Attractions of Tulchyn

The museum-apartment of Mykola Leontovych in Tulchyn was opened in 1977 to mark the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth.

He lived in this house from 1908 to 1921, working as a singing teacher at the diocesan women's school (now a boarding school).

The interiors of Leontovych's rooms and personal belongings have been preserved: a tuning fork, a conductor's baton, a sofa, a desk, a suitcase, a table, etc.

The Potocki Palace in Tulchyn is a beautiful architectural ensemble, one of the best examples of classicism in Ukraine.

The manor was founded in 1757 by the Kyiv voivode Frantsishek Saleziy Potocki. After his son Stanislav Szchensnyi Potocki chose Tulchyn as his main residence, in 1782 the construction of a new palace was started according to the project of the architect Zhozef Lakrua.

The palace ensemble also includes a theater, arena, and Turkish bath. Interiors were designed by designer Merks and artist Latur. The pompous two-story palace in the palladio style is connected by oval galleries-greenhouses with two large wings. Around the palace, the English gardener Miller laid out a luxurious garden with exotic trees and shrubs, a system of ponds and canals, fountains, gazebos and sculptures.

In terms of luxury, the palace competed with the royal residences of Europe. Here Stanislav Szczensnyi Potocki received the Polish king Stanislav Avhust Ponyatovsky. Perhaps it was here that the count first met his future wife Sophia, in whose honor he later built a park in Uman, and the poet Pushkin met Potocki's daughters Sofiya and Olha, to whom he dedicated "Yevheniy Onyehin" and "Bakhchysarai Fountain".

The palace is currently occupied by the Tulchyn School of Culture. The facades of the central building have been partially restored, and the side wings are being restored. The grand staircase and stoves have been preserved in the interior.

The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Tulchyn is located in the premises of the former church of the Dominican monastery, which was built in 1780 in the style of early classicism.

The first Catholic church appeared on this site back in 1636, but was soon destroyed. Revived at the expense of Polish tycoon Stanislav Shchensny Potocki. Here Count Pototski married the legendary Sofiya, for whom he later built the Sofiyivka park in Uman.

After 1831, the church was rebuilt in the Orthodox style.

The Small (Upper) Potocki Palace in Tulchyn was built in 1775 in the style of classicism.

In 1796-1797, the pond of the Russian commander, Field Marshal Oleksandr Suvorov, was located in the palace. He wrote his famous book "The Art of Winning" at the Tulchyn headquarters. And in 1816-1818, the headquarters of the Second Russian Army was located in the Small Palace, then barracks.

Currently, the premises of the Potocki Small Palace house a veterinary college.

The Orthodox Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1789 at the expense of Stanislav Szchensny Potoski.

The building is made in the style of classicism.

A stone two-level belfry was built in the 19th century on the site of a wooden one.

The house of Svarychevsky, the personal lawyer of Count Potoski's daughter, Sofia Stanislavivna Potoska, is located in the center of Tulchyn. It has the status of an architectural monument of local importance.

After 1917, for some time the Denikin counter-intelligence was located in the building, then the department of education, and during the years of Soviet power - the local department of the Cheka.

Nowadays, a children's music school is located in Svarychevsky's house.

The Tulchyn Museum of Local Lore was organized in 1927 on the initiative of ethnographer Zborovsky.

The exposition is located in the former building of the Officers' Assembly, where meetings of the Southern Society of Decembrists were held in the XIX century.

14 departments represent the history of the city from ancient times to the end of the XX century. Among them are departments dedicated to the Potocki family, commander Suvorov, composer Mykola Leontovych.