Attractions of Shchastia district

The Museum of Local Lore of the Novoaidar Village Council tells about the nature, history and ethnography of this region of Luhansk region.

In the first hall the traditional interior of the Slobozhansky house is reproduced. Household items and tools collected in various villages of the district are exhibited.

The collection "Folk costume of Novoaidar region of the late XIX - early XX centuries" presents the costumes of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples, Zaporizhzhia and Don Cossacks, as well as ethnic Ukrainians-Lemkos who were forcibly relocated from Poland and have lived in Luhansk region for more than 70 years.

A separate exhibition is dedicated to the work of sculptor Ivan Chumak.

The monument to Prince Ihor in the Stanytsia Luhanska town (north-eastern suburb of Luhansk) was opened for the 65th anniversary of the formation of the Luhansk region.

According to some historians, the legendary northern prince Igor started his campaign against the Polovtsy from the Luhansk steppe, described in the "Words about Ihor's Campaign".

The 14-meter-tall statue of the prince, made of bronze-toned concrete, is installed on a high hill above the Luhansk-Shyrokyi highway. The authors of the monument are the sculptor Mykola Mozhayev, the architect Mykola Pozdnyakov, the artist Viktor Horbulin.

The monument to Prince Ihor was reconstructed in 2008. It is planned to create a historical and cultural complex around it.

The Stanytsia Luhanska Museum of Local Lore, known as the Museum of Don Cossacks, was opened in 1988 for the 300th anniversary of Stanytsia Luhanska.

In 1993, the exposition "Stanytsia Luhanska - the original settlement of the Don Cossacks" was opened.