Attractions of Poltava region

The first Literary and Memorial Museum of Mykola Hohol in the country was opened in Velyki Sorochyntsi in the restored house of the Sorochyntsi doctor Trokhimovskyi, where the future writer was born in 1809.

The museum was initiated by the artist Amvrosiy Buchma, who in 1929 took part in the filming of the film "Sorochynsky Fair".

During the Second World War the building was destroyed, reconstructed in 1951 without preserving the original layout. The interiors of the 19th century have been restored.

The exposition includes the writer's personal belongings, the first editions of his books, documents, a portrait of Illya Repin's work, and others.

The monument to the writer Mykola Hohol in Poltava was erected in 1934, although it was created before the revolution.

In 1913, the city public of Poltava began to collect funds for a monument to their outstanding compatriot, and 2 years later, the sculptor Leonid Posen handed over the sculpture made by him to the city. The sculptor depicted Hohol sitting in thought with a book in his hand.

The monument was planned to be erected on the square in front of the drama theater, but the First World War stood in the way of these plans. Under the Bolsheviks, they initially did not want to erect a monument for ideological reasons, since Hohol came from a noble family. Only in 1934, the monument took its current place on the boulevard part of Mykoly Hoholya Street.

The National Museum-Reserve of Mykola Hohol was created in the village of Hoholeve (formerly Vasylivka, Yanivshchyna), where the writer spent his childhood and youth.

The museum was opened for the writer's 175th birthday.

The estate is recreated from photographs, drawings, plans, letters and memories of contemporaries, as the original buildings burned down during World War II. The parents' house and the wing with Hohol's office have been restored, the ponds, the romantic grotto on the shore and the age-old garden have been preserved.

In the recreated interiors of the living room, dining room and bedrooms, there is an exhibition that gives an idea of the Hohol era and tells about the writer's life and work. In particular, the first editions of Hohol's books, original portraits, some interior items, personal belongings of the writer and members of his family are presented.

In the park opposite the museum is the grave of Hohol's parents.

In the warm season, starting from the month of May, night theatrical performances are held.

Myrhorod Museum of Local Lore was organized on the initiative of the famous artist and ethnographer Opanas Slastion (Slastyon), who worked for a long time in Katerynoslav with the famous historian Dmytro Yavornytsky.

The exhibition presents a variety of materials about the history of Myrhorod. The museum is located on the site where in the XVII-XVIII centuries. was Myrhorod fortress. In memory of this, in 2007 a Square of Cossack Glory was opened in front of the museum building, a monument to the Myrhorod Cossacks and a Cossack cannon were erected - a memorial sign on the site of the Myrhorod Fortress (sculptor Dmytro Korshunov).

The museum is named after its founder - Myrhorod Museum of Local Lore named after Opanas Slastion.

The pond in the center of the city, next to the Assumption Church, was immortalized by Mykola Hohol as the "Myrhorod Puddle" in the story "How Ivan Ivanovych quarreled with Ivan Nykyforovych".

In 2009, to the 200th anniversary of the writer, a monument to Hohol, about three meters high, was opened on the embankment. It became the basis of a sculptural complex dedicated to the heroes of Gogol's works: Ivan Ivanovych with Ivan Nykyforovych, Khlestakov, the blacksmith Vakula and Oksana, the incomparable Solokha, Pot-bellied Patsyuk, the pig.

The People's Museum of the History of the Myrhorod Resort was opened in 1998 on the second floor of a separate building on the territory of the Khorol sanatorium.

The exhibition is dedicated to the history of the health resort and its founder, the zemstvo doctor Ivan Zubkovsky, who was the first to evaluate the healing properties of "Myrhorodska" mineral water back in 1914. This happened after, on the initiative of the city administration, drilling of an artesian well began in Myrhorod to provide the city with tap water. The brackish water from the spring was deemed unsuitable for drinking, but Zubkovsky sent samples for analysis, and it turned out that the chemical properties of the water are similar to the healing mineral waters of the springs of Baden-Baden and Aachen.

The museum exposition presents a model of the first Myrhorod water hospital, which opened in 1917 (the original building with the tower has not been preserved).

The National Museum-Reserve of Ukrainian Pottery was founded in Opishnia in 1986.

This ancient village has long been famous as the largest center of pottery, the pottery capital of Ukraine. The open-air exhibition presents exclusive works by Opishnian potters, including Taras Shevchenko Prize winners, as well as masters from other regions who take part in the annual festivals of monumental ceramic sculpture.

The exhibition hall presents especially valuable exhibits, a large collection of books on pottery.

All visitors receive a fistula as a gift. By prior arrangement, it is possible to meet with a master who will demonstrate the art of working on a potter's wheel. There is a souvenir shop on site.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary is the oldest preserved church in Lubny.

Built at the beginning of the 19th century, it was originally consecrated as the Brethren Church.

