The village of Ryzhavka on the Yatran river is located 30 kilometers south of Uman, next to the M-05 (E-95) highway "Kyiv - Odesa".
It was mentioned for the first time in the 18th century, when Count Seleziy Frantsishek Potocki of Uman ceded Ryzhavka to his lawyer Adam Moschenskyi. In 1846, Moschensky's son sold the village to the landowner Serafym Kosovskyi.
The stone church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin was built by Kosovskyi in 1851-1854.
On the western outskirts of Ryzhavka, a two-story building of a water mill on the Yatran river (1910) has been preserved, which is still in operation. To the northwest of the village are mounds of the Scythian-Sarmatian era (VII cent ...
Intercession Church
Temple , Architecture
The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God in Ryzhavka was built in 1851-1854 at the expense of landowner Serafym Kosovsky. The church building, which stands a little away from the current center of the village, has been well preserved.
In its forms, the Orthodox Intercession Church is more like a Catholic church. Next to the church rises a small, but quite elegant white stone bell tower in the style of classicism.
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | XVIII |
Latitude | 48.53917 |
Longitude | 30.14531 |
Population | 1025 |
Postal codes | 20381 |
Region | Cherkasy |