Attractions of Kirovohrad region

The Church of Saint Illina in Novomyrhorod is the oldest architectural building of the Kirovohrad region, an architectural monument of the 18th century of national importance.

The brick temple in the transitional style from baroque to classicism was built in 1786 at the expense of the merchant Mykola Gojiy. The tetraconch building has the shape of a cross in plan, crowned by a high octagonal tribune and a dome. Visually similar to wooden Cossack temples.

There are three burial grounds around the church, the oldest of which is the grave of merchant Sokolova (1843).

Saint Nicholas Church in Bobrynets was built in 1853 according to a typical project at the expense of Princess Dmytryanska.

At first, the church was built in the style of late classicism, but in 1863, partitions and a bell tower were added to it, which added neo-Rus features to the building.

The Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Birky was built in 1648 by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi on the lands that belonged to him.

The wooden temple was planned to be removable and portable. Previously, the Saint Nicholas Church stood near the old cemetery. It was moved to its current location in 1820. There are four graves of abbots in the church yard.

The temple is in very good condition. Services are held on Sundays until 12:00 p.m. Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Church of Saint Paraskeva was built in Krymky in 1914. It is an architectural monument of local importance.

The Church of Saint Paraskeva is active, the interior is in a state of restoration. It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Savior and Transfiguration Church was founded in Talova Balka in 1803 and consecrated in 1806.

The construction was carried out at the expense of a local landowner, Major General Fedir Borovsky, who was buried in the same church.

For a long time, the temple was in a dilapidated state as a result of the destructive actions of the Soviet authorities. In May 2014, work on the restoration of the Church of the Transfiguration began.

The Transfiguration Cathedral was built in Kropyvnytskyi in the classicist style as the main Orthodox church of the city after the liquidation of the Trinity Church, which was located on the territory of the abolished fortress of Saint Elizabeth.

In Soviet times, the cathedral was closed by the authorities as a religious building. In 1965, a city art gallery was opened in its premises, which saved it from destruction. With the declaration of Ukraine's independence, the church resumed services. It currently belongs to the UOC community of the Moscow Patriarchate.

In the Transfiguration Cathedral, fragments of the relics of the saints of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, as well as of Nicholas the Wonderworker, are kept. A monument in honor of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Christ was erected on the territory of the cathedral, a new bell tower was built in the neoclassical style.

The manor complex of the landowner Sokolov-Borodkin in Chervonovershka is one of the best-preserved manor estates in the Kirovohrad region, an architectural monument of local importance.

The landowner Vasyl Sokolov-Borodkin bought the estate in Chervonovershka in 1815. His son, State Councilor Kyrylo Sokolov-Borodkin, was the district leader of the nobility. He had several houses in Yelysevethrad, and during the years 1854-1867 he built a summer palace in the Chervonovershka estate. The author of the project was Yelysavethrad architect Andriy Dostoyevsky, the brother of the writer Fedir Dostoyevsky.

The brick two-story palace with an attic is made in an eclectic style with elements of classicism and neo-renaissance. The stairs lead to the second floor, and the third, in the back of the building in the form of a belvedere, can only be reached by a ladder. The palace is surrounded by a park with ponds, in which pines, thuja, firs, larches, and gorse still grow. A summer house, oil mill, vegetable storage, former stables, and a dormitory are also preserved on the territory of the estate.

In Soviet times, a rest house was placed in the Sokolov-Borodkin Palace, then a veterinary technical school was opened. Now the Chervonovershka Lyceum is located here.

The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces in Pobuzke near Pervomaisk is unique and has no analogues in the world.

The top-secret launch site of intercontinental ballistic missiles, which has been completely preserved since the Cold War, is open to visitors.

The museum was created in 2001 on the basis of the disbanded 309th regiment of the 46th missile division of the Strategic Missile Forces. The complex consists of an RS-22A missile mine-launcher (SS-24 "Scalpel"), a unified underground command post, a power unit, a refrigeration center, barracks, security and utility premises. On the territory you can see samples of rocket engines, rocket-carrying vehicles, fuel tanks for rocket fuel, a mock-up of a nuclear warhead, as well as R-12 and RS-20 (SS-18 "Satan") missiles.

Excursions are conducted by officers who previously served at this base. By separate agreement, you can go down to the underground command post at a depth of 30 meters, where the "nuclear button" was located.

The Subotsi Village Council Local History Museum was created in 2005 as the Znamianka district local lore museum. In 2020, the institution came under the control of the Subotsi community and updated its exhibits, which are now devoted mainly to the history and prominent residents of these settlements. But the museum will continue to be located in the city of Znamianka.

The main fund of the museum consists of more than 3,000 objects. Among them are archival documents, unique photographs, archaeological finds, household items, works of decorative and applied art masters.

