Attractions of Mykolaivka

The Ivan Tobilevych (Karpenko-Kary) State Reserve-Museum "Khutir Nadiya" was created on the territory of the same name estate in Mykolaivka near Kropyvnytskyi that belonged to the playwright in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The estate was named after Tobilevych's wife, Nadiya from the Tarkovsky family. The founder of the Ukrainian theater settled here in 1887 after being exiled, turning the estate into a creative oasis in the middle of the Ukrainian countryside. Rehearsals of the first Ukrainian theater troupe under the leadership of Marko Kropyvnytskyi were held here, many luminaries of the Ukrainian theater were there, and Karpenko-Kary himself wrote his best works: "One Hundred Thousand", "The Master" and others.

The Tobilevych house, outbuildings, a summer theater, a park with a pond, and a Chumak well have been preserved.

Theatrical-literary and memorial exposition includes more than 7,000 items, a significant part of which was handed over by the Tobilevych-Tarkovsky family. In the rooms, the interior of those times has been restored, in the halls you can familiarize yourself with the life path of the luminaries of the Ukrainian theater.

Now the Ivan Tobilevych State Reserve-Museum "Khutir Nadiya" is a branch of the Central Ukrainian Regional Museum of Local Lore. The theater festival "September Gems" is held here every year.