Igor Meshov

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Fast transition: Cherkassy Poltava Kirovograd

Sights:

• Glory hill (1977), Glory square. A memorial complex with a monument "Native land-mother". The former mountain Zamkovaja. On this place there was an ancient site of ancient settlement and the rests of the Cherkassk fortress, Piously-Troitsk church. Completely unechtozheny at monument building.
  
• Mihajlovsky cathedral (2002). The biggest temple in Ukraine (reaches 72 m in height). It is constructed for 8 years under the project of the Archbishop Cherkassk and Kanevsky Sofronija in the Byzantian style. Can simultaneously contain to 12 thousand persons. Construction of a belltower in height more than 100 m. is planned
  
• Palace SHCHerbiny (1892), a corner of street a Kreschatik and Lenin. The former private residence of businessm A.ShCherbiny in a modernist style. Connection of numerous arches and arochek with a decorative colonnade, decorative eaves give to a building very graceful kind. Now – the Palace of weddings.
  
• Hotel "Slavic" (XIX century), Dashkevich's street, 20. The building is constructed on means of businessman Skoriny in a modernist style with gothic style elements. During Soviet times hotel "Dnepr", now – "Ukrsotsbank" settled down.
  
• The house Tsybulsky (1852), street a Kreschatik, 217. Belonged to a family of merchants of the first guild, was the highest building of a city. T.Shevchenko in a family of friend Efim Tsybulskogo Here stopped. Now – museum Kobzarja.
  
• Man's programmar school (1891), B.Vishnevetskogo's street, 6. It is constructed under the project and at participation arh. V.Gorodetsky. Now - the Cherkassk musical school.
  
• State military factory №17 (1885-1887), Ilyin's street, 226. A complex of industrial constructions. Now – the Cherkassk polytechnical technical school.
  
• The Cherkassk regional museum of local lore, Glory street, 1. It is based in 1918
  
• Monument Bogdanu Khmelnitskiy (1995), bul. Shevchenko. It is established to the 400 anniversary from the date of a birth of the hetman.
  
• Monument vareniku (2006), street Frunze, 29. The sculpture represents Cossack Mamaja behind which back it is placed huge varenik. The biggest has been prepared For opening in the world varenik by weight about 70 kg.
  

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Area:

Site of ancient settlement
The city is known from XVI century the Mihajlovsky church (1844) in style of a neogothic style with a list "Terrible court" the area of 100 sq. metres Was saved. In the centre – a museum and S.Gulaku-Artemovskomu's monument, an obelisk on a manor place where were born Simeon and Peter Gulaki-Artemovskie. On suburb – Monastic entomologichesky zakaznik and a nature sanctuary Hlistunovsky otsloenie.

Kamenka
It is known since 1649 as B.Hmelnitskogo's property. Since 1730 in possession Ljubomirsky, since 1787 – the prince G.Potyomkin who has presented manor to niece K.Samojlovoj. In the twenties XIX century when in a manor there lived her son, the war hero of 1812 V.Davidov (descendant Denis Davidov). In manor there passed meetings of Decembrists, happened A.Pushkin, P.Tchaikovsky. In manor park the Green house of cards of Decembrists (now a museum, in an exposition Tchaikovsky grand piano), the Grotto of Decembrists, Pushkin's rock on small river Tjasmin, Tchaikovsky oak was saved.

Kanev
The city on the right coast of Dnepr (one of few places with a protogenic channel), is mentioned for the first time in annals in 1144 when Kiev prince Vsevolod has based here St. George's renamed subsequently in the Uspensky cathedral the church. It is more known for Shevchenkovsky national reserve "mountain Tarasova" (it is based in 1925). On CHernechej (Tarasovoj) the grief in 1861 has been buried by T.Shevchenko which remains, according to the will, have brought from S.-Petersburg. The complex switches on the Literary-memorial museum, the biggest in Ukraine a monument of Shevchenko, a cross standing earlier on its tomb, first museum Kobzarja in Ukrainian national hatynke, park. Other sights: Gaydar's museum (Lenin's street, 78), a tomb and a bust of the writer, a museum of a decorative folk art (Lenin's street, 64), "a monument to an armored train" (Lenin's street, 141), Kanevsky HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION with a dam.
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Korsun-Shevchenkovsky
One of the most ancient cities of Ukraine. Fortress Korsun is based on river ros in 1032 by prince Yaroslav Mudrym for protection against nomads. Till XIII century - the centre of specific princedom monomahovichej, is destroyed by mongolo-Tatars (on a place of a site of ancient settlement – a memorable sign). With 1580 – in possession of princes Vishnivetsky, has acquired the Magdebourg right. Took part in all Cossack revolts ХVІ-ХV ІІ I centuries Korsunsky fight of 1648 when B.Hmelnitskogo's armies have crushed M.Pototsky and M.Kalinovskogo's Polish army (is exhibited the diopama of Korsunsky fight) Is well-known. Lopuhinyh-Demidov's manor (XVIII century) was saved: a palace in style of romanticism (now – a museum of Korsun-Shevchenkovsky fight of 1944), entrance gate, wings and hozpostrojki, landscape park with the sculptures, a memorable sign and T.Shevchenko's chestnut (was here in 1859г.) . The korsun-Shevchenkovsky historical and cultural reserve switches on historical, etc. museums, art gallery. More low on rocky coast of the river - monument Rosichu.

