Attractions of Mohyliv-Podilskyi

The Mohyliv-Podilskyi Museum of Local History houses its exposition in the former house of the merchant Halperin, built in 1905 in the Art Nouveau style.

The basis of the collection consists of paintings from the collection of Hryhoriy Bronshteyn (Ukrainian, Russian and Georgian authors), as well as the collection of minerals of Volodymyr Afanasyev, collected on the territory of the USSR (1267 samples), samples of furniture from the beginning of the 20th century.

Of great interest are the collections of archaeological finds, numismatics, phalerology and weapons of the 17th-19th centuries. In particular, a Sarmatian cauldron of the 6th century BC, unique household tools of the Trypillya culture, a collection of weapons from the 16th-18th centuries, Cossack arrows and a Turkish rifle, weapons and equipment from the Second World War period.

The ethnographic department presents rural household utensils, Podillya clothes, a collection of works of decorative and applied art by local authors, in particular Podillya embroidery and vytinanka.

The only monument to the British rock musician John Lennon in Ukraine is located in the center of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, in the square next to the entrance to the city park.

The granite sculpture "Beatle" was created in 1989-1990 by the famous Podillya sculptor Oleksiy Alyoshkin, installed among several other works of the master.

The original building in the neo-Gothic style was built in Mohyliv-Podilskyi at the beginning of the 20th century.

The director of the Mohyliv-Podilskyi post office lived here. The house is now located in the courtyard of the city's communications center.

Needs restoration.

Saint George's Cathedral (Greek Church) in Mohyliv-Podilskyi was built in 1809-1819 according to the project of architect Yohan Freyvald in the style of classicism.

The main entrance is accentuated by a four-column portico of the Doric order. The facades are made in the system of full ionic order. The walls are decorated with pilasters.

The interiors contain oil paintings from the end of the 19th century. The five-tiered iconostasis was created by Nizhyn masters.

A three-tiered stone bell tower is located separately from the church.

The stone cathedral of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Mohyliv-Podilskyi was built in 1754 at the expense of the Bulgarian, Serbian and Moldavian communities of the city.

The temple is made in the Byzantine style. A four-cornered, two-story belfry, converted from the city's kalancha, stands separately. In 1885, reconstruction was carried out, the temple was significantly expanded.

In Soviet times, the building housed a local history museum. Currently, the Saint Nicholas Cathedral is active. A miraculous image of Saint Nicholas is kept here, as well as a silver gift box donated by Emperor Oleksandr III in memory of the late Tsarevich Mykola Oleksandrovych.

Pillbox (DOT)-112 is a fortification structure of the 12th Mohyliv-Yampil fortification district, built along the Dniester on the border with Romania in 1931.

The construction was supervised by Dmytro Karbyshev, lieutenant general of the engineering troops. Pillbox-112 on the outskirts of Mohyliv-Podilskyi was a powerful long-term fortification with connecting passages 2-2.5 meters high, caponiers, and filtration devices. There was a weapons and ammunition warehouse, a mess hall, a dining room, a water supply, a surveillance and command post, telephone and radio communications. Armament consisted of three "Maxim" machine guns on turrets and two 76-mm guns. The garrison, which consisted of more than 30 soldiers, from July 7 to 28, 1941 restrained the pressure of Hitler's troops, preventing the crossing of the Dniester. The last 7 defenders of the Pillbox were walled up alive by the Germans. A memorial was erected in honor of the fallen heroes.

In order to visit the preserved underground premises of the Pillbox, you need to contact the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Museum of Local Lore.

A small two-story palace in the style of classicism was built in the 18th-19th centuries by representatives of the Potocki family, to whom Mohyliv-Podilskyi belonged since 1713.

Perhaps it belonged to Count Frantsishek Potocki, the son of Podillya magnate Stanislav Feliks Potocki, the owner of Tulchyn and Uman. Stanislav Potocki gave the city of Mohyliv-Podilskyi and its surroundings to his son in 1799, when Emperor Paul I expelled him from St. Petersburg "for extravagance and debauchery." There is no reliable information about whether Frantsishek Potoski himself was in Mohyliv. It is known that in 1811 the tsarist government of the Russian Empire bought the city of Mohyliv from his distant relative Vintsentiy Potoski for 587,220 rubles in silver.

At the moment, the building of the Potocki Palace is under reconstruction.

The Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art named after Mariya Rudenko in Mohyliv-Podilskyi is located in the premises of the House of Culture.

It is mainly dedicated to Podillya vytynanka - the traditional art of artistic carving. The exhibition is based on the works of local craftswoman Mariya Rudenko, an honored cultural worker of Ukraine, a famous folklorist, artistic director of the folklore and ethnographic ensemble "Horlytsia".

