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General information about Hrebinka

The city of Hrebinka is a large railway hub at the intersection of important transport routes Kyiv - Kharkiv and Odesa - Moscow. It is located in the western part of the Poltava region, on the left bank of the Orzhitsi River, 20 kilometers south of Pyryatin.

During the times of Kyivan Rus', there was a fortified settlement at this place, which was destroyed in 1239-1240 by the Mongol-Tatars. That is why the new settlement, which was founded here in 1740 by Lubny Colonel Leontiy Svichka, was named Horodyshche.

The modern city of Hrebinka arose in 1895 during the construction of the Kharkiv line of the South-Western Railway. Named after the famous Ukrainian biker Yevhen Hrebinka. Large railway enterprises are located here: a locomotive depot, a wagon depot, the 1 ...

What to see and where to go in Hrebinka

Tourist attractions and museums of Hrebinka

Hrebinka City Local Lore Museum

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Hrebinka City Local Lore Museum was opened in 1967. It is located in two rooms on the first floor of the Hrebinka Municipal Culture House in the center of the Hrebinka city.

The exposition consists of five sections: "People's life", "Hrebinka - the city of railway workers", "The combat glory of the Hrebinka region", "Outstanding compatriots", "Hrebinka's Room". Household items of Ukrainian peasants and ancient tools of rural work are widely represented, in particular, an ox harness dating from the 19th century, a horse collar from the beginning of the 20th century, horseshoes, etc. Among the rarities are the textbooks "Grammar of the Latin Language" (1826) and "Basic Fundamentals of Differential Calculus" (1822), special editions of the newspaper "Russkoye Slovo" devoted to the beginning of the First World War.

In 2023, the exhibition "Ukrainian house rich in goodness" was opened in the Hrebinka City Local Lore Museum, the main goal of which is to revive the customs and traditions of the Ukrainian people.

There is a separate museum "Hrebinka's Room", dedicated to the figure of the Ukrainian writer Yevhen Hrebinka, who was born in the village of Maryanivka not far from the city of Hrebinka, where the Family Museum of the Hrebinka Brothers is opened.

Yevhena Hrebinky Street, 13