Attractions of Sumy region

The deer farm in Kozatske, Sumy Region, was founded in 2022 by reindeer herder Dmytro Rusanov together with the local agricultural company "Kozatska". Deer were bred here in Soviet times, but later their population declined until enthusiasts decided to revive the business.

The farm has an area of ​​about 70 hectares. Now about 800 and 250 fallow deer live here. Four breeding branches of the European deer are represented: British, New Zealand, Austrian and Romanian. The animals are kept in large enclosures, where they feel free.

For tourists, excursions are held at the deer farm, during which they talk about the breeding of animals, their habits and diet. You can also feed the deer.

In addition, the farm promotes presentations and tastings of the products of LLC "Agrifirm "Kozatska", including meat dishes, dairy products, oil and traditional local drinks. You can order a ride around the village in a horse-drawn carriage.

The Cathedral of the Descent of the Holy Spirit is the oldest stone building in the city of Romny.

It is located at the highest point of the city - on Bazarna Square.

This outstanding monument of architecture in the Ukrainian Baroque style was created in 1738-1746 on the site of a temple founded in 1689.

Fragments of paintings have been preserved.

The Forestry and Educational Center "Forest and Hunting Museum" operates on the territory of the central estate of the state enterprise "Konotop Forestry". Created in 2019 by the efforts of the forestry employees.

The exposition of the Konotop Forest Museum tells about the flora and fauna of the Sumy region. The exhibits include stuffed animals of some local animals, samples of wood of local breeds, photos of animals in nature, unusual finds of foresters, decorative panels by local craftsmen.

On the territory of the forestry estate, you can also visit the Konotop Arboretum with an area of ​​1 hectare. Here you can see 61 species of trees and shrubs, of which 53 are exotic species.

The Konotop Forestry Arboretum has the status of a dendrological park of local importance.

The Forest Museum in Trostianets was opened in 2019 at the Trostianets Forest Farm to the 70th anniversary of the formation of the Sumy Regional Department of Forestry and Hunting.

The exposition presents samples of flora and fauna of Sumy region, tools for forestry management, forest planting and wood harvesting. On the territory of the forest farm, you can take a walk through the mini arboretum and buy seedlings.

The 4.3-km-long ecological trail starts from the museum, which runs through the Neskuchne tract and includes 10 stops, including a black walnut plantation, an oak tree up to 500 years old, Yakubiv Yar, Nymph's Grotto, etc.

During the Russian military aggression in 2022 and the temporary occupation of Trostianets, the building of the Forest Museum suffered significant destruction. The exposure is restored.

The fountain-monument "Sumka" (Bag), installed in 2008 on one of the central pedestrian streets of Sumy, symbolizes the legend of the founding of the city.

According to legend, in the summer of 1655, the first Cossack settlers from the town of Pruda in the Kyiv region, led by Otaman Kondratyev, found three hunting sums with coins at the place where a small river flowed into the Psel. The river was named Sumka, and the city founded here was called Sumy.

Sculptor Oleksiy Shevchenko recreated the legend in stone: a bag with money hangs over a well with water, from which water also flows. A new urban tradition has appeared - to wet the face, bags and wallets with "magical" water from the well.

The museum-manor of General Mykhaylo Drahomyrov opened in 2007 in the restored house of the general in Konotop.

Military and statesman of the Russian Empire of Ukrainian origin, General of the Infantry Mykhaylo Drahomyrov was born in the ancestral Drahomyrov village near Konotop, and the last years of his life he lived in his city estate.

The museum exposition presents furniture of the late XIX - early XX centuries, paintings by local artists and other exhibits.

The museum-manor of General Drahomyrov is a department of the Konotop city museum of local lore of Oleksandr Lazarevsky.

The monument to the great hetman of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky was installed in the square of the central part of the village of Shapovalivka, Konotop district, near the village house of culture at the expense of the district budget.

Sculptor - Yuriy Medvid, architect - Volodymyr Bykov.

The bust of Ivan Vyhovsky is installed on a pedestal made of quartzite clay. A metal plate in the form of a charter with the image of hetman attributes: a metal forged coat of arms and a mace, with the inscription: "Ivan Vyhovsky - Hetman of Ukraine". The total height of the monument is 4 meters.

The Hetmansky National Nature Park was created in 2009 with the aim of preserving the unique and diverse landscapes of the Left Bank Forest-Steppe - from lowland banks and sphagnum swamps to relict native forests.

The park with an area of ​​over 23,000 hectares is located in the valley of the Vorskla River. The park includes areas of the floodplain, the river itself, in some places the floodplain terraces and the right root bank of the river.

The Hetmansky NPP includes the Khukhryansky", "Bakirovsky", "Klymentivsky", and "Yamniy" hydrological reserves, as well as 6 protected tracts. In particular, the tract "Litovsky Bir" is a unique relict pine forest where trees over 200 years old are found. Two natural attractions of local importance - "Flint Spring" and "Krynychka".

