Attractions of Poltava region

The Museum of Heavy Bomber Aviation was established on the territory of Poltava Military Airfield, where the 13th Guards Dnipropetrovsk-Budapest Order of Suvorov Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was based in Soviet times.

It consisted of 18 long-range supersonic Tu-22M3 bombers (Backfire), 6 long-range jet missiles Tu-16 (Badger) and other equipment. After the collapse of the USSR, the division was disbanded. According to the Ukrainian-American Agreement on the Elimination of Strategic Nuclear Weapons, in February 2006 the last TU-22M3 bomber was cut down at the Poltava military airfield.

2 planes were saved for the museum exposition, some more were brought from other cities. In particular, the exposition of the open parking lot of aircraft presents the world's largest strategic bomber TU-160 "White Swan" (according to NATO classification - "Blackjack"). And also the only Tu-95MS aircraft in Ukraine (according to NATO classification - "Bear"). Other exhibits: Tu-22M3, Tu-22, Tu-16, Tu-134UBL, Su-15, An-2 and helicopters: Mi-8 and Mi-2.

In addition, 13 halls in the exhibition hall tell about the history and global significance of heavy bomber aircraft.

The National Museum-Reserve of Mykola Hohol was created in the village of Hoholeve (formerly Vasylivka, Yanivshchyna), where the writer spent his childhood and youth.

The museum was opened for the writer's 175th birthday.

The estate is recreated from photographs, drawings, plans, letters and memories of contemporaries, as the original buildings burned down during World War II. The parents' house and the wing with Hohol's office have been restored, the ponds, the romantic grotto on the shore and the age-old garden have been preserved.

In the recreated interiors of the living room, dining room and bedrooms, there is an exhibition that gives an idea of the Hohol era and tells about the writer's life and work. In particular, the first editions of Hohol's books, original portraits, some interior items, personal belongings of the writer and members of his family are presented.

In the park opposite the museum is the grave of Hohol's parents.

In the warm season, starting from the month of May, night theatrical performances are held.

The National Museum-Reserve of Ukrainian Pottery was founded in 1986 in Opishnia. This ancient village in the Poltava region has long been famous as the largest center of Ukrainian ceramic masters, the pottery capital of Ukraine.

The reserve has united a significant collection of works by folk potters and ceramic artists, creating a national treasury of Ukrainian pottery art. Today, it has a unique collection, numbering over 60 thousand units of preservation.

The main territory of the museum-reserve is well-maintained, decorated with examples of monumental clay sculpture, has many beautiful photo locations, places for recreation and an observation deck with a view of the ancient Slavic settlement of Opishna.

The National Open-Air Gallery of Monumental Clay Sculpture presents over 300 exclusive works of art by potters from Opishnia, including winners of the Taras Shevchenko Prize, as well as masters from other regions and abroad who participate in annual festivals of monumental ceramic sculpture.

The exhibition hall presents particularly valuable exhibits (dishes, children's toys, tiles, decorative panels), a large collection of books about pottery.

The youngest visitors will like the unusual inhabitants of "Ceramland" - a territory where you can meet a giraffe that eats clouds, a flock of cheerful ducklings, a baby mammoth and a dog-bench, a wind blower and surprised fish.

All visitors to the National Museum-Reserve of Ukrainian Pottery receive a whistle as a gift. By prior arrangement, it is possible to meet a master who will demonstrate the art of working on a potter's wheel. The museum cafe "Horniatko" and a souvenir shop operate on the territory.

The National Museum-Reserve of Ukrainian Pottery includes:
- Krychevsky Art Family Museum;
- Poshyvailo Potter's Family Memorial Museum-Estate;
- Oleksandra Seliuchenko Memorial Museum-Estate;
- Mykola Poshivailo Memorial Museum-Estate;
- Vasyl Omelianenko Memorial Museum-Estate;
- Leonid Smorzh Memorial Museum-Estate (Miski Mlyny village);
- Honcharia Ethnovillage (Mali Budyshcha village).

The Zemska school building in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau was built in Pisky-Udaiski in the 1910s according to the project of the architect Opanas Slastion (Slaston).

The Ukrainian painter, ethnographer and architect Slastion developed a number of original school projects for the Lokhvytskyi zemstvo, to which the village of Pisky-Udaiski belonged at the time. These projects are characterized by pointed towers and trapezoidal window openings.

After a new, wider building was built for the village school (now the village library), the Zemska school building is not used.

The Khrystanivka Zemska School is located on picturesque cliffs above the Sula River. This is one of the fifty schools of the Lokhvytsia zemstvo that have survived in the Poltava region, built at the beginning of the 20th century according to the project of the artist and ethnographer Opanas Slastion (Slaston), who designed buildings in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau, which "correspond to the national taste and acquired features of national originality". Among the characteristic features are large hexagonal doors and windows, which were popularly called "Shevchenko windows".

In 1995, the school was closed. Currently, one wing houses a paramedic-midwifery station.

The original building of the two-class Zemska school in Mokiivka was built in 1912 in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau, according to the project of the architect Opanas Slastion (Slaston), who at one time was also known as an artist and ethnographer.

His architectural projects were distinguished by the use of elements of traditional folk architecture. In particular, on behalf of the Lohvytsia zemstvo, he developed projects for more than 50 rural schools, the characteristic features of which were hexagonal trapezoidal window openings, multi-sloped tent roofs with cracks and colorful towers.