In addition to carvings, the exposition presents over 3,000 folk songs, thousands of proverbs and sayings, fairy tales, legends, tales, incantations, and lamentations.

"Head of Administration House" in Mohyliv-Podilskyi is called a small building in the Art Nouveau style at the intersection of the former streets of Miyka, Virmenska and Oleksandrivsky avenues.

Built at the end of the 19th century, the house probably belonged to the state councilor Stepan Mikhalevsky, who was a county doctor and one of the honorary justices of the peace of Mohyliv-Podilskyi.

However, the urban legend attributes the house to a certain "Head of Administration Khadzhi", with whom the popular story about the "first in the Russian Empire" monument to Mykola Hohol, erected opposite the building, is connected. Mohyliv-Podilskyi never had a mayor named Khadzhi, although a merchant Khadzhi lived in the city, but in another place - on Kyivska Street.

Now there is a music school in "Head of Administration House".

The public museum "Ukrainian Vytynanka" in Mohyliv-Podilskyi is located in the premises of the House of Folk Art, on the site of which was the residence of Mohyliv colonel Ostap Hohol in the 18th century.

Officially, the museum has been operating since 2003, although it actually appeared back in 1993, when the first All-Ukrainian forum of vytynankars (vryzankars) - masters of vytynanka, that is, artistic carving, was held in Mohyliv-Podilskyi. The ancient art of vytynanka was revived on

Podillia thanks to the Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine Mariya Rudenko from Sloboda-Yaryshevska Mohyliv-Podilskyi District. Her works are presented among other exhibits in five exhibition halls.

The All-Ukrainian festival of folk art "Ukrainian Vytynanka" is held annually on the basis of the House of Folk Art. More than 600 works of the participants of this holiday are presented in the museum collection. Master classes are held.

The monument to Mykola Hohol in Mohyliv-Podilskyi is one of the first monuments to the outstanding Ukrainian writer in Ukraine.

It is a small bust on a two-meter pedestal. It was originally installed in 1898 on Soborna Square, which was then renamed Hohol Square (now again Soborna Square). In 1911, the monument was moved to its current location - at the intersection of the former streets of Miyka, Virmenska and Oleksandrivskyi avenues, opposite the house of the district doctor Stepan Mikhalevsky, better known now as the "Head of Administration House".

However, the urban legend calls the Mohyliv-Podilskyi monument to Hohol the first in the country, dates it to 1872, and connects its appearance with a popular story about the scandalous production of "Revisor" in the Mohyliv "Gigant" theater for the writer's 20th birthday. Allegedly, the actors portrayed local officials and aristocracy so naturally in the images of Hohol's heroes that the angry mayor jumped on stage and dared to slap the actor who played the gardener, provoking a big fight. After that, the outraged residents of the city collected funds for a monument to Hohol, which was erected directly in front of the "Head of Administration House".

The regimental church of the Holy Prince Oleksandr Nevsky in Mohyliv-Podilskyi was built at the end of the 19th century.

At that time, the city border ran between the Nemiyka River and the end of Oleksandrivsky Avenue, beyond which the village of Ostrivky began. There was a military unit of the Russian army here. The church of Oleksandr Nevsky was built for the soldiers of this unit.

During the years of Soviet power, it was closed and turned into a club for soldiers of the flight training unit. Only at the end of the 20th century, the church was returned to the believers of the Orthodox Church.

The Church of Saint Paraskeva of Serbia in Mohyliv-Podilskyi is a landmark of Podillya wooden architecture.

Local residents call it Nemiyska, because it is located in an area that used to be a separate village of Nemiya.

According to legend, a mute girl once lived in the family of the local landowner Mayevsky. Unable to withstand the constant taunts from the children of her fellow villagers, she drowned in the river. Her father built a church in her memory. Mayevsky himself is buried in the churchyard.

The temple is made of oak and ash in the Ukrainian Baroque style, the interior is decorated with paintings and embroidered towels. At various times, Taras Shevchenko, Oleksandr Pushkin, Vasyl Tropinin, Ferents List, Mykhaylo Starytskyi, Olena Pchilka visited the church of Saint Paraskeva.

The monument to the Moldavian landlord Yeremiya Mohyla , the founder of the city of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, was erected in 1995 for the 500th anniversary of the city.

At this place, in 1495, Yeremiya Mohyla built a castle, which he later gave to the Polish count Stefan Potocki as a dowry for his daughter. The new owner founded a fortified city here, which he named Mohyliv in honor of his father-in-law.

In 2011, a park with flower beds and a children's playground was laid out around the monument of Yeremiya Mohyla.