Chernihiv Literary and Memorial Museum-Reserve of Mikhail Kotsyubinsky

Where does agave bloom?
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8 may 2017Travel time: 7 may 2017
There is an interesting place in Chernihiv that is a must visit, because there is excellent energy (near the temple in the name of the Kazan Mother of God), a wonderful garden and a cozy house, which recreates the atmosphere as in the life of his master - Chernihiv Literary Memorial Museum-Reserve Ukrainian writer Mikhail Kotsyubinsky (1864-1913) created in 1934.
http:// kotsubinsky. org / index / 0-4
The museum was opened in the house where the writer lived from 1898 to 1913 and this period was the most fruitful in the creative life of Kotsyubinsky. Here he wrote stories: "Fata morgana", "Intermezzo", "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", "Apple Blossom", "Expensive Price", "Praise of Life", etc. Many famous representatives of the creative intelligentsia were received here. The famous composer Nikolai Lysenko performed the writer's favorite melodies on the piano. Literary evenings ("literary Saturdays") were held in the living room on Saturdays, with the participation of writers B. Grinchenko and N.
Chernyavsky, N. Voronoi, V. Samyilenko, M. Zhuk. Mikhail Kotsyubinsky was a mentor to many talented young people, such as Pavlo Tychyna, Vasily Ellan-Blakitny, etc. And now various events are being held.
The situation that existed during the writer's lifetime has been recreated, the first editions of works, manuscripts, notebooks, letters, and a personal library are on display. Preserved: the author's manuscripts, photos, magazines, books by Kotsyubinsky and about him, family relics, personal belongings of the writer, telling about his interests and tastes. There are people working here who are full of love for their work, I would say "romantics of beauty", who will conduct a wonderful tour, fill you with new impressions and thoughts, "charm" this place.
The garden is a sight to behold! Preserved in the form it had during the writer's lifetime. The pride of the green exposition is the trees grown by Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, especially the spruce, which he planted in 1898.
In the flowerbeds - the writer's favorite flowers: mallows, poppies, roses, etc. Mikhail Mikhailovich loved to rest in a gazebo of lilac bushes, made for him by his wife Vera Ustinovna. There is also a sofa made of earth, grass and flowers, where the writer took "sun" baths. Many wonderful flowers grow in the garden from early spring to late autumn.
There is also the exotic agave plant, which the writer admired in Italy, and now it decorates the garden in his memory. Agave, we can say a creative symbol (even a living being) for the writer, who claimed: "I did not paint agave but my life. "
"Everything has time, there is a time for everything. And for agave. What is hidden in it finally breaks through the tight embrace and is released like a giant, carrying on the mighty body, which can be compared only to a pine, the color of death. Blown by the wind, closer to the sky, the agave now sees what she did not see before.
She sees the sea and the rocks, the first meets the sunrise, the last catches a red sunset, and the wind rustles around her as well as in the treetops.
The blue leaves wither under it, they deviate like the sick, the rains flow down them, the blue teeth shine dead in the sun, the crown dries and softens like a rag, and a flower on a high stump greets the sun and the sea, rocks and distant wet winds proud and hopeless greetings of those sentenced to premature death. Opening the window in the morning, I see a number of flowering agaves from time to time. They stand, slender and tall, with the crown of death at their head, and greet the distant sea.
Ave, mare, morituri te salutant! . . »This is an excerpt from the work" On the Island ".
The last thing Kotsyubinsky wrote was Agavi Blossom, which is very symbolic, because agave is a plant that blooms once in a lifetime and then dies.
There is also a house-museum of the writer in Vinnytsia, but it's easier.
http://www. chytomo. com/place/muzej-kocyubinskogo-u-vinnici-kvituchij-ostrivec-u-zabudovax
But the attraction in Chernihiv is more interesting, in addition - an extremely nice and beautiful place, I really like it here, I think you will like it. A walk in the garden costs 6 UAH. per person + for photography another 5 UAH. You will have to pay extra for visiting the house-museum. The museum is open from 9.00 to 17.30, on Saturdays and Sundays - from 10.00 to 17.30. Although the complex is not far from the central market and tourist trails, it is difficult to find (5 Kotsyubinskogo Street), but focus on the temple nearby. Be sure to visit! Personally, the atmosphere of this house and garden of a man born on the shores of the Southern Bug (Vinnytsia), who was brought to Chernihiv by the will of fate, is very close. This is a very soulful and bright place that you want to visit more often and at any time of year.
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