The Mokiivka Zemska School has been well preserved and is still used for its intended purpose - the building houses primary classes and the preschool department of the Mokiivka Gymnasium. There is also a school library and a public museum - one room with local history exhibits.

Zemska school in Kharsiky was built in 1913 according to the project of architect, artist and ethnographer Opanas Slastion (Slaston), whose works were distinguished by the use of traditional forms of Ukrainian architecture.

Slastion designed a number of schools in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau at the request of Lohvytsia Zemstvo. The building of the Kharsiky school is one-story, U-shaped, with hexagonal trapezoidal windows and two two-story towers with spires. The facades are decorated with decorative brickwork.

In addition to the school, the complex included a wooden barn, an oak cellar, a well and a fence. The building was used for its intended purpose until 1984, when the school was moved to a new building, and a medical and labor institution was placed in the old premises.

Currently, the facility is in an abandoned state.

The Kizlivka Zemska School is one of the fifty surviving schools of the Lohvytsia Zemstvo, built at the beginning of the 20th century according to the designs of the architect, artist and ethnographer Opanas Slastion (Slaston) in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau. All of them are distinguished by the use of reinterpreted techniques of traditional Ukrainian architecture.

The school in Kizlivka is two-class, one-story, with a characteristic two-story tower with a spire. The Slastion style is also well read by trapezoidal windows, tented roofs and brick decoration. The building is still used for its intended purpose - it is an auxiliary building of the Kizlivka Lyceum.

The two-class Zemska school in Hiltsi was built in 1911 according to the project of the famous architect Opanas Slastion (Slaston), who used elements of traditional Ukrainian architecture in his works.

The one-story brick building with ornamental masonry has tall hexagonal windows and a magnificent tented tower in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau.

The guardian of the school was the head of the public education department of the district zemstvo administration, Prince Kochubey, whose farm was located nearby. Volodymyr Hres (Otaman Gonta), who in 1920 became one of the leaders of the rebel movement in Poltava Region, was the first teacher of the Gilets Zemska Primary School.

The building is still in good condition and is used for its intended purpose.

The former Zemska school building is located at the entrance to the village of Ryhy from the Krynytsia side.

It was one of the fifty schools of Lokhvytsia zemstvo, built in the first half of the 20th century according to the project of the famous architect and ethnographer Opanas Slastion (Slaston) in the style of Ukrainian modernism with the use of folk-style romantic decorative elements. A characteristic feature is the trapezoidal window and door openings, as well as the tented roof with folds.

The decorative tower above the vestibule was dismantled during the Soviet era, when the building housed the Ryhy Village Cultural Center.

The Triumphal Arch in Dykanka is the village's business card, the only surviving civil structure of the Kochubey family estate.

The ceremonial entrance to the estate was decorated with a classic triumphal arch in honor of the arrival in Dykanka of Emperor Oleksandr I, whose close associate was Prince Viktor Kochubey.

Triumphal Arch was built by the architect Luyidzhi Ruska to commemorate the victory over Napoleon in 1812, it was decorated with copper bas-reliefs with battle scenes.

The ancestral tomb of the Zakrevsky family in the unusual shape of an Egyptian pyramid was built in Berezova Rudka at the end of the 19th century by the famous lawyer Hnat Zakrevsky, who was in the service of Emperor Oleksandr III, was a member of the Masonic lodge and admired Egyptian culture. According to one version, he was also Russia's ambassador to Egypt.

The chapel-mausoleum built by him over the grave of his ancestors most likely has a secret symbolic meaning. The funeral building combined the classical forms of the Egyptian pyramid and pagan paraphernalia with Orthodox symbols. Thus, the entrance to the chapel was "guarded" by a statue of the goddess Isis brought by Zakrevsky from Egypt, and an Orthodox cross was placed on the portico above the entrance. In the center of the hall was an Orthodox altar with a large stone cross.

Hnat Zakrevsky himself died in 1906 in Egypt, his embalmed body was brought to Berezova Rudka and buried in the mausoleum.

Pyramid in Berezova Rudka is one of the three pyramidal temples in Ukraine. During the Soviet rule, the chapel was desecrated and looted, now the building is in a bad condition.

The luxurious building of the women's diocesan school adorns the center of the city of Lubny.

The building was built in 1907 according to the project of the famous architect, academician of architecture Oleksiy Beketov at the expense of the candle factory of the diocese. The school opened the following year.

Now it is Gymnasium named after Vasyl Barka of the Lubny City Council.

The Pyriatyn Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1967.

The museum is located in one of the first stone residential buildings of Pyriatyn - the house of one of the local landowners.

The exposition of the museum is placed in six rooms and highlights the history of the region from the most ancient times to the present day. In particular, an ethnographic collection is presented, as well as exhibits that reproduce the life and daily life of the Pyriatyn Cossacks.

One of the first museums in Poltava was established in 1909 on the battle field of Poltava near the Mass grave of Russian soldiers to mark the 200th anniversary of the victory of the Russian army over the Swedes.

The collection includes more than eight thousand exhibits: works of art, weapons, awards, flags, uniforms and equipment of the Russian and Swedish armies, personal belongings of Petro I and his associates. The sounded diorama of the Poltava battle is established.

Nearby - a monument to Peter I, Sampson's Church (1895) and the mass grave of Russian soldiers, a cross on the grave of Swedish soldiers and a Monument to fallen Swedes from Russians.

Two redoubts (field fortifications of the Russian army) were restored, one of which is located on the opposite side of the road, and the other - near the "Poltava Battle Field" museum building.