Attractions of Poltava region

The Nataliya Yuzefovych Art Gallery in Kremenchuk was founded in 2002 to exhibit the works of contemporary Ukrainian artists, primarily the outstanding Kremenchuk artist Nataliya Yuzefovych, whose name the gallery bears.

The artist Nataliya Yuzefovych was a master of lyrical landscapes, picturesque still lifes, unique portraits and subject paintings, one of the best colorists of her time. She lived in Kremenchuk for four decades, starting in 1971. She donated 167 of her best works to this city.

The gallery has three exhibition halls, two of which introduce visitors to Yuzefovych's work. Many of her works on display are dedicated to Kremenchuk, where she often painted in the Dnipro Park.

The gallery updates its exhibition three times a year, and also holds personal and collective exhibitions of artists, photographers, and masters of decorative and applied arts.

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.

Nativity of Holy Virgin Church is located in the central part of the city. It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Velyka Bahachka was built in 1710 at the expense of Andriy Stefanovych, a Bahachka centurion. A new iconostasis was installed in the church in 1738. In 1860, the church was placed on a stone plinth and a wooden bell tower was added. There was a school at the church, taught by deacon Lavrentiy Babichenko and palamar Taras Tkach.

During the Soviet rule, the Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin was destroyed in 1937. After Ukraine gained independence, the question of restoring the temple arose. At first, church services were held in the rented premises of the "Vesnyanka" factory. Later, a new church was built by the efforts of the parishioners.

The modern building of the church is a copy of the building of 1710 and the first service was held in 2001.

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 Novi Sanzhary Local Lore Museum was founded in 1967 on the initiative of a local school teacher, Ivan Pylypenko. In 2016, an updated exhibition opened in the premises of the old Novi Sanzhary school, which was built in 1905.

Historical materials from the life of the village and the district were presented in the exhibitions "Nature", "Ethnography", "History", "World War II", "Art", "Culture".

Currently, the museum is closed.

The Local Lore Museum of the Novoavramivka village was established in May 1959 on a non-profit basis and became the first rural historical and local lore museum in the Poltava region. Its founder and director for many years was a local teacher and local historian Fedir Mohylenko.

Currently, the collection of the Novoavramivka Local Lore Museum has about 5,000 exhibits. The exhibitions tell about local history and culture, immersing visitors in the everyday life and traditions of past generations.

In particular, in the museum you can learn about the nature and distant past of the region, the originality of local culture, the events of the early 20th century and collectivization, the Second World War and post-war reconstruction, important events of modern times.

The Novoavramivskyi Local Lore Museum is a branch of the Khorol Local Lore Museum.

The Ocheretuvate Local Lore Museum in Poltava region was founded in the 1970s by the famous local historian and writer Yevhen Butenko. In 1990, the museum received the title of peoples.

The exposition tells about the history of the village of Ocheretuvate, the culture and life of its inhabitants, the nature of this region.

The museum's collection includes about 35,000 exhibits. They are presented in the departments of history, nature, and military glory. The Ocheretuvate Local Lore Museum also has an art gallery, where about 70 works by local artists are exhibited.

The Museum of Hero of Ukraine Oleksandr Bilash was founded in 2004 in his native Hradyzk - in the premises of the Hradyzk Gymnasium, which bears the name of this outstanding Ukrainian composer. The initiator of the creation of the museum was the director of the educational institution Alla Salimon.

The exhibition presents items of Oleksandr Bilash's musical and literary heritage, which have historical and artistic value. In particular, the composer's daughter Olesia Bilash donated his personal belongings, awards, collections of poems, musical works, and gifts to the museum.

Currently, the museum has over 500 exhibits, which are placed in seven exhibition sections: "Childhood of Oleksandr Bilash", "Education of the future composer and poet", "Beginning of literary activity", "The flowering of creative talent and cooperation with outstanding figures of culture and art of Ukraine", "Poetic achievements", "Family roots and family of Oleksandr Bilash", "Last years of life".

In the courtyard of the gymnasium in 2012, a bust of Oleksandr Bilash was installed.

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 Oles Honchar Literary and Memorial Museum-Estate in the village of Sukhe is located in a small peasant hut built in 1892 by the writer's grandfather, Havrylo Honchar. Here, little Oles lived and was raised from the age of three, after the death of his mother.

The exhibition in two rooms of the village house tells about the life and work of Oles Honchar. The central place is occupied by a desk that recreates the writer's work corner in his Kyiv apartment. The writer's personal belongings, his handwritten notebooks, letters and books preserved by his relatives are presented. Different stages of Honchar's life are illustrated by photos from the family album.

During the tour, visitors have the opportunity to hear the voice of Oles Honchar thanks to recordings from his family's audio library.

The Opishnia hydroelectric power station on the Vorskla River was built in 1958 in the village of Miski Mlyny, Opishnia settlement.

Operating hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 225 kilowatts.

A good place for fishing and recreation.

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.

"Peace Park" (Park Myru) was established in Kremenchuk in 1983 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the city from the German-fascist invaders.

The only Peace Gong in Ukraine - the Indonesian symbol of peace - has been installed on the territory of the park. There is also an open-air museum of military equipment and a parking lot, there are children's and sports grounds, and a chess club.

In 2012, a Sakura Avenue was planted in the park. In 2017, a memorial sign "To the Righteous of the World" was unveiled in Peace Park, on the territory of which more than 20,000 civilians were shot during the years of German-fascist occupation.

The observation deck of Peace Park offers a wonderful view of the central part of Kremenchuk.