Attractions of Poltava district

The monument to Solokha in Poltava region is installed on the R-42 highway between Velyki Sorochyntsi and Opishnia, near the turn to the village of Stavkove. According to legend, the village was founded by the landowner Solokha, so until 1964 it was named Solokha.

The sculptural image of Solokha is based on the character from Mykola Hohol's story "The Night Before Christmas" and the Soviet film "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka". The aphorism of the Ukrainian writer Pavlo Zahrebelniy is engraved on the pedestal: "An army can be defeated - a woman never!".

A recreation area is equipped next to the monument.

The monument "To Swedes from Swedes" near Poltava was erected in 1909 near the Poltava battlefield.

The 6 m high monolithic granite monument was delivered from Sweden. According to the legend, the Russian authorities put forward a demand - there should be no bas-reliefs, sculptures or any other decorations on the monument. The Swedes fulfilled the condition, but every year on the day of the Battle of Poltava early in the morning, when the first rays of the rising sun fall on the granite, the silhouette of a grieving woman appears on it.

On two sides of the monument there are inscriptions in Swedish and Russian: "In memory of the Swedes who died here in 1709, it was built by compatriots in 1909."

The Museum of Boiled Borscht and the Museum of Living Bread were opened in Opishnia on the basis of the green tourism estate "Lyalyna svitlytsya" during the ethno-festival "Living Bread" in 2020.

The owner of the estate, Olena Shcherban, prepares daily borscht for guests according to a new recipe, of which she knows at least 365. Among them are wedding, funeral, winter, summer, white, brown and many others.

In one of the houses of the ethnic estate there is a collection of pots from different regions, stags, as well as a traditional oven in which dishes are prepared. Ingredients added to borscht in different regions of Ukraine are also presented.

The monument to the writer Mykola Hohol in Poltava was erected in 1934, although it was created before the Bolshevik coup of 1917.

In 1913, the city public of Poltava began to collect funds for a monument to their outstanding compatriot, and 2 years later, the sculptor Leonid Posen handed over the sculpture made by him to the city. The sculptor depicted Hohol sitting in thought with a book in his hand.

The monument was planned to be erected on the square in front of the drama theater, but the First World War stood in the way of these plans. Under the Bolsheviks, they initially did not want to erect a monument for ideological reasons, since Hohol came from a noble family. Only in 1934, the monument took its current place on the boulevard part of Mykoly Hoholya Street.

The Nadiya Bokoch Towel Museum in the village of Stepne bears the name of its founder. Local collector Nadiya Bokoch began collecting antique towels in the early 2000s. Her private collection became the basis of the museum, which opened in 2009 on the second floor of the local cultural center.

Currently, the exhibition features over 600 exhibits, most of which are embroidered towels collected from all districts of Poltava region, as well as from Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Transcarpathia and other regions of Ukraine. All of them are hand-embroidered in different techniques and have patterns characteristic of their regions. Embroidered paintings, rural clothing and household items are also presented.

One of the exhibits is the "Peoples Friendship Towel", which Nadiya Bokoch embroidered herself, collecting in it samples of embroidery techniques from different parts of Ukraine at the same time.

The Novi Sanzhary Local Lore Museum was founded in 1967 on the initiative of a local school teacher, Ivan Pylypenko. In 2016, an updated exhibition opened in the premises of the old Novi Sanzhary school, which was built in 1905.

Historical materials from the life of the village and the district were presented in the exhibitions "Nature", "Ethnography", "History", "World War II", "Art", "Culture".

Currently, the museum is closed.

The memorial museum-house of the world-famous potter Oleksandra Selyuchenko in Opishnia tells about the life and creative path of the honored master of folk art of Ukraine, one of the most outstanding masters of traditional clay zoo- and anthropomorphic sculpture of small forms.

She was born in 1921 in a family of simple potters and lived all her life in Opishnia, only once leaving her native village for a while. Oleksandra Selyuchenko is considered an unsurpassed master of traditional Ukrainian clay toys.

In the museum, you can familiarize yourself with her works and the technology of making clay products at home.

An old potter's kiln used by a ceramist has been preserved in the courtyard of the manor.

The memorial museum-estate of the famous potter Oleksandra Selyuchenko in Opishna is a subdivision of the National Museum-Reserve of Ukrainian Pottery.

The Oles Honchar Literary and Memorial Museum-Estate in the village of Sukhe is located in a small peasant hut built in 1892 by the writer's grandfather, Havrylo Honchar. Here, little Oles lived and was raised from the age of three, after the death of his mother.

The exhibition in two rooms of the village house tells about the life and work of Oles Honchar. The central place is occupied by a desk that recreates the writer's work corner in his Kyiv apartment. The writer's personal belongings, his handwritten notebooks, letters and books preserved by his relatives are presented. Different stages of Honchar's life are illustrated by photos from the family album.

During the tour, visitors have the opportunity to hear the voice of Oles Honchar thanks to recordings from his family's audio library.

