Attractions of Sumy region

The Church of the Holy Ascension was built in Romny at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries outside the city wall, on the site of a wooden church founded in 1700.

In 1895, a bell tower was added. In 1896, a church and parish school was opened.

During Soviet times, the temple was closed, the building was not used for its intended purpose.

The revival of the Ascension Church began in 1996. Restoration is underway.

The white-stone Ascension Church in Velykyi Bobryk is one of the most successful religious buildings in the Sumy Region.

A majestic temple in the style of classicism with a three-tier bell tower was built in 1808 on the heights in the center of the village. It perfectly complemented the picturesque rural landscape with a pond and hills. The church comes into view immediately after the turn from the Sumy-Okhtyrka road, and then it does not disappear from view for the entire five kilometers of the road.

At first, the temple seems very small, which is natural for a small village. The real scale of the structure becomes apparent only when you start to descend to the pond. Compared to the surrounding rural structures, the Ascension Church looks simply huge.

The original architectural feature of the temple is an open three-lane arcade gallery topped by a belfry.

The interior of the church is decorated with columns and pilasters of the Corinthian order. Ancient frescoes have been preserved.

The large stone Cathedral of the Assumption is located on the terrace above the village of Mezhyrich, at the foot of the plateau of the high right bank of the Psel River.

Founded in 1759 by the order and at the expense of local native Luka Bilous, archimandrite of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, as the cathedral church of the hundred-year-old town of Mezhyrich. Assumption Cathedral in Okhtyrka (1728-1738, not preserved) served as a model.

Built in a rare temple style typical of Slobozhanshchyna, the Cathedral of the Assumption is a valuable monument of Ukrainian national architecture of the Baroque era.

The Holy Assumption Church in Verkhnia Syrovatka was built in 1805-1812 according to the project of the poet and educator Oleksandr Palitsyn, who lived in the nearby "Popivka" estate, at the expense and under the direction of a descendant of the elder family, lieutenant Mykola Vlasovskyi. The brick and iconostasis were purchased from the dismantled Sumy monastery.

In 1844, lightning struck the bell tower and, passing inside the church, burned the gilded iconostasis, but the Assumption Church survived. The Chenstokhova church icon of the Mother of God, which, according to tradition, was brought to the old wooden church by a Polish nobleman from Chenstokhova was especially revered.

The Aviation Museum in Konotop is a department of the Konotop City Museum of Local Lore of Oleksandr Lazarevsky.

The history of the museum began in 2004 with the observation deck of the Konotop air base, where three helicopters of Mil family were installed.

To date, the exhibition presents the L-39 aircraft, as well as seven different helicopters KB Mil, in particular the world's only surviving to this day air control point Mi-22.

In addition, you can see the military bunker during the German-Soviet war.

The Museum of the History of the Village of Boromlia was established in the 1980s. The museum's exposition includes over 1,000 exhibits, telling the story of the founding and development of the village.

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village of Boromlia was under occupation for over a month. The museum staff managed to save all the most valuable exhibits. The museum premises were damaged by a blast wave, but at the time of the deoccupation of the settlement, it remained the only surviving administrative building in Boromlia and the museum began to function as a humanitarian headquarters.

Currently, the museum in Boromlia collects exhibits about the modern Russian-Ukrainian war. Bread from the occupation, documents of Russian soldiers and fragments from shells are all new exhibits of the museum. The museum also has official documents left behind by Russian soldiers - "travel letters with seals".

The Borys Antonenko-Davydovych Museum in Okhtyrka was opened in 1994 on the initiative of local teacher Natalia Sheyko. The exhibition is located in the historical building of the Okhtyrka Gymnasium, where the future writer studied. Now it is the Borys Antonenko-Davydovych Lyceum.

The exhibition presents many personal belongings and family relics donated to the museum by the writer's relatives. In particular, in the section "What the Photos Tell Us" you can see photo portraits of his parents, daughters and son Yevhen, photos of Antonenko-Davydovych himself with friends, during his stay in exile, with his family after returning from exile, etc. First editions of works by Borys Antonenko-Davydovych are presented. Of particular note is the wooden painting "Prisoner", which belonged to the writer.

Tours of the museum are conducted by lyceum students.

The Buryn Local Lore Museum named after Pavlo Popov was established in 1982 as the "Museum of the History of the Buryn District". In 1992, the museum received the status of "People's Museum".

The museum collection includes over two thousand exhibits, including monuments and objects of history, archeology, natural history, ethnography and culture, which tell about the historical, cultural and socio-economic development of the Buryn region.

The museum is located in one of the buildings of the estate complex of local landowners - noblemen Pavlovs.

The Peoples Museum of the Chernecha Sloboda Village History is located in the center of the settlement, opposite the school. It was opened in 1991 at the initiative of the local community. The famous artist Mykola Bondarenko took part in the design.

The exposition was formed thanks to the caring residents of the village of Chernecha Sloboda, who shared many antiquities with the museum. In particular, samples of traditional clothing, embroidered towels, ceramics, etc. are presented.

Old documents and photographs on the stands tell about the period of the Ukrainian Revolution, the times of the Holodomor and World War II, in particular the immortalized memory of the four Moroz brothers and the five Shapoval brothers. Materials about the modern Russian-Ukrainian war are also presented.

Children's park "Kazka" is located in the central part of the city of Sumy.

On its territory, in addition to children's attractions, there are fairy-tale buildings and figures of fairy-tale characters.

In addition, a mobile zoo and a circus are regularly opened in Kazka Park, as well as city-wide entertainment events.

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 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 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 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 - Yurii 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.