Attractions of Pryluky district

The Irzhavets Manor-Museum of the composer Levko Revutsky has been open for a century from the day of his birth in the ancestral manor of the Revutsky family, where he was born and spent his childhood and youth.

In 1789, the composer's great-grandfather received an estate in Irzhavets near Parafiivka for his services during the Russian-Turkish war. Writer Lev Tolstoy, composer Mykola Lysenko, artist Mykola Ge, composer Platon Mayboroda and others visited the Revutsky estate.

After the composer's family moved to Kyiv, the building housed a school, a library, and a paramedic-midwifery center.

Currently, the estate has recreated the atmosphere of the Revutskys' house. The piano on which the future composer learned to play, the furniture he made himself, the portrait of Shevchenko that hung in his office and other personal items are presented.

The museum of the historian Mykola Kostomarov was created in the former manor of the landowner Mark Kysil in Didivtsi near Pryluky, where Kostomarov vacationed every summer from 1874 to 1884.

The outstanding historian, writer, ethnographer, folklorist and publicist Mykola Kostomarov came to Didivtsi for the first time at the invitation of his future wife Alina Krahelska, who at that time was already the widow of Mark Kysil, and the following year they got married here.

Here Kostomarov worked on the works "Autobiography", "Ruin", "Ellina Tavrida", "Mazepa" and others. In Didivtsi estate, Kostomarov hosted writers Vasyl Horlenko, Danylo Mordovets, artist Kateryna Junge, and kobzar Ostap Veresay.

In 2016, the Mykola Kostomarov Museum was opened in Didivtsi. The exposition was designed by the Chernihiv monumentalist artist Borys Dedov. The five rooms present the history of Didivtsi village, stories about Kostomarov's life and activities, his feelings for Alina Krahelska, the social and political situation at that time, and the Kyrylo-Mefodiyivske Society.

The Nativity of Holy Virgin Cathedral was built in Pryluky on the site of two ancient Pryluky churches that burned down during a fire in 1781.

Fundraising for the stone temple was announced immediately after the fire, but the construction was completed only after the city received funding from the royal treasury in 1802, as evidenced by a copper plaque with a commemorative inscription.

A new church with three thrones in honor of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God, Varvara the Great Martyr and Saint Oleksandr Nevsky was consecrated in 1817. It was built by a craftsman from Chernihiv region Fedir Zabolotskyi. Remains of oil painting from the beginning of the 19th century have been preserved inside.

Near the central portal stood a stone two-story bell tower, built in the best forms of late classicism (not preserved). Until recently, the building housed the department of the Chernihiv Regional State Archives.

In 2005, the Nativity of Holy Virgin Cathedral was returned to the parishioners of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The brick one-story church of Nicholas the Wonderworker is located on the outskirts of Pryluky - Sorochyntsi district.

The temple was built in the middle of the 19th century in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau.

The museum of Oleh Koshovy is dedicated to the memory of the head of the underground organization "Young Guard" in Chervonodon, who was born in Pryluky.

It is located in the former house of the Koshovy family.

The exposition includes more than 450 exhibits: household items, dishes, an overcoat, weapons and other personal belongings of Oleh, documents, letters.

In 1979, a monument to Koshovy was opened in the courtyard of the museum.

The private local lore museum in Trostianets "Myslyvska Palanka" (Hunting Palanka) was started in his house by the local local historian Rostyslav Malyarenko.

The main exposition is dedicated to the history of the hetman family of Skoropadskyi, whose ancestral estate was Trostianets. In particular, a table, wall mirrors, a saber and other personal belongings of the Skoropadskyi family are presented.

Exhibits of the Scythian era, Chernyakhiv culture, and the period of Kyivan Rus, found on the outskirts of Trostianets, are also presented.

The owner conducts qualified tours of the Trostianets Dendrology Park and other surrounding attractions.

Fragments of the ramparts of the ancient Pryluky fortress have been preserved near the central square of the city, between Nezalezhnosti Street and Hoholya Street.

The Cossack fortress was built in Pryluky in the 17th century under the Vyshnevetsky princes on the basis of the fortifications of the ancient Rus settlement of Pryluky town. The fortress had strong oak walls with high hewn towers. A deep ditch stretched along the rampart, which was 10-12 meters high. The Vyshnevetsky Palace, the regimental office, the court, the town hall, the prison, the houses of the colonel and the regimental foreman were located on the territory.

Of all the fortress buildings, except for earth ramparts and stone temples, the building of the regimental treasury, built at the beginning of the 18th century by Colonel Hnat Galagan, has survived. The remains of the ramparts of the Pryluky fortress can be seen at the far end of the central park. A monument to Volodymyr Monomakh has been erected here.