The Opishnia hydroelectric power station on the Vorskla River was built in 1958 in the village of Miski Mlyny, Opishnia settlement.

Operating hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 225 kilowatts.

A good place for fishing and recreation.

The Poltava Literary and Memorial Museum of Panas Myrny is located on the outskirts of Poltava, at the end of the former Tretya Kobyshchanska Street.

It was here in 1903 that the writer bought a small one-story house, where he lived for the last 17 years of his life. He was visited by Lesya Ukrayinka and Olena Pchilka, Mykhaylo Kotsyubynsky and Vasyl Stefanyk, Mariya Zankovetska and Mykola Lysenko.

In 1940, a museum was opened in the estate. More than 150 manuscripts of Panas Myrny and his brother Ivan Bilyk, about 1,000 personal belongings of the writer's family, books, documents and photographs are collected in seven rooms. The writer's son Mykhaylo Rudchenko managed the museum for over 20 years.

In 1951, a monument to Panas Myrny was erected in the yard of the manor - a bronze bust of the writer on a labradorite pedestal.

In 1989, a literary exposition was opened in the new premises.

The Peoples Museum "Musical Poltava Region" at the Poltava Professional College of Arts is named after its founder - Ukrainian conductor, teacher, composer and folklorist Mykhaylo Fisun, who began forming the collection of the future museum in the early 1970s.

Currently, the exhibition is presented in three thematic halls: "History of the Poltava Music College named after Mykola Lysenko", "The Founder of Ukrainian Classical Music Mykola Lysenko and His Followers", "Musical Poltava Region".

Among the exhibits: photographs, documents, letters, printed and handwritten works of composers, souvenirs, ceramics, sculpture, minting, records. In particular, a collection of ritual songs with the personal seal of Mykola Lysenko, a collection of folk songs with the autograph of the Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok, the score of the cantata "In Eternal Memory of Ivan Kotlyarevsky" with the autograph of Mykola Lysenko, etc.

Also in the museum you can learn about the life and fate of the most famous kobzars and lyrists of the Poltava region.

The Poltava Art Museum is located in the new building of the Art Gallery (built in 1999; architect Yuriy Oliynyk).

The first art gallery in Poltava was started in 1919 by the Ukrainian archaeologist-scientist Mykhaylo Rudynskyi based on the collection of the itinerant artist Mykola Yaroshenko, which was presented to him. Among the 100 paintings were the works of Ivan Shishkin, Vasyl Polenov, Volodymyr Makovsky, Illya Repin, Vasyl Maksimov and others. The collection included artistic values from the nationalized estates of the Kochubeys (Dykanka), the Galagans (Sokyryntsi), the Kapnists (Obuhivka), and the Repnins (Yahotyn).

The collection of Western European paintings includes unique works by Giovanni Tiepolo, Peter Paul Rubens, Melchior de Hondecuter, Adrian van Ostade, Elizabeth Viget-Lebrun, Carl Peters and others.

For a long time, the Poltava Art Museum was located in the former mansion of the landowner Bolyubash (1912), but due to the state of emergency of the premises in 2000, it was forced to move to the current location.

The memorial sign to the Poltava halushka, installed next to the observation deck on Ivanova Hill, is considered one of the symbols of modern Poltava.

The authors of the monument are the artist Anatoliy Chornoshchokov and the sculptor Mykola Tsys. The opening of the monument in 2006 was dedicated to the birthday of the writer Mykola Hohol, who praised halushka in his works.

Initially, the monument was erected near the Holy Assumption Cathedral, but at the request of believers, it was later moved closer to the Lileya restaurant.

This place is popular with newlyweds and guests of the city. Every year in the first decade of June, the Poltava Halushka Festival is held near the monument.

Poltava Museum of Local Lore after Vasyl Krychevsky is located in the former building of the present places of the provincial zemstvo.

The building of the provincial zemstvo was built by the architect Vasyl Krychevsky in the Art Nouveau style with elements of the Ukrainian folk style (this fact caused dissatisfaction of Emperor Mykola II). The interior painting was made by prominent artists Serhiy Vasylkivsky and Mykola Samokysh. The facade is decorated with coats of arms of county towns of the province.

The foundation of the exposition of the local history museum in Poltava was laid in 1891 by the scientist Viktor Dokuchayev. Today there are more than 300,000 exhibits in 40 museum halls and vaults. Among the rarities - the ancient Egyptian collection, works of ancient and oriental art, Cossack relics.

The Poltava Local Lore Museum after Vasyl Krychevsky is temporarily closed for restoration.

Memorial Manor Museum of potter's family Poshyvaylo is dedicated to representatives of one of the oldest pottery dynasties of Opishnia.

A collection of pottery by masters of the Poshyvaylo dynasty and works of other types of folk art are presented.

During the tour, guests are introduced to the history of the creation of the manor museum, the interiors of the house, and family photos.

The Memorial Manor-Museum of the Poshyvaylo Family in Opishnia is a subdivision of the National Museum-Reserve of Ukrainian Pottery.