In particular, the archaeological collection includes fragments of ceramics from the Scythian and Sarmatian era, arrowheads, plowshares, and slag fragments of the famous Melhunovsky mound.

Also presented is a large ethnographic collection of embroidered towels, ancient clothes and household items collected on the territory of the former Znamianka district.

The museum offers 5 tourist routes: "Black Lake - the pearl of Chornolissya", "Guerrilla glory of Chornoliske Dibrov", "Both forest and steppe joined together on the blessed Subottsivka land" (Bohdanivka village), "Cossack glory will not rest, but about itself will tell" (Moshoryne village), "Cast tomb: from the Scythians to the present day" (Trepivka village).

The Svitlovodsk city museum of local lore is located in the historical building in which the original builder of Svitlovodsk Mykhaylo Karpov lived. It started with a museum room at the House of Culture, opened in 1970.

One of the most interesting expositions is devoted to the legendary city of Krylov (since 1822 - Novoheorhiivsk), which fell into the flood zone of the Kremenchuk Reservoir. Photos of the missing city, copies of archival documents were submitted.

Separate expositions are devoted to paleontology, the events of the Second World War, and urban planning.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, more than half of the population of Holovanivsk was Jews. One of several synagogues in the city has been preserved, located in the area of the market. It can be recognized by the windows in the pseudo-Moorish style.

Currently, the premises are occupied by the "Red Cross" department.

The Technics History Museum at the Central Ukrainian State University named after Volodymyr Vinnichenko in Kropyvnytskyi opened in 2015. It is located in the computer laboratories of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, on the first floor of educational building No. 4.

In the exhibition "Computing and computer technology" are presented pre-mechanical counters, mechanical arithmometers, microcalculators, personal computers of different generations, samples of microprocessors, RAM boards, motherboards, video cards, disk drives, various data carriers (punched cards, diskettes, hard drives).

Of particular interest are the large demonstration calculator "Programmer" based on the standard MK-61 programmable calculator board and a demonstration version of a personal computer with microcircuits and peripheral devices open for inspection.

The Museum of the Ukrainian Choreographic Art History in Kropyvnytskyi was founded in 2004 as a department of the Central Ukrainian Regional Museum of Local Lore.

For a long time it was located on the territory of the State Museum-Reserve of Ivan Tobilevych (Karpenka-Kary) "Khutir Nadiya" not far from Kropyvnytskyi. It was here that the prominent Tobilevych family lived and worked, with whom the emergence of Ukrainian folk stage dance is associated.

In 2023, the updated exhibition opened on the first floor of the former National Bank administration building, where the Museum's historical and artistic space is now being arranged. The exposition in three halls highlights the development of choreographic art in Ukraine and beyond, the connection between the work of outstanding ballet masters of the past and the development of Ukrainian dance today.

In the first hall, materials on the history of the formation of Ukrainian dance are presented. The second hall is dedicated to the Honored Ukrainian folk dance ensemble "Yatran", which was created in Kropyvnytskyi (then Kirovohrad) in 1949. In the third hall there are photos, posters and costumes of groups that dance Ukrainian dance abroad, as well as children's choreographic groups.

In the gallery before the entrance to the museum, there are portraits of outstanding choreographers of Ukraine.

The Ustynivka History Museum is located in the premises of the House of Culture of the urban-type village of Ustynivka. It was opened in 2003 on the initiative of local historians Hryhoriy and Tetyana Musenko. It was they who formed the main exposition about the history of the then Ustiniv district from ancient times to the present day.

The archaeological collection of the museum presents the stone tools of primitive people: silicon scrapers, cutters, manual stone chisels.

The ethnographic collection includes embroidered towels, ancient clothing, wooden tools and household items. Also presented is a whole series of products of master blacksmiths, which were made in local forges: forged nails, horseshoes, fishing rods, stirrups, cattle chains, etc. The collections of metal sickles and irons are interesting.

The Ustynivka History Museum has a permanent exhibition devoted to the defenders of Ukraine of all generations, in particular to the heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The Vasyl Sukhomlynsky Memorial Pedagogical Museum was opened in 1971 at the Pavlysh Secondary School, which the outstanding teacher managed from 1948 for 22 years.

Here he conducted his long-term pedagogical experiment, as a result of which he created an original system of raising children.

The museum fund includes more than 20,000 storage units. Pedagogical documentation of the school from the 1950s and 1960s, manuscripts of Sukhomlynsky's literary and scientific and pedagogical works, and personal documents are presented. The interior of the office and apartment of the Sukhomlynsky family has been preserved.

You can inspect the school grounds: several educational premises, a school garden, green classrooms.