Attractions of Sumy region

The monument of refined sugar in Sumy was opened for the 355th anniversary of the city in memory of the former sugar glory of Sumy.

It is located on Pokrovska Square, opposite the monument to the sugar factory Ivan Kharytonenko, thanks to whom the city achieved prosperity in the 19th century. At that time, sugar began to be pressed into small cubes, and it was this form of the monument that was chosen by sculptors Viktor Dovholyuk and Oleksiy Shevchenko.

You can go down to the large refined cube on stone cubes to take a photo at the landmark, which symbolizes the wealth of the region. It is assumed that individual sugar cubes will be scattered throughout the city.

On the same day, on Voskresenska Street in Sumy, the sculpture "Baby Sweets" was opened.

The Church of the Resurrection in Lebedyn is a rare wooden church on the territory of Slobozhanshchyna, which has been preserved since the 18th century, although it has been rebuilt many times.

At first there was a five-chamber, cross-shaped plan, five-headed. Outside, it is sheathed with vertically placed boards with fasteners.

In the 1930s, the Resurrection Church was closed by the Soviet authorities, the bells were removed, the bell tower was destroyed, and the iconostasis was burned. Restoration has recently begun.

The Romny Local Lore Museum is located in the historical center of the city of Romny and is part of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Posullia". It is one of the richest museums in the Sumy region - its funds contain about 50 thousand exhibits.

The history of the museum began in 1919, when the Society for the Protection of Monuments of Antiquity and Art was founded in Romny. During the first decades, the museum changed its address several times, until in 1943 it was located in the current premises of the former 19th century bank.

The museum's exposition tells about the history of the Romny region and the nature of the region. There are permanent exhibitions: "Spiritual amulets of the region", "The people of Romny - heroes of Chernobyl", "The historical choice of the people", "Life in the name of science", "Milestones of the history of the Romny region", "The Romny region during the Second World War", the diorama "Animal world of the Romny region".

The heroic Cossack era in the history of Romny region is represented by weapons, a collection of Cossack pipes and household items from the 17th-18th centuries. Among the rarities is the Lithuanian Statute of 1588, the oldest printed edition in the museum collections of Sumy region. A unique relic associated with the name of Taras Shevchenko is a torban, which belonged to the Kobzar himself. The pride of the museum is a luxurious art collection and a rich ethnographic and household collection.

Near the building of the local history museum lies a huge boulder, brought here by a glacier from Karelia 180 thousand years ago.

The manor house of the Rudzynsky nobles from Krolevets was built in the 1820s on the southeastern outskirts of Krolevets near the old road to Hlukhiv.

Made in the architectural forms of late provincial classicism, with a certain influence of romanticism. The walls are made of oak beams, the decorative elements are made of stucco stucco. The original decor has been partially preserved in the interiors, in particular the stucco rosette on the ceiling.

There is a version that Taras Shevchenko visited here in 1845 (a portrait of Yosyp Rudzynsky, dated that year, made by Shevchenko has been preserved). The last owner was Volodymyr Rudzynsky, a participant in the liberation movement of the beginning of the 20th century.

In Soviet times, a club was placed here, and then a school. In the 1960s, a children's sanatorium was established on the grounds of the estate. Currently, the building has been restored and is in private ownership.

The Church of Saint Basil the Great in Romny is a unique architectural monument of the 18th–19th centuries, which is part of the ensemble of the Holy Spirit Cathedral and, in fact, is its bell tower. It is located on the Market Square of the city of Romny, next to the market and the Ancient Rus hillfort.

The construction of the church began in 1751 on the initiative and at the expense of a representative of the Cossack elders, Bunchuk's comrade Andriy Poletyka. The consecration took place in 1780. Initially, the church was dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The church received its modern name in honor of Basil the Great around 1811.

The Church of Saint Basil the Great is a rare type of multi-tiered structure for Left-Bank Ukraine, combining the functions of a gatehouse church and a cathedral bell tower. The architecture of Saint Basil's Church is characterized by a transitional stage from late Ukrainian Baroque to early Classicism and is an authentic testimony to the high level of building culture of the Hetmanate. After the reconstruction, the church became elongated, domeless.

Today, Saint Basil's Church, together with the neighboring Holy Spirit Cathedral, forms a unique silhouette of the historical center of Romeny, which is part of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Posullia" and is an object of cultural heritage of national importance.

The Church of Saint Demetrius was built in Stetskivka in 1835-1846 at the expense of the landowners Savych. The temple is made in the style of classicism.

In Soviet times, the building was used as a granary, but during the Second World War, worship services were restored.

Currently, the Saint Demetrius Church is active. Restoration was carried out in 2002.

The majestic church of Saint George the Victorious in Okhtyrka is also known as Yuriyivska Church.

