Attractions of Kryvorivnia

The ethnographic museum of antiquities of the Hutsul region was opened in the yard of his own house by ethnographer and historian from Kryvyi Rih Ya. Zelenchuk. In one hall there are several thematic expositions: ancient times (tools for gathering, hunting, fishing), shepherd's mountain pasture, woodworking and construction, handicrafts and crafts, samples of decorative and applied arts (clothes, painted pottery, carvings, carvings). instruments (drums, violins), the liberation struggle (world wars, the opryshki movement). In particular, a copy of the smoking pipe of the legendary Hutsul Chukutykha is presented.

The Ivan Franko Literary Memorial Museum was opened in the house of V. Yakobyuk, where the writer rested several times in 1906-14. He liked Kryvyi Rih so much that he chose this village for his permanent summer vacation and came here almost every summer with his family for 12 years. Here it was visited by L. Ukrainka, G. Khotkevych, M. Kotsyubynsky, M. Hrushevsky, V. Hnatyuk, V. Shukhevych and others. Already ill, Franco continued to work here, dictating the texts of his works to a local teacher. The museum was founded in 1960 on the initiative of the writer's wife G. Khotkevych - Platonida. The exposition, located in 5 rooms, stores Frank's personal belongings: a bed, a desk and a chair, a guest bench, a clock, etc. An interesting Hutsul stove, decorated with tiles by O. Bakhmatyuk (1874).

The Khata-Grazhda Museum was established in Kryvyi Rih on the basis of one of the few examples of this typical Hutsul fortress house built in 1858. Residential and commercial buildings with deaf outer walls surround a small courtyard, forming an enclosed space. Citizens served to protect against enemies, wild beasts and bad weather. Kryvyi Rih citizen in the late nineteenth century. belonged to the Haruk family, who were often visited by writer I. Franko and ethnographer V. Hnatyuk. In 1964, this hut was used during the filming of "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors". Since 1984, the house was empty. In 1993 it was restored and a museum was opened. There are exhibitions of paintings and photographs.

The Museum of Local Lore was established in the village in 1965 on the basis of a secondary school. The exposition tells about the history of the Hutsul village, life and way of life of the region's inhabitants. The museum has more than 100 exhibits.

The house-museum of the famous historian and politician of the Ukrainian People's Republic Mykhailo Hrushevsky was opened on the place where at the beginning of the XX century. he bought the estate from the local landowner Przebilowski. Here the future president of Ukraine has repeatedly been on vacation. The villa burned down in 1917, but in 2003 it was recreated according to surviving eyewitness drawings and memoirs. The museum presents biographical documents and photographs, ethnographic collection, household items of the early XX century.

A literary-memorial museum of the Hutsul writer, folk philosopher, poetess and artist Paraska Plytky-Horytsvit has been opened in her house in Kryvyi Rih. Author of more than 1,000 manuscripts, she illustrated and bound them herself. The books "Heavenly Throne from the Foot of the Earth", "Prayers for the Glory of the Holy Baptism of Russia-Ukraine" are dedicated to spiritual reflections. Goretsvit's creative heritage also includes the fantasy-adventure novel "Indian Flirtations: The Adventures of Hutsuls in India". Even during her life, her house resembled a museum, which was visited by many Ukrainian scholars. The Public Museum was opened in 2005. In a small space - cabinets filled with manuscripts, paintings and other works.