Attractions of Halchyn

The cultural and artistic space "Chaikovsky Space" was created in 2023 on the territory of the former estate of the Chaikovsky family in the village of Halchyn, Zhytomyr region. The revived Chaikovsky Estate hosts excursions, master classes and other cultural and educational events.

The manor house in Halchyn was built in the late 18th or early 19th century by the nobleman Mikhal Hlembotsky, a participant in the Franco-Russian War. His daughter Petronela married a Volyn nobleman of the Cossack family, Stanislav Chaikovsky. In this estate, their son Mykhaylo Chaikovsky (Michał Czajkowski) was born, who later became a famous writer, politician and military figure.

In 1830-1831, Mykhaylo Chaikovsky participated in the Polish uprising against the Russian Empire, after which he emigrated, converted to Islam and entered the service of the Ottoman Empire under the name Mehmed Sadyk-Pasha. He distinguished himself during the Crimean War, organizing a Cossack cavalry brigade within the Turkish army. In his later years, he returned to the Russian Empire and converted to Orthodoxy.

After the confiscation of Polish estates in the Russian Empire, the Halchyn estate was owned by the landowner Ivan Rostovtsev. From 1919 to 2019, a village school was located on the estate.

The monument is now cared for by the Hryshkivtsi hromada. The cultural and artistic space "Chaikovsky Space" offers excursions and thematic events. The Chaikovsky estate hosts the annual festival "White Borscht and More".