Attractions of Zolotonosha

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.

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.