend, the young Taras Shevchenko, who served Enhelhardt as a Cossack in 1828-1829, hid his children's drawings in the hollow of one of the oak trees. This oak is preserved in the territory of the landscape park, it is called Shevchenko`s.

During Soviet times, the manor housed an eight-year school, which occupies the premises even now.

The park was reconstructed, arches, benches, and fountains were built to reproduce the atmosphere of Shevchenko times.

Remains of manor buildings and a large 18th-century park near the former estate of Princess Varvara Holitsyna, wife of Prince Serhiy Holitsyn.

The princely couple settled in Kozatske in 1797. The personal secretary and teacher of the prince's children was the biker Ivan Krylov for 4 years. Here he wrote the play "Triumph or Pinch", the comedy "Pie", the fable "The Pig under the Oak".

In the center of the estate was a palace in the pseudo-Gothic style - with towers, galleries and halls. The luxurious landscaped park had a pond with a mounded island, waterfalls, gazebos and a family mausoleum. Only the Governor's House, in which Krylov's "Pydshchypa" was placed, the ruins of the wing, as well as several buildings of the end of the 19th century, which were erected by the next owners of the manor - Kyiv Governor Ivan Fundukley, Baroness Vranhel, and Princes Kurakin, have survived.

Currently, these premises are occupied by Vocational Training School No. 37, the building is in a state of disrepair. One of the buildings houses the church of Saint Barbara.