Attractions of Cherkasy district

A monument to the heroes of Mykhaylo Starytskyi's play "Behind two hares", Svyryd Holokhavstov and Pronya Prokopivna, is erected in Cherkasy, although this city has nothing to do with the events described in the play.

The images of popular characters, embodied by Oleh Borisov and Marharyta Krynitsyna, are taken from the film comedy "Behind two hares", filmed based on Starytskyi's play at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko Kyiv Film Studio.

The sculpture, made of fiberglass and painted bronze, was commissioned by the owners of the "House of Fashion" located here, as the characters of the play were distinguished by their love for fashionable clothes. Sculptor Oleksandr Hulbis.

The People's Museum of the village of Holovkivka is located in the center of the village. Founded in 2004 at the expense of patron Borys Kuzyk.

The exhibition is housed in 5 small halls. On a large topographical map, the memorial places of the village are marked.

The archaeological department presents tools and decorations of the Bronze Age, Roman coins, agricultural tools of the Cossack age.

A separate hall is dedicated to the Holodny Yar events of the first half of the 20th century.

The Holy Intercession Cathedral is the main Orthodox church of Smila.

The construction of the stone church began here in 1859 at the expense of prominent patrons of the Counts of Bobrynskyi.

The Smila Church of the Intercession in Byzantium was built according to the plan of the St. Petersburg Annunciation Life Guard of the cuirassier regiment of the church, but it has larger dimensions and only one central dome.

The Holy Kazan Cathedral in Chyhyryn was restored in 2004 on the site of the old church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, built in 1888 on the donation of sailors born in Chyhyryn.

The majestic temple with two domes and a bell tower was built of light brown bricks. The walls and vaults were painted with icons of saints. During the Soviet rule, until 1934, the Kazan Cathedral remained the only active temple of Chyhyryn. After the church was closed, the cathedral building was dismantled for building materials.

The Holy Kazan Cathedral was revived thanks to the help of patrons in 2004. The lower temple is consecrated in honor of Saint George.

The wooden Holy Transfiguration Church in the village of Kornylivka was built in 1738 (according to other data, in 1722. Before that, there was an old church of the 17th century in the village.

In 1838, the Transfiguration Church was reconstructed. Apparently, at the same time, a belfry with a tent top was added to it.

The temple is three-domed, cross-shaped in plan.

Currently, the Transfiguration Church is a monument of folk architecture of the Middle Dnipro region.

Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Holy Trinity Cathedral was restored in Cherkasy in 1991 next to Castle Hill, on which the main Orthodox church of the city used to be located.

The wooden Cossack Trinity Church in Cherkasy was built in 1671. It was rebuilt several times. The stone temple was built in 1863 on the territory of the former Cherkasy castle.

In 1961, the Holy Trinity Church was demolished, as the construction of the "Hill of Glory" memorial complex began on this site.

The Trinity Cathedral was restored in the 1990s, but it had to be moved to another place, being attached to one of the buildings on Slavy Square. Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The wooden Holy Trinity Church was built in Sunky in 1864, when the village was owned by Sofiya Rayevska, the daughter of the famous general Mykola Rayevskyi.

In 1937, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities and converted into a collective farm utility room, and the domes were removed at the same time. The church was revived in 1941 during the German occupation, and services in it have not stopped since then.

Princess Hanna Yashvil (Orlova), granddaughter of General Rayevskyi, is buried in the courtyard of the Trinity Church. There is another older tombstone, but the inscriptions on it have faded.

The Holy Trinity Church in Mliiv is located next to the Symyrenko manor. It was built in 1858 by the Symyrenko family as a family tomb.

During the Soviet rule, the temple was turned into a village club.

Today the church is active. Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Horodyshche Local History Museum was founded in the city of Horodyshche in 1998.

The museum's exposition illustrates the history and culture of the city, tells about prominent residents of Horodyshche. The total collection of the museum is almost two thousand exhibits. In addition to the main exposition, the museum hosts exhibitions of decorative and applied arts.

The building of the former "Slovyanska" hotel in Cherkasy was built at the end of the 19th century at the expense of the entrepreneur Skoryna.

Made in the Art Nouveau style with pseudo-Gothic elements. The corner of the building, taking into account the town planning site, is decided by a pentagonal volume topped by a tall pointed tent. The facade of the building is decorated with numerous decorative details, thin towers with needle domes and elegant columns. The house had three balconies, one of which extended more than 2.5 meters and rested on thin cast-iron columns. It was under it that the entrance to the "Slovyanska" hotel was located.

In Soviet times, it was the Dnipro Hotel. Currently, the building belongs to "Ukrsotsbank".

The wooden church in the village of Melnykivka was built in the first half of the 19th century and consecrated in the name of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin.

Due to restrictions on the use of traditional Ukrainian style in church architecture, the church turned out to be unusual, with pronounced features of classicism.

Probably, the Intercession Church served as a burial place for landowners Morozov or Zolotaryov, who owned Melnykivka in the 19th century. The graves of the Zolotaryovs have been preserved on the church bypass.

Irdynskyi Vynohradskyi Holy Assumption Monastery with a complex of caves is located in the middle of forests and swamps near the village of Male Starosillia to the west of Smila.

It was probably founded in the 16th century, but it was first mentioned in documents in 1656, when Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi issued a license for the construction of a new monastery complex. Khmelnytsky's son Yuriy hid in this monastery and accepted monasticism under the name of monk Gedeon. Haydamaks also hid in the monastery caves.

15 hectares of the large territory of the monastery was the first to be explored by Count Oleksiy Bobrynskyi at the end of the 19th century. The diagram of the underground passageways drawn up by him shows that they ran for hundreds of meters. However, neither the count nor modern local historians managed to reach the end and find out where the tunnels dug by the monks led. Archaeologists discovered an underground church in the caves.

The monastery, which was closed by the Bolsheviks after numerous destructions and fires, was never restored to a psycho-neurological boarding school on its territory. Only surviving caves are open to tourists.

The Horodyshche Literary and Memorial Museum-Estate of the Writer Ivan Le was founded in 1983 with the participation of the writer's wife Irina and son Rikhard, who donated the house and estate to the museum. The house project was developed personally by Ivan Le at one time and he took an active part in the construction work.

The museum's exposition includes more than 7 thousand exhibits, including the writer's manuscripts, various materials for his works, books written by him, personal belongings, documents, photographs, tools, gifts from friends, etc.

The Church of Saint John the Theologian was built in Holovkivka at the beginning of the 19th century. on the foundation of the old church, known since 1775.

The church is four-domed, cruciform in plan. An authentic belfry with bells has been preserved. The construction of the monastery building is underway.

The decision to create a historical museum in Kaniv was made in 1963, but it was actually opened only 28 years later. It is located in an old building in the center of the city.

The first exposition was dedicated to the Trypillia culture, the next - the history of the Kaniv region from the Paleolithic to the Ancient Rus state.

The permanent exhibition "Antiquities of Kaniv" with ethnographic material of the 19th century, several thematic exhibitions have also been opened.