Attractions of Sumy district

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Yunakivka is an outstanding monument of classicism architecture.

The beautiful five-headed two-story church in the style of classicism, designed by the architect Oleksandr Palytsyn, resembles the works of the late 18th-early 19th century architect Dzhakomo Kvarenhi. Construction began in 1793 on the site of the old wooden church and lasted 13 years at the expense of Prince Mykhaylo Holitsyn. The stone temple had three thrones: in the name of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Michael the Archstrategist and the main one - in honor of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos.

In 1874, the warm church of the Three Saints was also arranged in the lower basement floor of the temple. There was a church-parochial school.

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin remained active for a long time even under Soviet power, but was closed in the 1960s, and has reached our days in a half-ruined state.

The brick one-bath church of the Nativity of John the Baptist with a bell tower is located on the northeastern outskirts of Sumy, which has the historical name of the settlement of Luka.

The church is the main architectural landmark of Luka, it is well visible from the railway, from the Lypen hillfort and from the banks of the Psel River. The territory of the church is surrounded by a wall with two forged ornamental gates of the end of the 19th century.

In 1687, the Sumy colonel Herasym Kondratyev founded the John the Baptist monastery for girls in Luka, in which a wooden temple of the same name was built in 1691. The monastery was closed in 1787.

In its place, in 1837, a stone three-part church with a bell tower was built at the expense of the family of local nobles Lyntvarov as a parish church for Luka and the neighboring village of Baranivka. In 1907, two side altars were added to the church - the Holy Trinity and Saint John.

The House of Civil Meetings for Nobles in Sumy was built at the end of the 19th century.

On the first floor there was a music salon, a theater hall, and a restaurant. On the second floor there are smoking rooms and rooms for gambling.

After the Soviet-Ukrainian war, the House of Nobles' Assembly was turned into a philharmonic hall. The Sumy Regional Philharmonic Hall is famous for its acoustics. In 2008, major repairs were carried out and an organ was installed.

Oleksandrivska Male Gymnasium is the oldest educational institution in Sumy. An architectural monument of national importance.

Founded by philanthropist Pavlo Kharytonenko. The main building in the style of classicism was built in 1873. Later, a boarding house for 40 people was built for out-of-town students. Thanks to pointed towers, battlements, a pointed portal and the same windows, this building resembles a medieval castle. The hospital was built in the same style. Unusually beautiful stairs leading to the second floor of the main building and a two-light assembly hall.

Currently, it is the Sumy Classical Gymnasium, specializing in advanced study of the English language.

The Park of Culture and Recreation named after Ivan Kozhedub with an area of 58 hectares is located in the center of the city of Sumy.

There are many attractions in the park, exhibitions, festivals and other cultural events take place regularly.

The modern stadium "Yuvileyny" is located near the central entrance to the park. The city beach on the Psel River is located in the southeastern part of the park.

The Peter and Paul Cemetery Church in the style of classicism is located in the oldest city cemetery in Sumy, where many famous Sumy residents are buried.

The temple was built in 1843-1851 at the expense of the merchant Fedior Sapozhnikov. The one-domed stone church. The bell tower is connected to the temple by a short passage. Original interior decorations and oil paintings have been preserved.

Nearby are the graves of members of the Kharytonenko family of sugar growers with marble tombstones by the Italian master Aristid Kruazi, as well as the graves of the Sukhanov merchants.

The Prophet Illya Church Church in Sumy was built on an artificial embankment.

It was laid back in 1836, but after a fire, construction was frozen for a long time.

The church was built in the style of classicism with elements of eclecticism.

The monument of refined sugar in Sumy was opened for the 355th anniversary of the city in memory of the former sugar glory of Sumy.

It is located on Pokrovska Square, opposite the monument to the sugar factory Ivan Kharytonenko, thanks to whom the city achieved prosperity in the 19th century. At that time, sugar began to be pressed into small cubes, and it was this form of the monument that was chosen by sculptors Viktor Dovholyuk and Oleksiy Shevchenko.

You can go down to the large refined cube on stone cubes to take a photo at the landmark, which symbolizes the wealth of the region. It is assumed that individual sugar cubes will be scattered throughout the city.

On the same day, on Voskresenska Street in Sumy, the sculpture "Baby Sweets" was opened.

