Attractions of Zvenyhorod district

Moryn Museum Complex is a reconstructed village estate in the village of Morynka, where the future Kobzar was born in 1814. His parents, Hryhoriy Shevchenko and Kateryna Boyko, lived for several years in the empty hut of Kopi, a peasant sent to hard labor, near the house of Yakym Boyko, the grandfather of the newborn Taras. Both houses were restored according to drawings and a detailed description of Shevchenko scholar O. Konysky in 1989 with careful observance of technology and all the features of folk architecture typical of this area. The original wooden outer pantry was moved from the neighboring Kerelivka (Shevchenkove) to the estate. The modest life of the Shevchenko family is recreated in the interiors of residential buildings. Behind the houses there is a beautiful view of the ravine planted with an orchard. A monument to Kateryna Boyko with little Taras in her arms has been erected. A chapel was built.

Taras Shevchenko's Motherland National Reserve unites three villages in which the future writer spent his childhood: Shevchenkove, Moryntsi, Budyshche. The reserve was established in 1992 on the basis of the Taras Shevchenko Literary Memorial Museum in Shevchenkovo. It was here that Taras's parents' estate was located, where he spent his childhood, and which he repeatedly described in his works. In 1914 the estate was bought by Kyiv cultural figures, and in 1939 a museum was opened here. The parents' house was restored according to Shevchenko's drawings, and the mother's grave was preserved in the garden. The exposition in the main building of the museum recreates the life of Kobzar. His personal belongings, first editions of books, documents, portraits and photographs are presented.