Attractions of Zvenyhorodka district

The estate of businessman and philanthropist Vasyl Symyrenko (uncle of gardener Levko Symyrenko) was built in Sydorivka at the end of the 19th century.

It was a neoclassical palace with wings and a ballroom worth about 10 million rubles. In Sydorivka, Symyrenko opened a sugar factory, where he installed machines of his own development and began producing pastille, which was extremely popular in the Russian Empire.

The entrepreneur gave a tenth of his profits to support Ukrainian culture. In his old age, he bequeathed all his fortune to cultural purposes, but the events of the First World War and the Bolshevik coup of 1917 prevented the implementation of his plans.

During Soviet times, the Vasyl Symyrenko Palace housed a school and a hospital. Now the building is in ruins. It is located in the middle of a heavily neglected park.

The Taras ShevchenkoLiterary and Memorial Museum in Shevchenkove, formerly Kerelivka, was founded in 1939 to mark the 125th anniversary of the Kobzar's birth. It was created on the site of the estate of the family of Hryhorii and Kateryna Shevchenko, purchased by them in 1816. Taras spent his childhood there, which he repeatedly described in his works.

In 1914, the estate was bought by Kyiv cultural figures, and in 1935, construction of the museum began. Later, in the courtyard, his father's house was recreated in real size according to Shevchenko's drawings and a bronze sculpture of 13-year-old Taras was installed. The grave of his mother has been preserved in the garden.

The five spacious halls of the museum tell about the life and work of the poet, artist and thinker. His personal belongings, first editions of books, documents, portraits and photographs are presented. You can see a table and a bench from the poet's parents' house, furniture from the estate of the local landowner Engelhardt, a wedding towel from Kateryna's sister, and gifts from relatives.

Since 1992, the literary and memorial museum has been part of the historical and cultural reserve "Taras Shevchenko's Homeland", which united the villages of the poet's childhood.

Moryntsi Museum Complex is a reconstructed rural estate in the village of Moryntsi, restored to its original form on the site where the future Kobzar was born in 1814. It is part of the National Reserve "Taras Shevchenko Homeland".

Taras's parents - Hryhorii Shevchenko and Kateryna Boiko - lived for several years in an empty hut of a peasant exiled to hard labor, Kopii, next to the house of Yakym Boiko, grandfather of the newborn Taras. Both huts were restored according to the drawings and detailed description of Shevchenko scholar Oleksandr Konysky in 1989, with careful observance of technology and all the features of folk architecture characteristic of this area. An original wooden barn was moved from neighboring Kerelivka (Shevchenkove) to the courtyard.

The interiors of the residential buildings recreate the modest life of the Shevchenko family. Behind the houses there is a wonderful view of the ravine planted with an orchard. A monument to Kateryna Boyko with little Taras in her arms has been erected. A chapel has been built nearby.

The Museum of History of Village Vilshana is located in the premises of the House of Culture.

The museum exposition tells about the history of the village and famous personalities whose life path is connected with Vilshana - these are Maksym Kryvonos, Taras Shevchenko, and the Klitschko brothers, whose grandfather - Rodion Klitschko - hails from Vilshana.

In the museum, household items of ancient times are widely represented: rubles and rocking chairs, zhlyukto and bodnia, makitras and kopistiks, bowls on a bowl, a carved yoke and a whip, the first irons and calculators.

No less interesting are photographs of Vilshana from the end of the 19th century, portraits of residents of Vilshana in colorful Ukrainian costumes.

The Manor Museum of the Hero of Ukraine Vyacheslav Chornovil, an outstanding Ukrainian statesman, Soviet dissident, leader of the NRU party, was opened in Vilkhovets in the house where he spent his childhood and youth.

In 1946, at the age of nine, Vyacheslav and his family moved to Vilkhovets from their native Yerky. Here he graduated from high school, and in 1955 he went to Kyiv to enter the philological faculty of Kyiv University.

After his tragic death in 1999, his sister Valentyna Maksymivna donated the house to the Cherkasy Regional Museum of Local Lore. In 2007, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the birth of Chornovil, an exposition dedicated to him was opened in this building, and a bust of him was installed in the yard.

Visitors to the museum of Vyacheslav Chornovil have the opportunity to get acquainted with the original interiors of the rooms, unique photographs and documents, books, and personal belongings of the Chornovil family.

The Vyacheslav Chornovil Manor-Museum in Vilkhovets is a branch of the Cherkasy Regional Museum of Local Lore.

The local lore museum of the village of Zalizniachka was opened in 2024 in the premises of the Zalizniachka village library, a branch of the Yerky public central library.

The exposition presents a model of a traditional stove with all the necessary remains, ceramic pots, mugs and bowls, ancient items of folk use, pots and tubs, embroidered shirts, towels and pillows, paintings by folk artists. All these things are collected for the indifferent inhabitants of the village.