Attractions of Cherkasy

A monument to the Ukrainian sixties poet Vasyl Symonenko in Cherkasy was erected in 2010 next to the historic Shcherbyna house (now the Palace of Marriages).

In this city, the poet worked as a correspondent for the newspapers "Cherkaska Pravda", "Molod Cherkashchyny", "Robocha gazeta" in the early 1960s. Simonenko's anti-Soviet poems became famous thanks to self-publishing. The poet died after a severe beating related to his public activities aimed at exposing the crimes of the NKVD.

The author of the monument is Vladyslav Dymyon. The monument with a height of more than 2 meters conveys the image of the poet in gradual dynamics. The wing that envelops the figure symbolizes talent, the spark of God.

The editorial office of the newspaper "Cherkasky Kray" (formerly "Cherkaska Pravda") is located nearby, where Vasyl Symonenko's room-museum has been opened.

The house of gravedigger-contractor Yakiv Mayboroda was built in Cherkasy at the end of the 19th century by local architect Heorhiy Filofero.

The mansion is built of brick in the neoclassical style with the use of architectural forms and decorative elements of the Renaissance and Empire. The central and side portals are crowned with complex pediments. The house had three large and seven smaller rooms, a servant's house and a stable were located on the territory of the manor.

Later, the Mayboroda leased the mansion to the Second Four-Class School for Burghers. After the Bolshevik coup of 1917, it housed a branch of the Cherkasy Vseobuch, then a kindergarten, and then it was transferred to the city sanatorium.

From the interior to our time, the old filleted doors, authentic window joinery and parquet floor have been preserved.