The Church of the Resurrection in Lebedyn is a rare wooden church on the territory of Slobozhanshchyna, which has been preserved since the 18th century, although it has been rebuilt many times.

At first there was a five-chamber, cross-shaped plan, five-headed. Outside, it is sheathed with vertically placed boards with fasteners.

In the 1930s, the Church of the Resurrection was closed, the bells were removed, the belfry was destroyed, and the iconostasis was burned. Restoration has recently begun.

The Church of Saint Demetrius was built in Stetskivka in 1835-1846 at the expense of the landowners Savych. The temple is made in the style of classicism.

In Soviet times, the building was used as a granary, but during the Second World War, worship services were restored.

Currently, the Saint Demetrius Church is active. Restoration was carried out in 2002.

The imposing Saint Nicholas Church in Lebedyn, which combines the Byzantine style with the Renaissance in its architectural image, is a vivid example of the possibilities of the so-called "brick style" common in the XIX-XX centuries in Ukraine.

Nicholas Church was built in 1890 according to the project of the architect Volodymyr Nemkin. The author decorated the walls of the temple with intricate cornices, arches and other complex elements.

Saint Nicholas Monastery in Myropillia is one of the most striking architectural monuments of Sumy Region of the 19th century.

The five-tiered, 56-meter bell tower of the Saint Nicholas Church, which is the tallest in the region, attracts attention. The five-apsed brick temple in the style of classicism has a complex structure and an unusual shape.

Currently, the Saint Nicholas Monastery is active, restoration is in progress.

The ensemble of the Church of the Savior and the Transfiguration was built in the village of Vorozhba during the years 1885-1892 (according to other sources - in the years 1887-1890) according to the project of Kharkiv diocesan architect Volodymyr Nemkin on the site of the wooden church of the same name from 1778.

The church is located in the central part of the village. It consists of two large brick buildings - a three-domed church and a separate belfry over the gate. It is a replica of the famous Slobozhansk architectural landmark of the Baroque period - the Church of the Intercession in Okhtyrka (1753-1768).

Currently, restoration works are underway.

On March 8, 2022, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the windows of the central temple were damaged due to the explosion of a Russian aerial bomb. Inside, an analog, a throne, and partially destroyed church utensils were damaged.

Only two outbuildings have survived from the once luxurious Strohanov Manor in Khotin, which a hundred years ago was called one of the most outstanding estates in the entire Russian Empire.

Since the 17th century, the Khotin estate belonged to the descendants of the founder of Sumy, Colonel Herasym Kondratyev. The palace complex was built in 1799-1810 by the colonel's granddaughter Hanna Kondratyeva, who married the secret adviser Mykhaylo Komburley. The couple invited the famous St. Petersburg architect of the heyday of Russian classicism, Giacomo Quarenghi.

The estate was built according to the axial system traditional at the time and surrounded by a large park. There were 87 rooms in the palace, all of them were decorated in a different color scheme. For a long time, the military historian Dmytro Buturlin lived and worked in the manor, then for more than half a century, Count Pavlo Strohanov owned the manor, at whose invitation the artists Ivan Kramskoy and Fedir Vasylyev visited.

At the beginning of the 20th century, when a lawsuit broke out over the estate, the palace fell into disrepair. In 1918, the Khotin palace complex was destroyed by fire. Two side wings have been preserved from it, which housed a secondary school in Soviet times. Currently, the buildings are in poor condition.

There is a History Museum at the school.

The Sukhanov-Sumovsky estate is a beautiful two-story palace-type house in Sumy.

It was built in 1895 by Sumy businessman and philanthropist Mykola Sukhanov. Later, the manor became the property of the Sumovsky family. The manor house is located in the depth of the park behind a fence with a wrought-iron gate and figured bars.

A two-story residential building with rich architectural decorations was connected by an underground passage to an office building with an attic in the Neo-Renaissance style. On the border of the manor plot there is a long building of the farm building.

Currently, the Institute of Applied Physics, the services of the Academy of Banking, as well as one of the divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are located in various premises of the Sukhanov manor.

In the premises of the library of the banking academy, the exhibition "The Sukhanovs in Sumy" was opened, which tells about the life and charity of the Sukhanov family.