Cherkasy

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The city of Cherkassy is a regional center on the Dnieper, in its middle reaches. Historians consider the date of foundation to be 1284. The name is associated with the Cossacks-Cherkassians (Circassians) who lived here. The first written mention of Cherkassy is found in 1394 as a fortification on the border of Lithuania. In 1549 a fortress was built to protect the southern approaches to Kiev from the raids of the Tatars (at this place is now the Hill of Glory). The city often found itself in the center of uprisings against the Polish gentry, in particular, in the War of Independence under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1648-54). In 1793 it became part of the Russian Empire as the center of the district. The name of the native of these places, T. Shevchenko, is inextricably linke ...

The city of Cherkassy is a regional center on the Dnieper, in its middle reaches. Historians consider the date of foundation to be 1284. The name is associated with the Cossacks-Cherkassians (Circassians) who lived here. The first written mention of Cherkassy is found in 1394 as a fortification on the border of Lithuania. In 1549 a fortress was built to protect the southern approaches to Kiev from the raids of the Tatars (at this place is now the Hill of Glory). The city often found itself in the center of uprisings against the Polish gentry, in particular, in the War of Independence under the leadership of Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1648-54). In 1793 it became part of the Russian Empire as the center of the district. The name of the native of these places, T. Shevchenko, is inextricably linked with the history of the city. There are few historical monuments, most are located along four parallel streets of Shevchenko, Gogol, Blagovestnaya and Ilyin. The main attractions are scattered around the area.

Місто Черкаси - обласний центр на Дніпрі, в його середній течії. Історики вважають датою заснування 1284 рік. Назву пов'язують з козаками-черкасами (черкесами), які тут проживали. Перша письмова згадка про Черкаси зустрічається в 1394 році як про укріплення на кордоні Литви. В 1549 році була побудована фортеця для захисту південних підступів до Києва від набігів татар (на цьому місці зараз Пагорб Слави). Місто часто опинялося в центрі повстань проти польської шляхти, зокрема, у Визвольній війни під проводом Богдана Хмельницького (1648-54 рр.). У 1793 р. увійшло до складу Російської імперії як центр повіту. З історією міста нерозривно пов'язане ім'я уродженця цих місць Т. Шевченка. Історичних пам'яток мало, більшість розташована вздовж чотирьох паралельних вулиць - Шевчен ...

Місто Черкаси - обласний центр на Дніпрі, в його середній течії. Історики вважають датою заснування 1284 рік. Назву пов'язують з козаками-черкасами (черкесами), які тут проживали. Перша письмова згадка про Черкаси зустрічається в 1394 році як про укріплення на кордоні Литви. В 1549 році була побудована фортеця для захисту південних підступів до Києва від набігів татар (на цьому місці зараз Пагорб Слави). Місто часто опинялося в центрі повстань проти польської шляхти, зокрема, у Визвольній війни під проводом Богдана Хмельницького (1648-54 рр.). У 1793 р. увійшло до складу Російської імперії як центр повіту. З історією міста нерозривно пов'язане ім'я уродженця цих місць Т. Шевченка. Історичних пам'яток мало, більшість розташована вздовж чотирьох паралельних вулиць - Шевченка, Гоголя, Благовісної та Ільїна. Основні визначні пам'ятки розосереджені навколо.

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Cherkasy Art Museum

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The Cherkasy Art Museum is housed in the former Communist Party's city committee, which was vacated after the August 1991 events. The exposition is formed from the former private collections of Count Bobrynsky, Princes Lopukhin, Bilokopytov, which were transferred in 1918 to the Cherkasy Historical and Pedagogical Museum named after Taras Shevchenko. The Department of Decorative and Applied Arts introduces the folk art of the middle Dnieper. The second chapter presents the iconography of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the beautiful portrait painting of the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Map pin icon Khreschatyk Street, 29

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Cherkasy Museum of Local Lore

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Cherkasy Regional Museum of Local Lore is located in a modern building built in 1985 in the historic center of the city, near the Hill of Fame (Castle Hill). The project was designed by local architects Kondratsky, Sobchuk, Fursenko. In 30 halls there are sections of the nature of the region, archeology, ethnography, history of the region XIV - beg. XX century, as well as new and modern history from 1917 to the present. A total of 12,000 exhibits were presented. Cossack flags and a copy of Bohdan Khmelnytsky's first letter to Russian Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich asking for help in the war with Poland, written in Cherkasy on June 8, 1648, are kept here. Other rare objects of Cossack times are presented, including stove tiles of the second floor. XVII century with a relief plot "Three Musketeers" and the inscription "Zholdak".

Map pin icon Slavy Street, 1

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Kobzar Museum (Tsybulsky House)

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The Tsibulsky House in Cherkasy is a historic building in the city center, built in the middle of the 19th century. Belonged to the family of merchants of the first guild, was the tallest building in the city at the time. From July 18 to 22, 1859, Taras Shevchenko stayed here with his friend E. Tsybulsky. In Soviet times, a museum of one book was opened here - "Kobzar" by Shevchenko. Lifetime and posthumous editions of the writer are presented, in particular the rare "Kobzar" of 1840.

Map pin icon Baida-Vyshnevetsky Street, 37

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