Pustoviitivka

The memorial complex of the last Kish Otaman of the Zaporizhzhya Sich Petro Kalnyshevsky in the village of Pustoviytivka in the Sumy region includes the Museum of Petro Kalnyshevsky, which is a department of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Posullya". The museum was founded in 2005 on the basis of materials from the Romensky Museum of Local Lore, which previously formed the exhibition "Legendary Koshovy ". It is located in the house of culture of the village of Pustoviytivka, in the homeland of Petro Kalnyshevsky. The main exposition tells about the life of the Kish Otaman: childhood in his native village, dedication to the Sich, service in the Zaporozhian Lowland Army, election as Kish Otaman, participation in the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-1774, imprisonment by order of the tsarist government and exile on Solovki. Reconstruction of the interior of the Solovetsky cell, where Petro Kalnyshevsky spent 25 years, is presented. Also on display are fragments of a wooden Trinity Church, built at the expense of the Otaman in Pustoviytivka (now reconstructed). You can also see a collection of Cossack weapons, coins, pipes, icons. Two more exhibition halls present local archeological finds of Scythian times and materials about other prominent natives of Putoviytivka.