Attractions of Myrhorod district

The first Church of the Annunciation in Lokhvytsia was built in 1740.

After the wooden church burned down, a new stone church was built in the same place in 1800 in the forms of classicism with elements of the Rus style.

During Soviet times, the dome was destroyed, the premises were used as a local history museum.

Today, the Church of the Annunciation is an active church of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Church of the Assumption in Vepryk was built in 1821 in the Empire style by the landowner Semen Masyukov.

Four powerful pylons carry arches that support a tall cylindrical drum with a hemispherical dome. The northern and southern facades are decorated with four-column porticoes, and the eastern one with a composite order colonnade.

In the interior, the western part is divided into three naves by composite colonnades. The upper part of the walls and pylons is surrounded by a cornice decorated with stucco rosettes.

The Assumption Church in Vepryk is an architectural monument of national importance.

The Literary and Memorial Museum of David Guramishvili tells about the life and work of the great Georgian poet of the 18th century.

The classic of Georgian literature, who lived in Myrhorod for the last 32 years of his life, wrote about contemporary Georgia, Ukraine and, of course, Myrhorod region.

Guramishvili wrote his famous works on Ukrainian soil: many of them merged Georgian and Ukrainian landscapes, alternated poems based on Ukrainian and Russian songs. His poems were widely translated into Russian (Mykola Zabolotsky and others) and Ukrainian (Mykola Bazhan).

Guramishvili died in 1792 and was buried in the Myrhorod Ascension Church. In 1949, a monument was erected on the poet's grave.

The museum presents editions of the poet's works and books about him, Georgian and Ukrainian items of folk life of the past centuries, samples of 18th century weapons, works of fine and decorative and applied art, products of local craftsmen, Georgian souvenirs, etc.

Dibrivka Horse Farm No. 62 in the village of Dibrivka, Myrhorod region, was founded in 1888 by Grand Duke Dmytro Romanov, and since then has been one of the leading stud farms that breed trotting horses.

The Dibrivka type of the Oryol trotter is now considered the standard harness horse both in Ukraine and in Russia. A complex of residential and industrial premises of the 19th century has been preserved. There is a wide area for training and walking horses in nature, it is also possible to learn riding in an indoor arena.

At the Dibrivka Horse Farm, you can buy thoroughbred horses of various ages of trotting and new-Oleksandrian heavy-carrying breeds. In addition, there is a workshop for the production of koumiss on the basis of the plant.

Excursions are conducted. There is a museum.

The literary and memorial museum of the Drahomanov`s family was created in 1991 in the city Hadiach, where the outstanding Ukrainian public figure Mykhaylo Drahomanov was born, as well as his sister, the famous writer Olena Pchilka, the mother of the poetess Lesya Ukrayinka.

The exhibition includes 170 exhibits that reveal the fascinating period of the Drahomanovs life and work.

The most interesting exhibits: the "Egyptian woman" statuette, which Lesya Ukrayinka brought from her trip to Egypt; Scythian amphora of the III-II centuries BC; handmade oak furniture set of the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century. .

The Historical and Local Lore Museum of the city of Hadiach opened in 2012 in a specially built house of original architecture, which is located in the historical part of the city, not far from the place where the Drahomanov estate once stood. Before that, a district historical and local history museum had existed in Hadiach since 1951, but in the 1990s it was closed, and the exposition was disbanded.

The current exhibition has about 2 thousand exhibits that tell about the history of the region, prominent figures whose lives and work are connected with Hadiachchyna. In particular, a large ethnographic collection is presented. The historical section tells about the times of the Hetmanate, about the founding and development of the city from ancient times to the present day.

The room "Berehynias of the Drahomanov Family" is dedicated to Larysa Petrivna and Olha Petrivna Kosach and highlights the history of the Drahomanov-Kosach family. Among the exhibits are original furniture from the living room of the Drahomanov house, Lesya Ukrayinka's own embroidery and the "Egyptian Woman" statuette brought by the writer from Egypt.

Next to the museum is an ethno-courtyard with a stylized village barn, which is used as an ethnographic photo location. In the museum shop you can purchase various souvenirs, as well as craft-made honey and gingerbread cookies.

The Assumption Cathedral in Hadiach was founded in 1831 at the expense of the merchant Ivan Marulyev.

In 1934, the church was closed by the Bolsheviks, and after the Second World War it was dismantled for building materials.

Restored in 1998 at the former place in its original form. It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Church of the Holy Intercession in the village of Plishyvets in the Poltava region is considered one of the most multi-domed in Ukraine.

Before her, there was an ordinary three-headed wooden temple in Plishyvets, but by the end of the 19th century it had completely fallen into disrepair. For help in building a new church, local residents turned to their countryman, the rector of the moscow seminary, Archimandrite Parthenius, who managed to raise funds for the construction of a large stone church.

At the bishop's request, the famous architect Oleksandr Kuznetsov created a project of the church in the Cossack Baroque style - a copy of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Samar. The nine-headed Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, 45 meters high, is made in the shape of a cross.