It is located in the central part of the city.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The majestic Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin in Kozelshchyna was built in 1906 on the site of the first church founded in 1882. Emperor Nicholas II visited the construction site.

Paintings by Oleksandr Murashko, iconostasis have been preserved. The main shrine is the miraculous Kozelshchyna icon of the Mother of God, which was brought from Italy in the 18th century by the Kozelsky nobles and inherited by the Counts of Kapnist. In 1880, after a fervent prayer near this icon, the seriously ill daughter of Count Volodymyr Kapnist Mariya, who could no longer be helped by doctors, was healed.

In 1886, the Nativity of the Virgin Convent was founded. After the construction of the new cathedral, a hotel for pilgrims, a hospital building, an icon-painting workshop, men's and women's schools, a brick factory, a waterworks, workshops and utility rooms were also built.

After 1917, the property of the monastery was nationalized, a theater was built in the cathedral.

Since 1992, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin has been restored, the Kozelshchyna Nativity of the Virgin Convent has been revived.

The Nativity of Virgin Cathedral in Pyriatyn was built in 1781 by order of the regimental vassal Andriy Ilchenko.

The single-domed church in the Ukrainian Baroque style resembles traditional three-part wooden churches of that time. The walls are decorated with characteristic baroque moldings.

In the 19th century, the temple was rebuilt, but as a result of the restoration carried out in 1980, it returned to its authentic appearance.

Until 1990, the building housed a local history museum. Currently, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The memorial museum-house of the world-famous potter Oleksandra Selyuchenko in Opishnia tells about the life and creative path of the honored master of folk art of Ukraine, one of the most outstanding masters of traditional clay zoo- and anthropomorphic sculpture of small forms.

She was born in 1921 in a family of simple potters and lived all her life in Opishnia, only once leaving her native village for a while. Oleksandra Selyuchenko is considered an unsurpassed master of traditional Ukrainian clay toys.

In the museum, you can familiarize yourself with her works and the technology of making clay products at home.

An old potter's kiln used by a ceramist has been preserved in the courtyard of the manor.

The Orzhytsia Museum of History and Local Lore was established in 1974.

The exposition tells about nature and archeological finds in the region, the history of Orzhytsia from ancient times to the present, the traditional way of life of the local population.

The Poltava Literary and Memorial Museum of Panas Myrny is located on the outskirts of Poltava, at the end of the former Tretya Kobyshchanska Street.

It was here in 1903 that the writer bought a small one-story house, where he lived for the last 17 years of his life. He was visited by Lesya Ukrayinka and Olena Pchilka, Mykhaylo Kotsyubynsky and Vasyl Stefanyk, Mariya Zankovetska and Mykola Lysenko.

In 1940, a museum was opened in the estate. More than 150 manuscripts of Panas Myrny and his brother Ivan Bilyk, about 1,000 personal belongings of the writer's family, books, documents and photographs are collected in seven rooms. The writer's son Mykhaylo Rudchenko managed the museum for over 20 years.

In 1951, a monument to Panas Myrny was erected in the yard of the manor - a bronze bust of the writer on a labradorite pedestal.

In 1989, a literary exposition was opened in the new premises.

The central square of the city is a ring, in the center of which is the Corpusny Garden with the Glory Monument in honor of the 100th anniversary of the victory over the Swedes near Poltava (1806-1811, architect Zhan-Fransua Toma de Tomon, sculptor Feodosiy Shchedrin). According to legend, Petro I met the defenders of the city at this place.

Administrative buildings were built around the square in 1809-1811: The present places (now - the City Council), the Noble Assembly (now - the Ivan Kotlyarevsky cinema), the House of the Governor-General (now - the Council of Trade Unions), the Malorosiyskyi Post Office (now - the Poltava School of Arts) , Petrivsky Cadet Corps (until recently (Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile School) and others. A modern shopping complex was built in the underground part.

A popular place for city walks.

The Poltava Art Museum is located in the new building of the Art Gallery (built in 1999; architect Yuriy Oliynyk).

The first art gallery in Poltava was started in 1919 by the Ukrainian archaeologist-scientist Mykhaylo Rudynskyi based on the collection of the itinerant artist Mykola Yaroshenko, which was presented to him. Among the 100 paintings were the works of Ivan Shishkin, Vasyl Polenov, Volodymyr Makovsky, Illya Repin, Vasyl Maksimov and others. The collection included artistic values from the nationalized estates of the Kochubeys (Dykanka), the Galagans (Sokyryntsi), the Kapnists (Obuhivka), and the Repnins (Yahotyn).

The collection of Western European paintings includes unique works by Giovanni Tiepolo, Peter Paul Rubens, Melchior de Hondecuter, Adrian van Ostade, Elizabeth Viget-Lebrun, Carl Peters and others.

For a long time, the museum was located in the former mansion of the landowner Bolyubash (1912), but due to the state of emergency of the premises in 2000, it was forced to move to the current location.