Yahotyn

Palace and park complex in Yahotyn, on the shores of Lake Supiy, founded by Hetman of Ukraine Kyrylo Rozumovskyi in the XVIII century, expanded and arranged by his son Andriy Rozumovskyi.

The granddaughter of Hetman Varvara Repnina-Volkonska received Yevhen Hrebinka, Mykola Hohol, and Taras Shevchenko here. Preserved homesteads became part of the Yahotyn State Historical Museum.

In the outbuilding where Shevchenko lived in 1843, the interiors were restored and a museum was established. Personal belongings of Shevchenko and Repnins, paintings about Shevchenko's stay in Yahotyn, as well as a painting by an unknown Italian artist "Blind with a boy" from the personal collection of the Repnins. In the park - Shevchenko's favorite gazebo.

An art gallery is located in the preserved part of the palace. Works by Mykola Hlushchenko, Tetyana Yablonska, Serhiy Shyshko and others are presented. The pearl of the collection is the most complete collection of paintings by folk artist Kateryna Bilokur - more than 70 works: paintings, watercolors, graphics, sketches, sketches, sketches, early and unfinished works.

Monuments to Mykola Hohol, Kateryna Bilokur, and Sviatoslav Richter have been erected in front of the building.

The Holy Trinity Cathedral was built on the central square of Yahotyn in 1800 at the initiative of Hetman of Ukraine Kyrylo Rozumovskyi.

The temple was made in the form of a rotunda.

It was completely destroyed in 1936. In 1999, restoration work began, which lasted for 17 years. On January 2, 2016, His Holiness Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv consecrated the newly built Trinity Cathedral.

The museum exposition, dedicated to the stay of the poet and artist Taras Shevchenko in Yahotyn, is located in the reconstructed wooden outbuilding of the former Ryepnin-Volkonsky estate in Kyiv region.

Shevchenko visited Yahotyn several times in 1843-1845, living in this wing. Here he painted portraits of the owners of the Yahotyn estate, painted the surrounding landscapes. Copies of some of his works are now on display in the museum's exposition in six thematic halls.

Of particular value are some items from the Ryepnin estate that Shevchenko used, such as a desk and a chair in the Cabinet Hall.

Also presented here is a unique painting by an unknown Italian artist "Blind Man with a Boy" from the personal collection of the Ryepnin princes.

In the "Living Room" paintings by contemporary artists reproduce some moments of the poet's life in Yahotyn.

The exposition "Taras Shevchenko's Outbuilding" is a department of the Municipal Institution "Yahotyn Historical Museum".

The Museum of Ethnography and Education in Yahotyn is located on the territory of the Yahotyn Lyceum No. 3, in the premises of the former Zemstvo school built in 1913. Since 1996, one of the branches of the Yahotyn Historical Museum has been located here.

In the two main halls, the history of the Yahotyn school, its teachers, leaders, and students is highlighted. Documents, photographs, personal belongings are widely presented.

In the ethnographic exposition, which appeared in the museum since 2006, exhibitions of old towels, peasant clothes of the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, and household items are on display. A typical interior of a rural house in the Yahotyn region of the beginning of the 19th century has been reconstructed.

Author exhibitions of canvases by Yahotyn artists are held.

The Yahotyn Historical Museum is located in a complex of ancient buildings of the industrial town of the distillery (19th century) in the very city center.

In 14 rooms, there are collections of archaeological finds belonging to the most ancient times of the Neolithic era, Trypillya culture, Slavic times, the period of Kyivan Rus, the Cossack era, as well as household items, household tools, jewelry of the XVII-XVIII centuries, products of applied art of the XIX - the beginning of the 20th century.

The collection includes 5,000 exhibits.