Kutsivka

The village of Kutsovka is located 25 km south-west of Smela. It has been known since the 18th century, when these lands were part of the possession of the princes Lubomirsky. The village got its name from its location in Kutsa Balka. After the creation of the Kiev province (1793), they were acquired by Prince G. Potemkin. After his death, General Vysotsky, then Major General Orlov, became the owner of these lands. In 1846, at the expense of Orlov, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built in the style of late classicism. In 1895, the writer F. Osmachka was born in Kutsovka (a memorial sign was installed on the site of the parental home). At the beginning of the XX century. the village belonged to the privy councilor N. Tereshchenko. In 1966 a monument to the soldiers-liberator ...