Morintsy, SHevchenkovo, Budishche
Shevchenkovsky places, native land Kobzarja. Three villages in Zvenigorodsky r-not obedeniny in the State historical and cultural reserve "Native land Tarasa Shevchenko". In Morintsah there is a manor-museum of a family of Shevchenko in which in 1814 the future poet (reconstruction) was born. In SHevchenkovom (till 1929 – Kerelivka) the manor of parents Tarasa (reconstruction) where it has spent a childhood is located. Here the literary-memorial museum and the basic exposition of reserve is placed. Nearby – the house of the clerk (construction of XVIII century) at which Taras studied in the reading and writing. In Budishche the summer manor of landowner Engelgarda (1828) at which young Taras served kazachkom (now – school) was saved. The park and a 800-year-old oak in which hollow Taras hid drawings was saved.

Purse
The village on the right coast of Dnepr, is mentioned for the first time in 1494 in the donative reading and writing of the grand duke of the Lithuanian Alexander. In XIX century was in possession M.Vorontsova's column. On the shipyard put in pawn by it in 1823 the first Ukrainian steamship "Bee" here has been constructed. The huge park (now – reserve "Moshnogore", sanatorium) has been put in pawn and the palace is constructed not saved). The Preobrazhenskiy church (1830-40) also is erected to means Vorontsova under the project arh. Torichelli. Style eklektizmom reminds the Alupkinsky palace.

Dared
The settlement has arisen in XIV century, for the first time is mentioned in 1542 as Jatskovoe-Tjasmino. The legend connects the present name with the unknown courageous girl who has spent Old Russian soldiers through Irdynsky bogs and was lost in fight. In 1742 princes Ljubomirsky have constructed the wooden lock (was not saved). In a consequence these earths owned kn. Potyomkin-Taurian, count Samoilov, columns Bobrinsky. City development is connected With the last in XIX century the Pokrovsk church (XVIII century), a Rimo-Catholic church (1818-27), the case of sugar factory (1848), the Petersburg management of the Savings Bank (1859), buildings man's (1909) and female (1910) grammar schools Was saved. The museum of local lore (street of Canoe Vishnevetskogo, 98) works.
[An informal site of a city]
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Subboats
Village Chigirinsky to r thow on the right coast of river Tjasmin, B.Hmelnitskogo's former entail property. The farm in XVI century has been presented by Polish magnate Mihajlu Khmelnitskiy, to father Bogdana who was born here in 1595 Manor Khmelnitskiy was not saved, on its place – restavrirovannaja the Ukrainian hut and a Cossack gun (reconstruction is conducted). The main sight – Ilinsky church (1653), is constructed Khmelnitskiy in style of Cossack baroque, had defensive value, has served as a tomb of the hetman (it is represented on a modern denomination 5 griven). On the central area – B.Hmelnitskomu's monument (1954). Other sight – "Three krinitsy" (ХV ІІ century) where there was a Cossack hospital.

Talnoe
Ancient small town on small rivers Mountain Tikich and Taljanka. In XVIII-XIX centuries belonged Pototsky, then Naryshkin-Shuvalov. Hunting lock Shuvalovyh (1896-1903) in the form of the French suburban locks of an epoch of the Renaissance was saved. On a facade - arms SHuvalovyh, in territory - count tombs, park are extremely started. During Soviet times here there was a museum hlebopashestva. Now there is a restoration and museum creation tripolskoj cultures (traces tripolskogo settlements are found nearby). Also St. Anna's church (1702) was saved. On a place of Troitsk church (1846) in which Sofia Pototsky has been buried, it is located hlebzavod.
[A site міста Talne]

CHigirin
The former capital of the Cossack state (1648-76) and residence Bogdana Khmelnitskiy. It is known from first half XVI century as the strengthened Cossack wintering, was a frontier fortress of Speech pospolitoj. In 1592 has acquired the Magdebourg right. In 1638-47 chigirinskim B.Hmelnitsky who has begun from here national-liberation struggle was the head. A palace Khmelnitskiy, the town hall and Spassky church were not saved (reconstruction) is conducted. On Zamkovoj (Bogdanovoj) a grief – the rests of the Chigirinsky fortress (XVI-XVII centuries) with bastion Doroshenko, B.Hmelnitskomu's 20-metre monument, a memorable cross in honour of the lost Cossacks. Under mountain – a chapel Sacred Covers on a place of a Cossack cemetery, a bronze monument kobzarju. In the restored buildings povetnoj justices (XIX century) B.Hmelnitskogo's museum works.

