Rokytne

The village of Rakitnoe on the river. Mzha is located between Novaya Vodolaga and Lyubotin, not far from Kharkov. Founded in 1699 by Colonel F. Donets-Zakharzhevsky. His son sold the village to the Lipetsk centurion Chernyak. After his death, the centurion's widow married Lieutenant Colonel M. Kulikovsky, whose descendants owned the village until 1880.The Kulikovskys built an estate in Raktino in the style of Russian classicism, as well as the Arkhangelsk-Mikhailovsky temple - both architectural monuments have survived and are now the main attractions of Rakitnoye. At the end. XIX century. the village passed into the treasury, and later a gardening school (now an agrarian lyceum) was opened in the manor house. Near the neighboring village. Mokroe Rakitnoe has a recreation area with ...

The village of Rakitnoe on the river. Mzha is located between Novaya Vodolaga and Lyubotin, not far from Kharkov. Founded in 1699 by Colonel F. Donets-Zakharzhevsky. His son sold the village to the Lipetsk centurion Chernyak. After his death, the centurion's widow married Lieutenant Colonel M. Kulikovsky, whose descendants owned the village until 1880.The Kulikovskys built an estate in Raktino in the style of Russian classicism, as well as the Arkhangelsk-Mikhailovsky temple - both architectural monuments have survived and are now the main attractions of Rakitnoye. At the end. XIX century. the village passed into the treasury, and later a gardening school (now an agrarian lyceum) was opened in the manor house. Near the neighboring village. Mokroe Rakitnoe has a recreation area with two ponds.