Dykan'ka

The historic village of Dikanka located on the river Vorskla, 25 km north of Poltava. He became famous thanks to N. Gogol's story "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka". Since the 17th century. the estate of the Kochubeevs (now a landscape park) was located here, the most famous of which was the favorite of Alexander I, the first minister of internal affairs of Russia, Prince V. Kochubei. The Triumphal Arch in honor of the arrival of Tsar Alexander I, which is considered the hallmark of Dikanka, has survived, as well as four 800-year-old Kochubei oaks. Many places and architectural monuments are associated with various episodes and heroes of Gogol's works; an entertainment historical and cultural complex has been created on the site of the supposed "farm near Dikanka&q ...