Petrivka

The village of Petrovka is located to the south of Novy Bykov, next to the highway H-07 "Kiev - Sumy". First mentioned in the end. XVI century According to a popular legend, a stone pillar on the outskirts of the village marks the place where the cap of Tsar Peter I fell when he returned to St. Petersburg after the Battle of Poltava. The regular layout of the village is attributed to Tsarina Catherine II, who, allegedly staying here during the trip, ordered to build the village according to the plan, where straight wide transverse streets intersect with the same longitudinal streets (plans). The original architectural stone Peter and Paul Church (1838) has been preserved. On the southwestern outskirts of the village, a settlement from the times of Kievan Rus (XII-XIII centurie ...

The village of Petrovka is located to the south of Novy Bykov, next to the highway H-07 "Kiev - Sumy". First mentioned in the end. XVI century According to a popular legend, a stone pillar on the outskirts of the village marks the place where the cap of Tsar Peter I fell when he returned to St. Petersburg after the Battle of Poltava. The regular layout of the village is attributed to Tsarina Catherine II, who, allegedly staying here during the trip, ordered to build the village according to the plan, where straight wide transverse streets intersect with the same longitudinal streets (plans). The original architectural stone Peter and Paul Church (1838) has been preserved. On the southwestern outskirts of the village, a settlement from the times of Kievan Rus (XII-XIII centuries) was discovered.