Attractions of Lubny district

Hrebinka City Local Lore Museum was opened in 1967. It is located in two rooms on the first floor of the Hrebinka Municipal Culture House in the center of the Hrebinka city.

The exposition consists of five sections: "People's life", "Hrebinka - the city of railway workers", "The combat glory of the Hrebinka region", "Outstanding compatriots", "Hrebinka's Room". Household items of Ukrainian peasants and ancient tools of rural work are widely represented, in particular, an ox harness dating from the 19th century, a horse collar from the beginning of the 20th century, horseshoes, etc. Among the rarities are the textbooks "Grammar of the Latin Language" (1826) and "Basic Fundamentals of Differential Calculus" (1822), special editions of the newspaper "Russkoye Slovo" devoted to the beginning of the First World War.

In 2023, the exhibition "Ukrainian house rich in goodness" was opened in the Hrebinka City Local Lore Museum, the main goal of which is to revive the customs and traditions of the Ukrainian people.

There is a separate museum "Hrebinka's Room", dedicated to the figure of the Ukrainian writer Yevhen Hrebinka, who was born in the village of Maryanivka not far from the city of Hrebinka, where the Family Museum of the Hrebinka Brothers is opened.

The Chornukhy Literary and Memorial Museum-Manor of Hryhoriy Skovoroda is located in the homeland of the outstanding Ukrainian philosopher, educator and poet - in the village of Chornukhy in the Poltava region.

The museum complex includes the museum of Hryhoriy Skovoroda, the "Garden of Divine Songs" and the memorial estate of Hryhoriy Skovoroda's parents - the small-landed Cossack Savva Skovoroda and his wife Pelaheya. In 1722, their son Hryhoriy was born here - a future poet, philosopher and educator. In 1734, he left Chornukh to study at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, from where he went to St. Petersburg, and then on a long journey through European countries. He returned to his homeland in 1750, but did not find his parents alive.

In the center of the manor is a hut under a thatched roof, where items of rural life of the 18th-19th centuries are presented. A large exposition is devoted to the life and work of the philosopher.

The Local Lore Museum in the village of Vovchyk in the Poltava region is named after its founder, local teacher and local historian Ivan Sayenko. It was on his initiative that the museum began to form back in 1948 on the basis of a local lore club at the Vovchyk school.

Since 1980, the Vovchyk Local Lore Museum has been located in ten halls of a specially built two-story building. The exhibition tells about the nature of the Poltava region, the foundation and ancient past of the village, its development in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the period of collectivization and the Holodomor, the events of World War II, etc.

In the art gallery you can see works of painting by Ukrainian artists and examples of folk art: embroidery, ceramics, artistic weaving.

The Kalaidyntsi Local Lore Museum is a branch of the Ivan Sayenko Local Lore Museum of the village of Vovchyk. The institution was opened in 2002 on the initiative of local residents. The museum operates at the Kalaidyntsi Lyceum.

The first exhibition was the "Folklore Room". A whole creative group of teachers and students worked on its arrangement. Many exhibits were donated to the museum by residents of the village of Kalaidyntsi. In particular, a large collection of authentic embroidered towels is presented.

Other expositions: "From ancient times", "Bells of national memory", "Hall of military glory", "History of the school", "Spiritual treasures of our land". In 2017, an exposition dedicated to the defenders of Ukraine was opened.

The Kaplyntsivskyi Bridge over the Udai River on the southern edge of the village of Kaplyntsi in the Poltava region is considered the longest wooden bridge in Ukraine. Its length, according to various estimates, reaches from 230 to 240 meters (some sources indicate a length of 356 meters, presumably taking into account the earth dam).

According to legend, the first wooden bridge was built across the river at the end of the 19th century. In 1933-1934, a new crossing was built in Kaplyntsi to lay a direct road to Pyriatyn.

The bridge stands on oak piles, has 46 spans. About 600 oak logs were used for construction. On top of the longitudinal beams, oak beams were laid crosswise, which were sheathed with oak boards. Initially, the bridge had a wooden railing.

Now the Kaplyntsivskyi Bridge is part of the "Zaplavnyi Udai" eco-tourist route, laid through the picturesque surroundings of the city of Pyriatyn and nearby villages on the territory of the Pyriatynskyi National Nature Park. It is a popular tourist location due to its beautiful scenery and the opportunity to take interesting photos.

The first folk museum of local lore was organized in Khorol by ethnographer Volodymyr Biryukov back in 1917, but in the 1930s it was closed by the Soviet authorities.

The current exposition has been operating since 1995 and is housed in a historical building of the beginning of the 20th century, which is an architectural monument of local importance.

The nature department presents a diorama, stuffed animals, and geological samples.

The archaeological collection includes ancient weapons, ceramics, and stone tools.

In the department of ethnography, the interior of a village house is recreated, folk costumes and household items are exhibited.

A diorama of the "Khorol Yama" death camp is on display.

A branch of the Khorol Museum of Local Lore is the Novoavramivka Local Lore Museum.

The manor in Vyshniaky was built in 1805 by Colonel Radion Palaments from Hadyach, probably according to the project of the famous architect Mykola Lviv.

