Attractions of Smile

The Feodosii Sakhno Exemplary Literary and Local Lore Museum in Smile opened in 2008. Dedicated to the local amateur historian, writer, artist and dissident Feodosii Sakhno, author of the book "The Story of the Smile".

The museum is located in the premises of the Smile Lyceum, which bears the name of Feodosii Sakhno, since it was in the former Smile Secondary School that the historian taught during the Soviet era and it was here that he founded the first rural local history museum on a non-profit basis.

The exhibition presents personal belongings of Feodosii Sakhno, photographs, books from his library, publications, letters, manuscripts, his paintings and paintings by artist friends, and products of Smile craftsmen. Here you can learn about the difficult times in which the local historian lived and his civic position. The watercolor by Mykola Samokhin, which depicts the house of the local historian, where many prominent people of the region visited, attracts attention.

A separate section of the exhibition is dedicated to two talented writers and publicists, Arkadii Motsny and Hryhorii Tarasenko, who presented their new books at the museum.

The Smile Historical and Local Lore Museum is located in the former house of a wealthy peasant in the center of the village of Smile, built over a hundred years ago. In Soviet times, it housed the district police department.

The exhibition presents documents and photographs telling about the history of the village of Smile, samples of traditional Ukrainian clothing, embroidered towels, antique dishes, household items, tools, old medical instruments. The interiors of a traditional Ukrainian hut and a village clinic of the mid-20th century are recreated.