Its history begins in 1660, when the first Saint George's Church was built in Okhtyrka. Subsequently, it was repeatedly reconstructed by the efforts of the hussar regiment of Denis Davydov, but in 1860 it was decided to build a new one instead of the old church. Construction lasted 45 years. The temple was consecrated only in 1905, and it was active for a short time. In 1920, it was closed and partially looted by the Bolsheviks, for a long time the premises were used as a warehouse.

In 1993, the church was handed over to the community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

In May 2022, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Saint George's Church was severely damaged by a Russian missile attack. Damaged upper, over-door and arched windows, as well as wall structures.

Saint Nicholas Monastery in Myropillia is one of the most striking architectural monuments of Sumy Region of the 19th century.

The five-tiered, 56-meter bell tower of the Saint Nicholas Church, which is the tallest in the region, attracts attention. The five-apsed brick temple in the style of classicism has a complex structure and an unusual shape.

Currently, the Saint Nicholas Monastery is active, restoration is in progress.

The Peoples Museum of the Salohubivka Village History was founded in 1975. Initially, it was dedicated to the Soviet intelligence officer Kuzma Hnidash, who was born in Salohubivka in 1914.

Currently, the museum has 1,410 exhibits, 200 of which are original. The exhibition contains materials and documents that highlight the history of the village and the lives of its famous natives. Some ethnographic materials are presented.

The ensemble of the Church of the Savior and the Transfiguration was built in the village of Vorozhba during the years 1885-1892 (according to other sources - in the years 1887-1890) according to the project of Kharkiv diocesan architect Volodymyr Nemkin on the site of the wooden church of the same name from 1778.

The Savior and the Transfiguration church is located in the central part of the village. It consists of two large brick buildings - a three-domed church and a separate belfry over the gate. It is a replica of the famous Slobozhansk architectural landmark of the Baroque period - the Church of the Intercession in Okhtyrka (1753-1768).

Currently, restoration works are underway.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

On March 8, 2022, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the windows of the central church of the Transfiguration Church were damaged by the explosion of a Russian aircraft bomb. Inside, an analog, a throne, and partially destroyed church utensils were damaged.

The wooden Church of the Savior and Transfiguration is the only church in Krolevets that has survived.

It was built in the 18th century. In 1849, architect Malinin rebuilt and expanded the church, created a side altar. In 1863, the architect Ivanov created a project of a stone bell tower, which was built in 1865-1872.

In the 1930s, the Savior and Transfiguration Church was closed, the dome and bell tower were destroyed. Services in the church were resumed only during the period of German occupation - in 1942.

Now the temple is active.

The state landscape reserve "Serednoseimskyi" with an area of ​​693 hectares protects a unique floodplain natural complex in the headwaters of the Seim River with mainly meadow vegetation, floodplain deciduous forests and numerous water bodies.

The massif located near the village of Boiaro-Lezhachi has great water protection value. "Serednoseimskyi" nature reserve - a place where the common vulture is preserved - a species listed in the international Red Book. The relict ostrich feather fern and broad-leaved sedge grow here - a species listed in the Red Book of Ukraine.

The territory of the reserve and its adjacent forests, meadows and swamps is promising for the creation of nature-reserve objects of the highest category - a national nature park.

Shostka City Museum of Local Lore was established in 1993.

The exposition tells about the nature and history of the region.

A large section is devoted to film photography, created on the basis of the funds of the former museum of Shostka software "Svema". Full-scale samples and models of technological equipment for the production and testing of film, samples of film and magnetic tapes of the enterprise of the 1930-2000s are presented.

You can also see a variety of professional and household equipment, which used light-sensitive materials and magnetic media.

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.

The Nativity of the Virgin Sophronivsky Monastery is located on Mount Chudna above the Molchanka River.

Its ancient history is closely related to the history of the Molchensky Monastery in Putyvl. According to legend, the first monastery was founded by Greek monks who settled here together with Metropolitan Mykhaylo back in the 11th century.

According to another version, the Sophronivsky-Molchensky Hermitage was founded in the 13th century by Kyiv-Pechersk monks. The first monastery caves belong to these times.

At the end of the 14th century, the monastery fell into disrepair, after a century it was revived, but in 1592 it was again destroyed by the Tatars. After that, the Molchensky Monastery was transferred to Putyvl, but soon the idea of restoring the wilderness in its former place ripened. In 1630, the first stone church of the Nativity of the Mother of God was built, and in 1653, a monastery was revived near it, which was called Small Molchensky, and soon - Sofroniivsky, named after Abbot Sophronius, who significantly contributed to the establishment of the monastery as one of the the largest in the Russian Empire.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 60 different buildings here. In 1930, the Bolsheviks closed the monastery and destroyed the churches, and placed an orphanage on the territory. By the end of the 20th century, only ruins remained here. The revival began in 1999. The caves have been cleared, the Inter-Gate Church of the Intercession and the Church of Elijah the Prophet have been restored, the refectory and the abbot's building have been restored, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin and the bell tower are under construction. The Iver icon of the Holy Mother of God is kept here.

The Nativity of the Virgin Sophronivsky Monastery belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.