Attractions of Sontsivka

The single-seat Saint Peter and Paul Church in the village of Sontsivka was built in 1840 at the expense of the then owner of the estate, the Oryol Governor Petro Sontsov.

In the second half of the 19th century, the mother of the future composer Serhiy Prokofyev was the guardian of the Sunday school that operated at the church. Little Serhiy Prokofyev himself was baptized in this church, and until 1904 he sang in the church choir. Later, being famous, the composer came to his native village to pray at the temple.

Peter and Paul Church was restored in 1991 for the 100th anniversary of Prokofyev's birth. Her silhouette is depicted on the village coat of arms.

The world's only museum of the composer Serhiy Prokofyev was opened in the village of Sontsivka, where he was born in 1891.

The exposition is located in the building of the former village school, where the composer's mother, Mariya Prokofyev, who later took over the patronage of the school, taught.

The composer's personal belongings, his works, and a fragment of his parents' interior are presented in three halls of the museum.

The memorial area, dedicated to the life and work of the composer, also includes a magnificent concert hall for 120 seats, a monument to Serhiy Prokofyev by the sculptor Vasyl Polonyk, the Saint Peter and Paul Church, where little Serhiy was baptized, and a memorial sign on the site of the house- estates of his parents.