Mohyliv-Podilskyi
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The border town of Mogilev-Podolsky is a trade center and transport hub on the Dniester, a transshipment point on the way to Moldova. The most picturesque view of the city stretching along the river opens from the mountain at the entrance from Yampol. Mogilev-Podolsky was founded in 1595 as the castle of the Moldovan sovereign I. Mogila, who in 1606 gave it as a dowry for his daughter Maria to the Bratslav voivode S. Pototsky. In gratitude, Pototsky named the city in honor of his father-in-law Mogilev and received the Magdeburg Law for him. In 1620 the Mogilev castle was the headquarters of the Polish hetman S. Zholkiewski, who became famous in the wars against the Turks. In 1657, O. Gogol, the future hetman of Right-Bank Ukraine, who is considered the ancestor of the writer N. Gogol, b ...
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Historical and local lore museum of Podillya
Museum / gallery
The Mogilev-Podolsk Museum of Local Lore houses its exposition in the former house of the merchant Halperin, built in 1905 in the Art Nouveau style. The collection is based on paintings from the collection of G. Bronstein (Ukrainian, Russian and Georgian authors), as well as a collection of minerals by V. Afanasyev, collected in the USSR (1267 samples), furniture samples of the early twentieth century. Of great interest are collections of archaeological finds, numismatics, faleristics and weapons of the XVII-XIX centuries. In particular, the Sarmatian boiler of the VI century. BC, unique tools of Trypillia culture, a collection of weapons of the XVI-XVIII centuries., Cossack arrows and a Turkish rifle, weapons and equipment of the Second World War. The ethnographic department presents rural household utensils, Podolsk clothes, a collection of works of decorative and applied art by local authors, including Podolsk embroidery and vytynanka.
Volodymyrska Street, 6
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Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art
Museum / gallery
Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art. M. Rudenko in Mogilev-Podolsky is located in the building of the House of Culture. It is mainly dedicated to the Podolsk vytynanka - the traditional art of artistic carving. The exposition is based on the works of local master M. Rudenko, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, famous folklorist, artistic director of the folklore and ethnographic ensemble "Gorlytsia". In addition to excerpts, the exhibition presents more than 3 thousand folk songs, thousands of proverbs and sayings, fairy tales, legends, legends, orders, lamentations.
Kyivska Street, 28/2
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| Administrative status | city |
|---|---|
| Founded / first mentioned | 1595 |
| Region | Vinnytsia |
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