Cold jar
Historical district in Smelyansky r-not - system of ravines, hills and the beams covered with deciduous wood. The area - 7 thousand in hectares. The main sight – the Matroninsky monastery with Troitsk church (1804) And kelijnym the case. It is based in 1568 on a place of a fortress of times of Yaroslav Mudrogo and more ancient settlements (shaft of a Scythian site of ancient settlement were saved). In XVIII century Holodnojarsky sech was the centre gajdamatskogo movements, in 1768 revolt under M.Zaliznjaka's leadership – "Koliivshchina" here has begun. Monument Zaliznjaku costs in with. Medvedevka, in the same place - krinitsa Zaliznjaka. In Gajdamatsky park - a source "ZHivun". In with. Buda, to which from 1000 till 1200 (it is possible, the oldest Oak Zaliznjaka grows in Ukraine). At road - a memorable sign "Sklik" on a gathering place gajdamakov. T.Shevchenko here wrote a poem "Koliivshchina". In 1918-22 Cold jar was the centre of the Ukrainian insurgent movement. On a place of a general staff of armies UNR in with. Millers the memorable sign is established, the tomb otamana was saved by V.Chuchupaki, in Kamenka the historical museum (street of Decembrists, 5) works.

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Sights:

• The round area, the central area of a city. In the middle – the Case garden with the Glory monument (1811) in honour of the victory 100 anniversary near Poltava. In 1804-11 round the area office buildings are built: Offices (now – the City Council, street Zhovtneva, 36), meeting Of noble family (now – a cinema of Kotlyarevsky, street Zhovtneva, 31), the House the governor general (now – Council of trade unions, street Zhovtneva, 37), Malorossijsky post office (now – the Poltava school of arts, street Zhovtneva, 35), the Petrovsky military school (until recently – the Higher antiaircraft-rocket school, street Zhovtneva, 42), etc.
  
• Uspensky cathedral (1774-1801), square Cathedral (byv. Red), 3. The first stone construction in Poltava has been destroyed in 1930. From original constructions the belltower in height of 44 m. past century was saved bell "Kizi-kermen" cast from Turkish guns in the end of XVIII century (now in museum of local lore) hung. In 1992 it is passed UAPTS, reconstruction is spent.
  
• Spassky church (1705-1845), street Zhovtneva, 10. Edinstvenyj the sample of wooden architecture of XVIII century on poltavshchine.
  
• Krestovozdvizhensky monastery (XVII-XIX centuries), street Sverdlova, 3. It is based in 1650 on the bank of the Vorskla river. A Krestovozdvizhensky cathedral (1699-1709) – unique in Ukraine semiglavaja church in a Baroque taste which was saved up to now; a four-storeyed belltower (1786) in style of late baroque, height of 43 m; one-dome Troitsk church (1750); Semenovsky church (1887). The complex is returned church in 1991
  
• Building of a provincial zemstvo (1903-08), Constitution street (byv. Lenin's square), 2. It is constructed in a modernist style arh. V.Krichevskim, an internal list is thin. Vasilkovsky and samokisha. The facade is decorated by the arms of district cities of province. Now – museum of local lore.
  
• Institute of noble maidens (1832), avenue May Day, 24. In XIX century here worked as P.Gulak-Artemovsky, L.Borovikovsky, P.Bodjansky, etc. Now – the Poltava national technical university.
  
• Of noble family and country bank (1906-09), street Zhovtneva, 39. It is constructed under the project arh. Kobelev in a modernist style. Now – regional management SBU.
  
• Bogodelnja (1820), street Shevchenko, 23. Now – medical academy.
  
