Attractions of Kirovohrad region

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 monument-fountain "Natalka Poltavka" is dedicated to the main character of the play of the same name by Ivan Kotlyarevskyi. Opened in 2013 for the 259th anniversary of the city of Kropyvnytskyi.

The sculpture represents the image of a young girl in Ukrainian national dress who came to the spring for water with a rocker on her shoulders. Next to her on both sides are buckets, and a stream of water runs down the center of the sculpture. The 1.9-meter-high composition is made of artificial marble, and the sculptor Hryhoriy Savchenko spent nine months on its production.

The Nerubaika People's Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1967. Located in five rooms on the second floor of the House of Culture of the village of Nerubaika.

Considerable attention is paid in the exposition to the Cossack period of the region's history and the emergence of the village of Nerubaika in the 17th-18th centuries. A large collection of weapons from different eras is presented.

The pride of the Nerubaika Historical and Local Lore Museum is the collection of samples of national material culture, which is presented in the interior of a traditional Ukrainian house. In it, you can see the figures of the hosts in authentic Ukrainian clothes. A loom for making canvas, a spinning wheel, table and kitchen utensils and other household items of Ukrainians are located here. The floor is covered with homemade paths that were donated to the museum by local residents.

Two more museum halls are devoted to the revolutionary events of the beginning of the 20th century, the Holodomor of 1932-1933, episodes of the Second World War and the post-war period connected with these regions.

The Novoarkhanhelsk Museum of Local Lore in the Kirovohrad Region was founded in 2003 and is located in the building of the former Ukraina cinema on the central square of Novoarkhanhelsk.

The museum's collection includes more than 5,500 exhibits that tell about the history of the region from Paleolithic to modern times. In particular, collections of rocks and minerals, coins and banknotes are presented.

The Hall of Arts acquaints visitors with the artistic heritage of the region - products of decorative and applied arts, paintings by local artists.

The City Local Lore Museum of Novoukrainka is located on the second floor of the Central of Palace Culture "Yuvileyniy". Founded in 1972.

In four exhibition halls, the history of Novoukrainka and the surrounding territories is represented from ancient times to the present day. In particular, artifacts of ancient archaeological cultures found on the territory of the city, materials about the agricultural colonization of these lands and the development of the economy in pre-revolutionary times, household items and tools of the XIX - early XX centuries, equipment and weapons of the Second World War and the modern Russian-Ukrainian war are presented.

A significant place in the exposition is devoted to the work of folk craftsmen and craftsmen of the region: embroidery, wood carving, visual arts, wood and metal products.

The historical building of the Onufriivka Lyceum (former school No. 1) is an architectural monument of local importance. This is one of the few architectural monuments of Onufriivka, preserved from the beginning of the 20th century.

The large two-story school was built in 1906-1911 at his own expense by Count Mykhaylo Tolstoy, who lived with his family in Onufriivka. The red brick building is made in an eclectic style with elements of classicism and modernism, decorated with forged elements. The granite stairs, wrought iron railings, ancient tiles on the floor, original relief decor have been preserved.

From September 1939 to June 1941, the outstanding teacher Vasyl Sukhomlynskyi worked as a teacher in this school (the Sukhomlynsky Museum was opened in nearby Pavlysh). During the Second World War, the German commandant's office was located in the school building.

After a new three-story school building was built nearby in 1974, the old school housed a school library with a reading room and some classrooms.

The Oleksandr Osmyorkin Memorial Art Museum was created in 1985 on the basis of the memorial building in Kropyvnytskyi, where this outstanding artist and teacher spent his childhood and youth.

The building is an architectural monument of national importance, built in 1899 according to the own project of the famous Yelisavetgrad architect Yakiv Pauchenko, the artist's uncle. The project of its reconstruction was developed by the artist's widow, architect Nadiya Osmyorkina.

The exposition of the museum is placed in three halls. The memorial hall invites visitors to get acquainted with the life and work of Oleksandr Osmyorkin. Painting and graphic works of the master, studio drawings of the 1920s and 1930s, his personal belongings, including items of creative work - easel, palette, sketch book, brushes, still life collection, memorial items from the Pauchenko-Osmyorkin house are presented.

Painting and graphic works of Osmyorkin's students, who donated more than 50 of their works on the eve of the museum's opening, are exhibited in two exhibition halls.

A monument to the mayor Oleksandr Pashutin was erected on the square in front of the Kropyvnytskyi City Council in 2009 for City Day.

Pashutin held the post of mayor of the city for 27 years (1878-1905) and was highly respected by the city's residents. He was engaged in charity work, took an active part in the work of the Red Cross, was an honorary justice of the peace, was awarded many orders, medals and other awards, including a precious ring with the monogram of Oleksandr III. During his reign, the city of Kropyvnytskyi experienced its heyday: in 1893, a water supply system was launched, in 1882, the first professional theater was opened, and in 1897, a city tram was launched.

His motto "Serving the community should be the goal of life" can be read on the pedestal of the monument. Architect Vitaliy Kryvenko and sculptor Lyubomyr Yaremchuk depicted Pashutin standing, his hand resting on the back of a chair, symbolizing the inheritance of power, and Pashutin ceding it to his successors.

The Oleksandriia City Museum Center named after Antonina Khudyakova was created in 1967.

For a long time, the museum worked on a public basis, in 1991 it received state status. It bears the name of Antonina Khudyakova, who was the director of the museum in 1980-1991.

The total number of exhibits of the main fund is over 17,000 items. The exposition of the museum is located in two departments - historical and natural.

