My city is Poltava, Ukraine.
I write about other countries, why not write about my hometown?
I live on the outskirts - the Polovki microdistrict, on weekends in good weather I like to take a walk around the city with my husband, it happens that we walk to the center, then to Belaya Arbor, there is never an empty place, there are always people. Especially busy on wedding days.
Our city - tourist, historical, resort and medical -
Mirgorod "Birch Guy", "Poltava", "Khorol" "Glory", Zenkov "Pine Forest", Novye Sanzhary "VV UMVD of Ukraine", V. Bagachka "Psyol", Kremenchug "Children's Psychoneurological Sanatorium Slavutych", Kobelyaki, town. Beliki "children's rheumatological sanatorium", and others, in total there are 21 health resorts.
Poltava is a city in Ukraine. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Vorskla River.
The area of the city is 104.42 sq. km, administratively the city is divided into 3 districts (Oktyabrsky, Kievsky and Leninsky). The population of the city is about 338 thousand people in 2010.
The Rotunda of Friendship of Peoples or the White Arbor is a colonnade, one of the symbols of the city. Unfortunately, many Poltava residents know very little about the history and life of our city.
2009 marked the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava over the Swedes. In the north-eastern part of the field of the Battle of Poltava in Yakovtsy, in the estate of Sklifosovskaya, his wife Sofia Alexandrovna, 1871 and every summer since 1900 he constantly lived and worked, did good to people Nikolai Sklifosovsky, a learned surgeon, one of the pioneers of abdominal surgery, antiseptics and asepsis . The Sklifosovsky estate was dubbed "Poltava Switzerland". 1884 on the territory of the field of the Poltava battle, the Poltava experimental field was created. Now, next to a military airfield, archaeologists have discovered objects spanning a significant period of time - from the 16th to the 20th century. The western part of the Battle of Poltava in 1993 contained the deadly nuclear potential of the former Soviet Union, capable of destroying all life on our planet.
Near the former Mazurov Gates, on the site of the 4th bastion of the fortress, where on June 21-22.1709 the Swedes organized an attack on the fortress. Open Monument to the Defenders of Poltava and the Commandant of the Fortress A. S. Kelin, on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava - June 26.1909, After the establishment of Soviet power, the Coat of Arms of Russia was knocked down. During the Nazi occupation of Poltava, the monument was damaged in the most valuable part - the Bronze Lion, the board - were stolen. After the liberation of Poltava, the monument was reconstructed.
In 1962, near the field of the Poltava battle, near Yakovtsy, Dendropark was created - now a monument of garden art of national importance with an area of .140 hectares.
The Monument of Glory (Oryol) was built from 1805-1868, in the center of the square to the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava. The first monument in honor of this event was erected in 1778 on the territory of the Poltava fortress near the Ascension Church. Dismantled at the end of the 18th century. On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Poltava provinces, architect M. A. Amvrosimov developed two sketches of a monument in the form of a column crowned with an eagle, which is similar to a triumphal victory in ancient Rome.
Alexander Pushkin, wrote the poem "Poltava".
The Poltava catacombs are a network of dungeons connecting different parts of the old city.
In 1818 he studied, Ivan Kotlyarevsky worked here almost all his life,
In 1818-1819. Nikolai Gogol studied at the school.
In 1844, Taras Shevchenko came to the city. Ivan Nechui-Levitsky, Panas Mirny, Vasily Dokuchaev and his student Vladimir Vernadsky, doctor Nikolai Sklifosovsky worked and worked here.
In 1891, the Poltava Museum of Local Lore was erected with unique Ukrainian baroque architecture.
Temples and churches: Church of the Savior, Cathedral of the Assumption, Makaryevsky Cathedral, Holy Cross Monastery, St. Nicholas Church, Church of Faith, Hope, Love.
The Poltava Local History Museum is one of the largest local history museums in Ukraine.
Museum-estate of I. P. Kotlyarevsky;
Museum-estate of V. G. Korolenko;
Museum-estate of Panas Mirny;
People's Museum of the History of Internal Affairs of the Poltava region;
Art Museum;
Space Museum;
Geological Museum;
Museum of military conflicts of the XX century;
Museum of long-range and strategic aviation;
People's Museum of the Poltava Diesel Locomotive Repair Plant
Museum of the History of the Battle of Poltava; many architectural monuments;
Famous residents of the city of Poltava of all time:
Ivan Petrovich Kotlyarevsky - writer, playwright.
Petliura, Simon Vasilyevich - Ukrainian political and military figure, publicist, military secretary (minister) of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1917-1918, head of the Ukrainian People's Republic from 1919 to 1920.
Feofan (Bystrov), Archbishop of Poltava, confessor of the family of Emperor Nicholas II.
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi is a statesman and public figure, the second President of the State of Israel.
Gapon, Georgy Apollonovich - Russian Orthodox priest, graduate of the Poltava Theological Seminary, organizer of the mass procession of workers on the day of "Bloody Sunday" January 9 (22), 1905.
Lunacharsky, Anatoly Vasilyevich - Russian Soviet writer, public and political figure, translator, publicist, critic, art historian. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1933), from 1917 to 1929 - People's Commissar of Education.
Kondratyuk, Yuri Vasilyevich - the famous theorist of world cosmonautics. In his work "The Conquest of Interplanetary Spaces" (1929), he calculated the basic equation for rocket flight, for the first time outlined the theory of multi-stage rockets and explored the problems of creating interplanetary bases.
Lyalya Ubiyvovk (real name - Elena Konstantinovna Ubiyvovk) - the creator of an underground partisan organization during World War II, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously awarded).
Nochevkin, Anatoly Petrovich - Second Secretary of the Poltava Regional Committee of the Communist Party, member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 11th convocation.
Korolenko, Volodymyr Galaktionovich is a famous Ukrainian writer.
Panas Mirny (real name - Afanasy Yakovlevich Rudchenko) - Ukrainian writer.
Makarenko, Anton Semenovich - an outstanding Soviet writer and teacher.
There is a lot more about the city, and whoever has been here can write, but this already turned out to be an essay, just like at school.
In general, come and see for yourself - what a beautiful city we have !! !