The gilded 6-tiered iconostasis about 10 meters high, made in a moscow icon-painting workshop, was lost during the Soviet era, the bell tower was blown up in 1934, but the church itself survived even after it was hit by 7 shells during the Second World War.

Currently, the Holy Intercession Church in Plishyvets belongs to the UOC of the moscow Patriarchate, and restoration is underway.

The monument to Ivan Zubkovsky, the founder of the Myrhorod resort, was opened in 1998 for the 150th anniversary of his birth.

Doctor and public figure Ivan Zubkovsky researched and proved the healing value of Myrhorod mineral water, thanks to which in 1917 the first water hospital with 5 baths was opened in Myrhorod.

The monument to the work of the architect Serhiy Ruskykh and the artist Mykola Tsys is a bas-relief with the inscription: "To the founder of the Myrhorod resort, the zemstvo doctor, a public figure from grateful countrymen."

The Lokhvytsia Museum of Local Lore named after Hryhoriy Skovoroda is located in the old one-story building of the county court, built in 1865.

The museum was founded in 1919 on the basis of the collection of the local real school. Among the exhibits of the museum are collections of Cossack weapons, archaeological finds, sacred objects, samples of decorative and applied art, weapons of the Second World War period.

The museum is named after the poet and thinker, native of this region Hryhoriy Skovoroda. Part of the exposition is devoted to his life and work.

In the courtyard of the museum there are samples of weapons and military equipment from the Second World War.

The Khomutets Palace is the ancestral estate of the Cossack family of the Apostols, where the Decembrist meetings were held in the 1820s.

The wooden palace was built in Khomutets by the future Hetman of Ukraine Danylo Apostol in the 18th century. Later, the estate was inherited by the writer, historian and public figure Ivan Muravyov-Apostol. After settling in Khomutets, he replanned the park and added stone wings to the palace, connecting them to the main building with semicircular passages.

Ivan Muravyov-Apostol's sons Matviy, Serhiy and Ipolit, who were active participants in the Decembrist movement, held secret Decembrist meetings here with the participation of Pavlo Pestel, Mykhaylo Bestuzhev-Ryumin and others.

In Soviet times, the palace housed a veterinary and zootechnical school, and a room-museum of the Decembrists was opened.

Recently, the building is in an extremely neglected state and is collapsing. The stucco with the coats of arms of the former owners has been preserved.

In a regular landscape park with an area of 15 hectares, there is a trinity oak, planted by Ivan Muravyov-Apostol in honor of his three sons.

The monument to Mykola Hohol in Velyki Sorochyntsi is one of the first monuments to the writer in Ukraine. It is also considered one of the best in the world.

The residents of Sorochyntsi decided to perpetuate the memory of a great compatriot in 1909, when they celebrated the centenary of his birth. The author of the monument project is St. Petersburg sculptor Illya Hintsburh.

The monument was inaugurated in 1911 near the house of doctor Mykhaylo Trochymovskyi, where Hohol was born in 1809. The bronze sculpture depicts a writer sitting in deep thought.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Velyka Bahachka was built in 1710 at the expense of Andriy Stefanovych, a Bahachka centurion. A new iconostasis was installed in the church in 1738. In 1860, the church was placed on a stone plinth and a wooden bell tower was added. There was a school at the church, taught by deacon Lavrentiy Babichenko and palamar Taras Tkach.

During the Soviet rule, the Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin was destroyed in 1937. After Ukraine gained independence, the question of restoring the temple arose. At first, church services were held in the rented premises of the "Vesnyanka" factory. Later, a new church was built by the efforts of the parishioners.

The modern building of the church is a copy of the building of 1710 and the first service was held in 2001.

The Pharmacy Museum in the village of Rashivka is the only such institution in the Poltava region. It was created in 2019 on the initiative of a local artist, researcher of the history of the village and public figure Yuliia Kobizka.

The museum's exposition is located in an old brick building of a former pharmacy in the center of Rashivka and tells about more than 130 years of work of the first medical and sanitary institution in the village, which opened in 1892.

In the sales hall with stucco molding in the village around the chandelier of the 19th century, and until recently, it was possible to purchase medicines. The second hall recreates the interior of an old pharmacy laboratory - an assistant's desk, equipment for washing and drying pharmacy utensils, cabinets for storing medicines, etc. are on display. The history room presents authentic pharmacy furniture, equipment and devices from the first half of the 20th century. Documents and old photographs tell about the development of pharmacy in Rashivka.

Saint Nicholas Church in Vepryk was built in 1823 in the style of classicism.

The central part is crowned by a hemispherical dome on a tall cylindrical drum, above the western vestibule - a two-tier bell tower, completed by a dome with a spire. The northern, southern and western facades are decorated with four-column Tuscan porticos with triangular pediments.

In the interior of the Saint Nicholas Church, the remains of an oil painting of the 19th century have been preserved.

Until recently, the temple was in an extremely deplorable state, but restoration is currently underway.

Saint Nicholas Church in Vepryk is an architectural monument of national importance.