The building of the regimental treasury is the only preserved stone fortification structure of the Pryluky fortress, the oldest civil structure in the city.

A small tenement for storing Cossack valuables, cleynods and weapons was built near his house by the Zaporizhzhia colonel Hnat Galagan, who rose under Hetman Ivan Mazepa, and later in the service of Tsar Peter I.

The rectangular structure with walls one meter thick has deep basements. The ends are crowned with baroque pediments, the facades are decorated with pilasters.

The booty taken by the Cossacks from the campaigns was stored here: expensive weapons, clothes, money, as well as regimental flags.

Nearby is the grave of an unknown Cossack.

The Resurrection Church is located in the very center of Ichnia.

The construction of the church at the expense of the parishioners began in 1806, and after 4 years it was consecrated. The temple is cross-shaped, elongated (60 meters), with a wide middle dome. Inside - a gilded single-tiered iconostasis by master Kulahin. The walls and dome are decorated with frescoes.

In 1844, a two-story belfry was built, on which there was a bell weighing 4,272 kilograms, cast in Nizhyn.

Currently, the Church of the Resurrection belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

This monumental stone building with a tall, slender bell tower is one of the best architectural structures in Pryluky.

Saint John's Church (Ivanivska Church) was built in 1865 in Kvashentsy (formerly a village, now a district of the city), at the intersection of Kyivska and Ivanivska streets.

The first wooden church at this place was laid in 1708 by hetman Ivan Mazepa, thanks to which it got its name, which has survived to this day, despite the fact that Mazepa was anathema by the Russian church.

The stone temple was built after a strong fire, which destroyed all the churches of the city at the end of the 18th century, except Saint Barbary Church. Currently, the Saint John's Church has been restored in its original form.

Saint Michael's Church in Polonky was built in 1777-1779 (according to another version in 1720) at the expense of Oleksandr Shylo, the priest's son.

The influence of the wooden folk architecture of Left Bank Ukraine is very noticeable in the architecture. Initially, the temple was single-domed, then two heads were added to it above the side chambers and stucco molding was added on the facades.

This is one of the most distinctive churches of the Ukrainian Baroque era in Chernihiv Region. The relics of Saint. Dimitry, Metropolitan of Rostov, are preserved in the Saint Michael's Church. Next to the temple is a holy spring, the water from which is attributed healing properties.

The Saint Nicholas Church in Bilorichytsia is all that remains of the estate of Olena Volkonska-Rakhmanova, the daughter of the Decembrist Serhiy Volkonsky.

The estate belonged to her since 1873. Oleksandr Yuliyovich Yahno lived and worked in the village - an architect, artist and master of artistic ceramics. It was from his hand that all the residential and farm buildings of the manor were built in the Rakhmanov estate. The complex included a palace (1886), a wing for guests (1878), a bakery and a church (1850). The palace was destroyed during the Second World War. The church was already dismantled during the Soviet times - in 1962.

To this day, only the building of the wing for visitors, which now houses the Saint Nicholas Church, has survived. This piece of architecture combines the forms of Russian (XVII-XVIII centuries) and Ukrainian folk architecture.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Ichnia was built in 1879 according to a typical diocesan project in the so-called modern brick style.

During Soviet times, the church building was destroyed, but the bell tower was preserved - it was used as a fire station.

Since 2007, the Saint Nicholas church-bell tower belongs to the religious community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Saint Nicolas church-bell tower was built in Pryluky in 1720 next to the Transfiguration Cathedral at the expense of Pryluky colonel Hnat Galagan and his wife Olena.

The Orthodox church is made in the style of a Catholic chapel - one nave, with an altar-apse on the east side and a high gable roof. Above the faceted apse rises a high pediment with volutes, reminiscent of the pediment of the Pryluky regimental treasury.

Later, a powerful two-story bell tower was added to the church. Its first tier is in the form of a cubic volume, the second is a cylindrical tower with high arched openings where the bells are placed. The belfry is completed by a dome with dormer windows, in which the dials of the tower's chime clock are embedded.

A monument to Saint Yoasaf of Belhorod was erected nearby.

The church in the name of Saint Panteleimon the Healer in Pryluky is located on the central transport highway of the city in the direction of Romny.

A small original brick temple in the pseudo-Rus style was built in 1905 in the inn yard of the Hustynia Monastery.

In Soviet times, the building housed a pharmacy, a warehouse, and a cafe. In 2008, the restoration of the Panteleimon church was carried out, the church was painted in a bright green color.