Attractions of Holovanivsk district

The People's Museum of the Kalnybolota Village History has been operating at the Kalnybolota Village House of Culture since Soviet times.

The exposition tells about the history of the settlement from the time of the founding of the wax settlements on these areas in the 18th century.

There are also many old things that reflect the traditional life of the villagers.

The People's Museum of the Nadlak Village History is located in the premises of the Village House of Culture. It was opened in 1973 on the initiative of local high school teachers. The exhibition in four rooms highlights the history and culture of this region from the earliest times.

The exhibits of the first room tell about the ancient life in this area, about the emergence of the village of Nadlak in the middle of the 18th century and about its development until 1917. In particular, you can see stone molds for the manufacture of metal tools.

The second room is dedicated to the period between the two world wars. It houses exhibits that visually demonstrate the life and culture of the Nadlak village of that time - from a wooden plow to an iron plow.

The third hall of the museum is devoted to the Second World War and the life of people during the occupation. Old photographs, letters and objects found on the battlefields are presented here: uniforms, soldier's flasks, cartridge cases, cartridges, machine gun belts and others.

The fourth hall of the museum acquaints visitors with the post-war period, restoration and development of the village of Nadlak. A separate museum exposition is devoted to friendly relations between Ukrainian and Bulgarian farmers.

The Pidvysoke Village History Museum was opened in 1967. It is located on the second floor of the Village House of Culture, in three rooms with a total area of about 170 square meters.

The first room of the museum acquaints visitors with the history of the area from the Bronze Age to the collapse of the Russian Empire. Fragments of Trypillya ware, household items of later eras, materials about the founding of the village of Pidvysoke in the first half of the 18th century are presented. The past of the Haydamaks is illustrated by the diorama of the storming of the city of Uman by the detachments of Maksym Zalizniak and Ivan Honta. In the ethnographic exhibition you can see a loom, a spinning wheel, various household appliances and dishes.

The central element of the composition about the Second World War is a large diorama, which reproduces one of the battles of 1941, which were fought near Uman by the 6th and 12th Soviet armies surrounded by the Germans.

In the third room, you can familiarize yourself with the post-war history of Pidvysoke and see numerous artifacts of Soviet propaganda.

The Kamyaneche Village History Museum was opened in 1966 on the initiative of local historians. It is located in the premises of the House of Culture in the center of the village.

A large part of the exposition is dedicated to the Haydamaks movement in the territory of Novoarkhanhelsk region, because in the forests near the village there were forges where the rebels made weapons. Presented items found at the place of production. You can learn about local legends and stories related to this page of Ukrainian history.

The exposition also tells about other stages of the development of Kamyaneche and about the traditional village life of its inhabitants.

The Vilshanka Ukrainian-Bulgarian Historical Museum bears the name of its founder, Ivan Hurzhos, who during his lifetime collected a large collection of local history materials on the history of his native Vilshanka and the Vilshanka region.

The main exposition is devoted to the resettlement of more than 400 families of Danube Bulgarians who took part in the Russian-Turkish war of 1768–1774 on the side of Russia. The most valuable exhibit is the icon of St. John the Merciful (1874), painted for the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Bulgarians in the Vilshanka region.

Also among the exhibits: the Bulgarian national musical instrument – a gaida, saber and scabbard produced by the Zlatoustiv factory, Bulgarian national women's clothing, a Cossack pipe, works of local carpet makers and embroiderers, etc.

Special attention should be paid to the reprint edition of "Vilshanka Village Chronicle", written by the priest of the Church of Saint John the Merciful Volodymyr Lobachevsky, who described the period from 1773 to 1885.

The picturesque ruins of a water mill on the Pivdenny Buh River in Lupolove always attract lovers of water tourism.

The three-story building of the mill was built in 1901 on the branch of the Pivdenny Buh, which washes one of the islands. The dam and the waterfall, which used to turn the water wheel, are called "Jacuzzi" by the locals and are used for bathing.

The recently started reconstruction for the purpose of creating a recreation complex is currently suspended.