Attractions of Bohodukhiv district

The estate of the Pavlov landowners was founded in Malyzhyne at the beginning of the 19th century.

The maison house was built by Kostyantyn Pavlov in 1823 according to the typical project of a city house approved in 1809. An outhouse and a storeroom have also been preserved.

In Soviet times, a home for the elderly was placed in the Pavlov estate. Currently, it is the Malyzhyne Psychoneurological Boarding School. Visiting is complicated.

The Pysarivka Open-Air Ethnographic Museum "Ukrainian Sloboda" was founded in 1989.

On a small territory, the best examples of folk architecture and everyday life of the Slobozhanshchyna are collected here, including an old windmill, a barn, a tavern and a peasant hut.

The tavern houses a historical and local history exhibition, which contains a large collection of traditional 19th-century household items, agricultural implements and ceremonial items for the Slobozhanshchyna region.

The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Krasnokutsk was built in 1873-1880 on the site of an old wooden church known since the 17th century.

The project of the five-domed church in the pseudo-Rus style was developed by the full-time diocesan architect Fedir Danilov. A parish school and a library operated at the church.

In 1934, the Soviet authorities closed the temple, all 5 chapters and the upper tiers of the bell tower were demolished. Currently, the Saint Michael's Church in Krasnokutsk has been revived and restored.

The church in the name of Saints Borys and Hlib in Vodiane was built in 1905 on the site of the wooden Borys and Hlib church, founded in 1819.

The construction was carried out by the architect Volodymyr Nemkin at the expense of Kharkiv University professor Fedir Zelenohorskyi and philanthropist Serafima Klyucharyova.

In 1932, the church was closed and turned into a warehouse, but in 1942 services were resumed in it. In 1984-1985, the local authorities planned to blow up the church, but the community managed to defend the church, although it was closed again.

In 1991. services were resumed, and in 1997 the church was transformed into the Saints Borys and Hlib Monastery.

The icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands, which was completely renovated in 1997, is kept here.

In the yard there is a well with healing holy water.

The Museum of the Century History of the Sharivka Settlement from 2018 is located in the building of the manager of the Sharivka estate, sugar breeder Leopold Koenig.

The two-storey brick house was built in 1910 according to the project of architect Jacobi on the territory of the farmyard of the Koenig estate.

The museum exposition is created by enthusiasts on a voluntary basis.

"Singing Terraces" is the name given to an orchard with an unusual layout in the form of a huge amphitheater, which was laid on the banks of the Merla River in the 19th century by the famous sugar factory Ivan Kharytonenko.

The local climatic conditions did not allow exotic varieties of trees to be grown here, but an original solution was found. Six south-facing terraces were built on the slope of the stream, which were illuminated by the sun throughout the day. The stone masonry itself also accumulated heat, which made it possible to grow southern fruit trees here.

The amphitheater garden in Horodnie has another feature – unique acoustics. Even quiet sounds can be heard at a distance of up to 60 meters. According to legend, the famous bassist Fedir Shalyapin gave a concert here. In windy weather, one gets the impression that the terraces themselves emit melodious sounds, which is why they were nicknamed "Singing Terraces".

The museum in the city of Valky was founded in 1977 as a public history museum on the initiative of writers Petro Panch and Vasyl Mynko. In 1978, it received the status of a "People's Museum". In 1992, it was reorganized into the Valky Museum of Local Lore.

It is located in an architectural monument of local importance, built at the beginning of the 20th century.

The museum's collection includes over 12 thousand exhibits that introduce the nature, history and culture of the region. The Valky Local Lore Museum Museum became one of the centers for studying the Holodomor in Ukraine, initiating the creation of the first documentary collections about the events of 1932-1933 in the Valky and Kharkiv regions.

Currently, the museum structure includes departments of history, literature and art, and nature. Among the most valuable exhibits are excavation materials of the Merchyk archaeological expedition (antique dishes, tools, remains of weapons), pottery works by Fedir Hnidiy and Borys Tsybulnyk, personal belongings of Petro Panch, Vasyl Mynko, Viktor Kochevsky, Viktor Haman, Yuliya Bulakhovska, Mykola Chastiy, Mykola Andrusenko; testimonies of victims of the 1932–1933 famine; collections of manuscripts, numismatics, Ukrainian embroidery, stuffed birds and animals.

The Zolochiv Historical and Local Lore Museum was founded in the village of Zolochiv in 1977 on a non-profit basis. In 1996, it received the status of a municipal institution.

The museum is located in the center of the village in the premises of the House of Culture.

The museum's collections include about 10 thousand exhibits. The exposition tells about the archeology and nature of the region, the history of the founding of Zolochiv, the life of Slobozhanshchyna in the 17th-19th centuries, the Cossack-Tatar battles in Slobozhanshchyna. A separate exposition tells about prominent personalities of the village and Zolochiv region.