Attractions of Holovkivka

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 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.

Otamansky Park in the area of ​​Kholodny Yar is a protected forest area between the villages of Holovkivka and Medvedivka, which has a long history.

In the second half of the 18th century, for his merits in the battle with the Tatars near Chyhyryn, this forest was presented to Prince Romodanovsky, who held the rank of chieftain - hence the name of the park. Later, the chieftain sold it to the Krasnokutskyi princes. Ivan Fundukley, who bought the ​​Kholodny Yar forests from Bezradetsky, in the middle of the 19th century dug out eight ponds here, laid 6 kilometers of firebrick roads, built 8 guardhouses for forest protection. In 1850-1855, Artem Tereshchenko became the owner of Otamansky Park, who built two landowner's houses near the village of Holovkivka, and swimming pools on the lakes. His son Mykola in 1869 carried out the first forest management - at that time there were about 30 trees in the park aged from 300 to 500 years.

In 1972, Otamansky Park was given the status of a nature reserve. Forest plantations occupy 367 hectares in the park. In the forest grow pedunculate and red oaks, common and black pines, spruces, 8 types of poplars, 12 - willows, maples, birches, alder, linden, ash, elm, birch, cherry, cherry and aspen. Roe deer, wild boars, foxes, hares, badgers and martens live here.

The "Zhyvun" Source is noteworthy, the water composition of which is close to the Truskavets "Naftusya".

On the territory of the Otamansky Park between the villages of Holovkivka and the villages of Medvedivka, there is the "Zhyvun" Source, the water from which is attributed healing properties. According to legend, the Haidamaks treated their battle wounds with water from the "Zhyvun".

The water is drinkable, ecologically clean. According to the content of dissolved silver and other chemical elements useful for human health, it ranks first among the forest springs of the Kholodny Yar tract and the surrounding nature reserves.

A prayer service is held in the chapel near the spring every Friday morning.

Nearby is a small forest lake and several oaks 600-800 years old. Equipped place for rest.