• I.Kotlyarevsky's manor, square Cathedral (byv. Red). It is located on a grief Ivanovoj, behind a belltower of the Uspensky cathedral. Here the writer has created the majority of the products, in particular, well-known "Eneidu". The house is restored in 1969 on T.Shevchenko's executed from nature in 1845 the drawing
  
• Museum of the Poltava fight, street the Swedish Tomb, 34 (suburb Jakovtsy). It is created in 1909 in the field of the Poltava fight near to the Communal grave of Russian soldiers. More than eight thousand exhibits: works of art, the weapon, awards, banners, regimentals and equipment of Russian and Swedish armies, Peter I personal things and its associates. The sounded diopama of the Poltava fight is established. Nearby – a monument to Peter I, a cross on a communal grave of the Swedish soldiers, a monument to Swedes from Russian.
  
• Other monuments connected with the Poltava fight: On Peter I vacation spot (street Spassky), to Nice defenders of Poltava (avenue May Day), to the Ukrainian Cossacks (bul. Panjansky), unsubdued poltavchanam (Kotlyarevsky's street).
  
• Monument Poltava galushke (2006), square Cathedral. It is established near I.Kotlyarevsky's who has sung of the Ukrainian ethnic cuisine in a poem "Eneida" museum.
  

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Area:

Big Sorochintsy
Village in Mirgorod area, on the river Psel. In XVII-XVIII centuries – residence of hetm D.Apostola. The hetman tomb – Spaso-Preobrazhenskiy church (1732) with a unique carved iconostasis in which there was kreshchen N.Gogol was saved. In village – a monument and museum N. V.Gogol. Every year in the last Saturday and Sunday of August here there passes the well-known Sorochinsky fair on which dealers from all Ukraine gather.

Gogolevo
Village in Shishaksky r-not, the native land of writer N. V.Gogol. It is known from XVIII century as Vasilevka, then farm Kupchinsky. In XIX century it is renamed in JAnovshchinu on a surname of owner V.A.Gogol-Yanovsky. Here there has passed a childhood of the writer. To the 175 anniversary from the date of its birth in village the memorial estate which structure includes Gogols-Yanovsky's manor is created: the house, a wing, an arbour, a grotto, the park, two ponds. Among exhibits – materials about a life and Gogol's creative way, its personal things, the first editions of its products. On territories of reserve of a tomb of parents of the writer, a monument to N.Gogol.

Dikanka
The settlement of city type on the river the Vorskla is well-known thanks to product N. V.Gogol "Evenings on farm near Dikanki". From XVII century Kochubey's manor (now here has been located – the landscape park), most well-known of which was favourite Alexander I, the first Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia count V.P.Kochubey. The Triumphal arch (XVIII) in honour of arrival of tsar Alexander I was saved; Troitsk church (XVIII century) which as Gogol in “Nights before Christmas” describes, smith Vakula painted; the Nikolaev church (XVIII century) with Kochubey's underground patrimonial crypt (on a legend, here read the burial service Pannochku from "Vija"); Kochubey's four 800-year-old oaks from oak avenue on entrance to manor; an underground monastery of XVII century from 8 caves in 5 kilometres from Dikanki.

Lubny
One of the most ancient settlements Poltavshchiny, is based by Kiev prince Vladimir Svjatoslavichem in 988 as a fortress on river Sula. In 1591 the city has acquired the Magdebourg right, was in possession Vishnivetsky, since 1658 – a regimental city, blossoming has fallen XVIII century the temple of Christmas of the Virgin, church of All Sacred on Top to the Shaft, the house of Diocesan school of 1907 (now school №10), zemskaja hospital (1913-15), park with a kind on river Sula, a monument to 1000 anniversary Luben (1988) Was saved. The museum of local lore (Lenin's street, 35/25) works. Nearby - the Mgarsky monastery (1619) with the Spaso-Preobrazhenskiy cathedral (1684-92гг.) in which architecture XI-XII of centuries with the barokkovo-Renaissance architecture of the Western Europe is united staroukrainskaja: the Belltower (1785) in a Baroque taste; Warm church (XIX century) In the pseudo-Byzantian style; the rests nastojatelskogo cases; private case HVIII of century; skitskaja St. Athanasius's church (nowadays Blagoveshchensk); a fencing part. During Soviet times the disciplinary battalion, warehouses, then pioneer camp here was deployed. It is returned church in 1993

Mirgorod
The city is well-known as a balneal resort on river Horol. It is known from XVI century the Spasopreobrazhensky church (1732) in style of the Ukrainian baroque Was saved. Monuments to T.Shevchenko, N.Gogol, David Guramishvili (to the Georgian poet of XVIII century living and working in Mirgorod), museum of local lore (Independence street, 2). In the central part the resort zone with the sanatoria using medical properties of mineral water "Mirgorod" is located.
[A resort Mirgorod]

Oposhnja
The capital of the Ukrainian pottery, is located in 45 km from Poltava, on a highway Poltava-Gadjach. Blossoming has fallen XVIII century when 200 handicraftsmen here were. Pottery is exhibited on world's fairs, they were got by the best museums of the world. In settlement – national memorial estate of the Ukrainian pottery.