In addition, the ethnography of the region is represented separately by a model of a Ukrainian house and various household items: dishes, household utensils, work tools, etc.

The museum houses collections of paper money and coins of different eras and countries, a selection of old photographs.

Among the museum's valuable exhibits are personal belongings, a spacesuit, devices, equipment for training and work at the orbital station of cosmonaut Leonid Popov, a native of Oleksandriia.

"Dmytro Chyzhevsky's House" is a branch of the Oleksandriia City Museum Center named after Antonina Khudyakova.

The Oleksandrivka Museum of Local Lore was opened in 1987 on the initiative of the public of the Oleksandrivka urban-type village. The basis of the exposition was archeology items, Tsvitne ceramics, Ukrainian embroidered towels, weapons from the Second World War and other materials collected by enthusiasts.

The first hall depicts the history of Oleksandrivka and the entire region from the earliest times until 1917. The exposition about the era of the Cossacks is especially interesting, because the nearby village of Birky was owned by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky, here he received ambassadors of foreign countries, gathered troops for the campaign against Poland, as evidenced by numerous objects of the 17th century found in Birky. Also interesting is the exposition "Ukrainian house of the early twentieth century", which presents various objects of folk life.

The second hall is dedicated to the troubled times of 1920-1930, when the Soviet-Ukrainian war, collectivization and the Holodomor were raging in the region. The history of the region during the Second World War is an exposition of the third hall. The fourth hall is dedicated to the history of the region in the postwar period and the present. There is a department of nature and an art department, where the works of local masters are presented.

Branches of the Oleksandrivka Museum of Local Lore are the Levko Matsievych Room-Museum in Oleksandrivka and the Rozumivka Village History Museum.

The Onufriivka Local Lore Museum opened in 1994 in the building of the former Zemstvo administration, built by Count Mykhaylo Tolstoy at the beginning of the 20th century. The exposition in 15 halls introduces various stages of the history of the Onufriivka region and the culture of its inhabitants.

The historical expositions present tools of the Stone Age, things from the Scythian period, materials about the foundation of the village in the 18th century and its stay as part of New Serbia. The exhibition "Ukrainian House" demonstrates the daily life and customs of the Ukrainian people - the biggest attention here is a huge needle about a meter long, intended for sewing the roof.

The history of the Tolstoy family - the largest landowners in the Onufriivka region - is revealed in the exhibition "To multiply, protect, love, grateful memory calls." In the chapter on the period of the First World War and three revolutions, the panorama "Battle of Denikinites with a detachment of Red Army men" is presented. The expositions "Swinging bells of memory: times of repression", "Onufriivka region in the Second World War", "The era of socialism in the territory of Onufriivka region", "Russian-Ukrainian war" tell about difficult pages of history.

An exhibition of works of decorative and applied art and a gallery of famous people of Onufriivka region are also presented.

The ancient Onufriivskyi Park with a cascade of ponds is a monument of garden and park art of the second half of the 19th century. This is one of the most attractive objects of natural tourism in the Kirovohrad region.

The landscape park with an area of 51.7 hectares is located in the floodplain of two rivers Omelnyk and Omelnychok, on the territory of the former count estate Tolstoy in Onufriivka. The Tolstoy family founded the park in the early 1820s. In the 1880s, the construction of a new part of the park was completed, a greenhouse, a greenhouse, a stable, a water tower, a boat station, a summer dance floor, a wine cellar, original gazebos, and bridges were built. An embankment island with a gazebo and a swimming pool (now known as the "Island of Love") was arranged. The main entrance, the White dining room and the ruins of some other buildings have been preserved.

About 50 exotic and rare species of plants have been preserved in the Onufriivskyi park: Japanese pagoda tree, Virginian juniper, Common hackberr, Crimean pine, European larch, etc. Bicentennial willows grow along the banks.

The People's Memorial Museum of the outstanding pianist Henrikh Neyhauz was opened in 1981 at Music School No. 1 in the city of Kropyvnytskyi (then Kirovohrad), which he was the founder of and which now bears his name.

Since 1933, the music school has been located in a two-story building in the center of the city, which once belonged to the family of the composer Yuliy Meytus, and is now an architectural monument. This is one of the oldest state music schools in Ukraine.

The initiators of the opening of the museum of a country musician at the school were its director Viktor Revenko and teacher of the piano department Ella Torhovetska. They were the main collectors of museum funds.

Historical documents, photographs and personal belongings belonging to Henrikh Neyhauz and his family are presented in two exhibition halls of the museum. 16 editions in different languages of the world of the main theoretical work of Henrikh Neyhauz "On the Art of Piano Playing" are exhibited. The grand piano and bureau of the composer and musicologist Heorhiy Polyanovskyi are also presented.

On the 125th anniversary of the musician, a commemorative plaque was unveiled on the facade of the building of the music school, and a bust of Henrikh Neyhauz by the Lviv sculptor Volodymyr Tsisaryk was installed in front of the building.

The Petrove Museum of Local Lore is located in the center of the urban-type village of Petrove, in a neat square next to the village cultural center. Works since 1967.

The exposition in four halls tells about the nature, history and culture of the part of the Kirovohrad region, where the village is located. In particular, some archaeological materials, an ethnographic selection, household objects of the XIX-XX centuries are presented.

The Second World War section has a large collection of fragments of weapons, cartridges, cartridges, military uniforms and equipment, found or given to the museum for preservation by eyewitnesses.

A special place is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933, when a large part of the inhabitants of this region suffered from the artificial famine arranged by the Bolsheviks.

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.