The historical and cultural museum complex "Kochubeyivsky" was created in the village of Dubovychi in 2012 with the aim of developing and preserving the historical, cultural and architectural heritage of the region.

The complex includes 9 historical and cultural objects, including:
- a complex of buildings of the Kochubey family estate (manor house and outbuilding),
- a park-monument of landscape art "Kochubeyivsky",
- a hydrological natural monument of local importance "Dzherelo-krynytsya",
- a memorial sign on the site of the parish church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a mosaic icon of the Mother of God "Dubovytska",
- a memorial sign on the site of the house church of the Kochubey family,
- a school museum of the history of the village of Dubovychi, etc.

The main areas of activity of the complex are scientific research, search, cultural and educational, economic activities. The employees of the complex provide excursion services at all objects of the reserve.

The Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Batkivska Khata" (Parent's House) in Malyi Sambir opened in 2016 during the festival "We congratulate the strawberry - the first queen berry". The exposition was collected by the efforts of local residents.

You can get acquainted with the ancient history and development of the village of Malyi Sambir in the historical part of the exposition. The "Ukrainian Room" presents the interior of a traditional village hut with household items and samples of clothing from the late 19th - early 20th centuries. The exhibition hall displays products of local folk craftsmen.

The Museum "Shadows of Unforgotten Ancestors" was founded in Bilopillia in 1998 as a historical and local lore museum. Since 2023, it has been located in the premises of the Center for Children's and Youth Creativity of the city.

The museum's exposition covers the period of the history of the city of Bilopillia from the beginning of the 10th century to the events of the Bolshevik coup of 1917. The central place is occupied by a model of the ancient fortress of Vyr, as an outpost of the Kievan state, which presents the structure of the city in the 10th century. The museum's exposition also includes artifacts from the times of the Kyivan state, as well as valuable items found during archaeological excavations in the city. An interesting exhibit is a trade seal from the times of Prince Izyaslav Davydovych (12th century).

The People`s Museum of the History of Aviation and Cosmonautics at Okhtyrka Secondary School No. 2 was established in 1988.

The museum's exposition has 11 thematic sections - "The Beginning of the Space Era", "Pioneers of Cosmonautics", "Creators of Space Technology. Ukraine" (which, in particular, presents models of the Zenit-38T launch vehicle and materials about rocket and space technology created by the Pivdenne Design Bureau), "Served in the Okhtyrka Regiment", "The First Earthling Cosmonaut", "The First Cosmonaut of Ukraine" (dedicated to Leonid Kadenyuk, "The Feat of Berehovy", "Cosmonauts' Menu", "Cosmonauts' Space Equipment", "History of Ukrainian Aviation", as well as many other exhibits that tell about the role and place of Ukraine and Ukrainians in the history of the development of aviation and cosmonautics.

The History of Jews of Hlukhiv Region Museum was opened in 2003 on the initiative of the Hlukhiv Jewish community "Haverim".

Currently, the museum has more than 1,500 exhibits, of which 148 are original. Here you can trace the history of the famous Jewish families of the Tsveyfel, Dvoskiny and Yanposky.

The Torah scrolls from the Hlukhiv synagogue are considered the most valuable exhibits.

The Museum of History of Sumy Regiment of the Slobidske Cossacks was created in 2003 at the initiative of the public organization "The Sumy Regiment of the Slobidske Cossacks named after Herasym Kondratyev".

Located in a small office on the 2nd floor of a corner building on Voskresenska. The exposition of the museum reveals the Cossack history of Sumy region of the 17th - early 20th centuries. In particular, a fragment of the wooden palisade of the Sumy fortress, found during the reconstruction of Voskresenska Street, is presented.

You can also see a fragment of forged window bars from the All Saints Church of the Sumy Dormition Monastery, fragments of equipment of the entrance gate of the Sumy Fortress, weapons and equipment of the Sumy Hussar Regiment.

The pride of the museum is a color portrait of the founder of Sumy, Colonel Herasym Kondratyev.

The Nativity of the Holy Virgin (Hlynska Desert) Stauropygny Monastery is located in the village of Sosnivka near Hlukhiv, a few kilometers from the Russian border.

According to legend, the monastery was founded in 1557 at the place where a miraculous icon of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared on a pine tree to local beekeepers while collecting honey.

The name of the monastery comes from the estate of the Hlynskyi princes, on whose land the hermitage is based. Ivan Mazepa and Oleksiy Menshikov were the patrons of the Hlynsky monastery at different times. He flourished in the 19th century.

The desert, surrounded by a stone fence, had five separate and four domestic temples. The cathedral church in honor of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God with a bell tower was built in 1770-1781. Almost all buildings were destroyed after the monastery was closed by the Bolsheviks in 1922.

In 1994, the Hlynska Desert was reopened, and it was occupied by representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate. A new over-the-gate church was consecrated in the name of the icon of the Mother of God of Iver. In 2002, Saint Michael's Church was built on the site of the destroyed cathedral.

There is a holy spring on the territory.