Seamy side
District in 38 km from Pirjatina, G.Skovorody's native land. In written sources it is mentioned in 1261 earthen strengthenings (so-called "a wood site of ancient settlement") Were saved. Since 1647 belonged to magnates Vishnivetsky. In 1722 the great Ukrainian philosopher and the poet G.Skovoroda here was born. In 1972 the manor of parents of the Frying pan is reconstructed, the istoriko-museum of local lore operates.

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Sights:

• Fortress St. Elisavety, 1754 the Rests of ramparts in the form of a polygon and military settlement which has given rise to a city. Shaft, bastions and fortress barracks were saved, the memorable sign – guns, a memorial of Eternal fire on a military cemetery is established.
  
• Apartment house (1786), street Youth, 27. The oldest building in a city. Initially one-storeyed, had defensive value (a thickness of walls of 1st floor – 1,4). In XIX century 2nd floor and domestic constructions is completed.
  
• Junkersky cavalry school (1830-48), Lenin's street, 2/9. Into a complex enter: 3-storeyed platsevyj, staff and educational cases, an arena, officer meeting, stables. Now - military school.
  
• The Greek church (1805-12), Charles Marx's street, 72. It is constructed on a place wooden, in 1898 it is reconstructed. In an interior lists, which restavrirovany in 1905 Now - the Cathedral of Christmas of the Virgin were saved.
  
• Preobrazhenskiy church (1819), street Preobrazhenskiy, 22. An architecture monument. The main orthodox temple is constructed after destruction of Troitsk church.
  
• Pokrovsk church (1849). The sample of eclectic architecture. Details of architecture of XVII century In an interior are used the rests of a list the second floor were saved. XIX century
  
• The main synagogue (1853), street Dzerzhinsky, 90. The big brick building in a restoration stage.
  
• Theatre of Kropivnitsky (1876), street of 50 years of October, 7а. It is constructed by the engineer-colonel G.Trambitskim on own means. In 1882 the professional Ukrainian national theatre under the guidance of M.L.Kropivnitskogo here was born.
  
• Passage (1897), Charles Marx's street, 60. Now – the Regional art museum.
  
• The house Lordly (1885-1905), Lenin's street, 40. The merchant house – the bright sample of style "an early modernist style". Now - museum of local lore.
  
• Historical building of present streets of K.Marx and Lenin (foot). Various picturesque one - two-storeyed buildings of XIX century were saved
  
• Factory Elvorti (1874), street Ordzhonikidze, 1. One of the factories oldest and largest in Europe selhozmashin, seeders specialising on manufacture. It is based by brothers-Englishmen Elvorti. Now - the factory "Red star", works a museum.
  
• City museums: M.Kropivnitskogo (street Kropivnitsky, 172), A.Osmerkina (Lenin's street, 89), G.Nejgauza (street Dzerzhinsky, 65), I.Karpenko-Karogo (street Tobilevicha, 16), K.Shimanovskogo (Gogol's street 44).
  

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Cheerful Bokovenki
Dendropark near with. Green Guy, in 14 km to the northeast from Dolinska. N.Davydovym, is put in pawn by the descendant of the hero of a Patriotic War of D.Davidov in 1893. On a legend, in these places passed well-known Chumatsky shljah, chumaki stopped on a halt. Five basic landscapes reproduce landscapes of certain geographical zones. The museum of the State dendrology park "Cheerful Bokovenki" works.

Razumovka
Village Aleksandrovsky to r thow, the former manor Raevsky. In 1833-55 over abrupt breakage it is constructed Krestovozdvizhensky tsenrkov, become by a tomb of the hero of a Patriotic War of Nikolay Raevskogo and other representatives of a surname. The crypt is located in a cellar, tombstones are established in church square.

Farm Nadija
I.Tobilevicha (Karpenko-Karogo) state reserve-museum, is located near with. Nikolaevka in 20 km to the southwest from Kirovograd. The manor was based in 1871 by the father of the founder of the Ukrainian theatre. Further the playwright has transformed it into a creative oasis in the middle of the Ukrainian remote places. Here there passed rehearsals of the first Ukrainian theatrical company under the guidance of M.Kropivnitskogo, there were many coryphaeuses of the Ukrainian theatre, and Karpenko-Karyj has written the best products: "Hundred thousand", "Owner", etc. Was saved house Tobilevichej, wings, summer theatre, park with a pond. Annually there passes theatrical festival "Вересневі самоцвіти".

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