The two-story house in the style of classicism is located on a slope going down to the Khorol River, and was once surrounded by a park and an orchard. The compositional center of the building is an oval hall topped by a dome with a low spire. Above the main entrance is a carved wooden balcony-terrace resting on massive stone pillars. On the park facade, four pillars support a semicircular balcony.

Radion Palamenets was married to Nadiya Obolonska, whose Cossack family owned Vyshniaky since 1744. After the founder's death, the manor was inherited by his wife, and then by her brother, Demyan Obolonskyi. The poet and artist Taras Shevchenko knew his son, the editor and publisher of the magazine "Narodne khednyi" Oleksandr Obolonsky well. In 1845, the Obolonsky hosted Shevchenko at the Vyshniaky estate, which he later mentioned in the story "The Twins" (a commemorative plaque was installed).

Later, the landlady Rodzyanko-Kotlyarevska became the owner of the Vyshniaky, whose name the estate now bears.

Now this is the closed territory of a boarding house for the disabled.

The Kotlyarevsky manor is connected by an underground passage with the Trinity Church located opposite.

The Lubny Museum of Local Lore named after Hnat Stelletsky is one of the oldest museums in the Poltava region.

Founded in the second half of the 19th century. Initially, it was a museum room at the Lubny Male Gymnasium. The initiator of the opening and the first director was the Ukrainian archaeologist, teacher Fedir Kaminsky. The basis of the exposition was the finds made by him during excavations in the Lubny region.

In 1918, on the basis of the nationalized museum of the gymnasium, the State Museum of Local Lore was created, which currently has about 30,000 exhibits in its collections. Occupies an old one-story mansion in the city center.

In the permanent exposition of Lubny Local Lore Museum named after Hnat Stelletsky - archaeological finds of the Hintsevska settlement lot from the Eneolithic era, decorations from the Scythian era, relics from the Cossack times of the 17th-18th centuries, materials about the Mhar Monastery. There is a collection of numismatics, church utensils, and old books.

A collection of "Scythian women" is exhibited near the entrance to the local lore museum.

The memorial to the victims of the "Khorol Yama" concentration camp was created in 1991 in the former Khorol suburb of Dubky, where a German concentration camp for prisoners of war existed from 1941 to 1943.

The death camp was located near the quarry of the brick factory. Only in the first six months of its existence, more than 37,000 people died. In total, the ashes of about 91,000 residents of Khorol and other cities of Ukraine, soldiers, officers and partisans lie in six of the mass graves known to date.

The ministerial (state) school in Chornukhy was built in 1900-1903 by the zemstvo of Lohvytskyi District. This two-story building in the style of classicism is the oldest architectural monument of the village.

Initially, the school was two-class, with a five-year term of study. Since 1918, it bears the name of Hryhoriy Skovoroda, who was born in Chornukhy. In 1972, a new school building was built nearby, but the old school also continues to be used for its intended purpose. Today it is Chornukhy Lyceum named after Hryhoriy Skovoroda.

The Motoball Track near Vyshniaky is the home arena of the Niva Motoball club.

Matches of the Ukrainian motorball championship are played here. In 1995, 2007, 2009 matches of the European Championship were held.

The Museum-Estate of Green Tourism "Mykhailove Chudo" (Michael's Miracle) operates in the village of Trubaitsi in the Poltava region. It was opened in 2025 by the couple Yana and Mykhailo Voloshyns on the farm of their ancestors.

In the middle of the village courtyard there is a large hut under the reeds, built at the beginning of the 19th century. In ancient times it was a village korchma (tavern).

The ethnographic exposition in several museum rooms tells about the history of the village of Trubaitsi and the ancient life of its inhabitants. The tools of rural labor, old dishes, household items, embroidered towels, home icons, large chests in which girls put their dowries are presented.

There is a residential house nearby where you can rent rooms for relaxation. In the yard there are gazebos, swings and a small stage for holding various events.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary is the oldest preserved church in Lubny.

Built at the beginning of the 19th century, it was originally consecrated as the Brethren Church.

Nativity of Holy Virgin Church is located in the central part of the city. It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Nativity of Virgin Cathedral in Pyriatyn was built in 1781 by order of the regimental vassal Andriy Ilchenko.

The single-domed church in the Ukrainian Baroque style resembles traditional three-part wooden churches of that time. The walls are decorated with characteristic baroque moldings.

In the 19th century, the temple was rebuilt, but as a result of the restoration carried out in 1980, it returned to its authentic appearance.

Until 1990, the building housed a Local Lore Museum. Currently, the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Local Lore Museum of the Novoavramivka village was established in May 1959 on a non-profit basis and became the first rural historical and local lore museum in the Poltava region. Its founder and director for many years was a local teacher and local historian Fedir Mohylenko.

Currently, the collection of the Novoavramivka Local Lore Museum has about 5,000 exhibits. The exhibitions tell about local history and culture, immersing visitors in the everyday life and traditions of past generations.

In particular, in the museum you can learn about the nature and distant past of the region, the originality of local culture, the events of the early 20th century and collectivization, the Second World War and post-war reconstruction, important events of modern times.

The Novoavramivskyi Local Lore Museum is a branch of the Khorol Local Lore Museum.