17 Sights in Poltava, Ukraine (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Poltava, Ukraine! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Poltava. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in Poltava

1. Ту-22М

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Ту-22МDmitry Terekhov from Odintsovo, Russian Federation / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Tupolev Tu-22M is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. The bomber was reported as being designated Tu-26 by Western intelligence at one time. During the Cold War, the Tu-22M was operated by the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) in a missile carrier strategic bombing role, and by the Soviet Naval Aviation in a long-range maritime anti-shipping role.

Wikipedia: Tupolev Tu-22M (EN)

2. ЗіС-3

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ЗіС-3

The 76-mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) was a Soviet 76.2 mm divisional field gun used during World War II. ZiS was a factory designation and stood for Zavod imeni Stalina, the honorific title of Artillery Factory No. 92, which first constructed this gun.

Wikipedia: 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (EN)

3. Кадетський корпус

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Petrovsky Poltava Cadet Corps — during the Russian Empire, it was the oldest and most prestigious cadet educational institution in modern Ukraine. He was in Poltava from 1840 to 1918. Later, by 1995, the building was repurposed for the PVZRKKU.

Wikipedia: Петровський Полтавський кадетський корпус (UK)

4. Монумент Слави

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Монумент СлавиVlad Butsky from San Jose, CA, USA / CC BY 2.0

The Monument of Glory is a monument of monumental art of the early XIX century in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava on June 27, 1709. The monument was erected in 1811 in the center of the Round Square of the city of Poltava. The Monument of Glory closes the perspective of eight streets of the city, is its ideological and urban dominant, forms, together with the development of Round Square, an ensemble of the era of Russian classicism.

Wikipedia: Монумент Слави (Полтава) (UK)

5. Monument to Ivan Kotliarevskyi

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The monument to Ivan Kotlyarevsky in Poltava is the first monument in history to the Ukrainian writer, poet, playwright and public figure, founder of modern Ukrainian literature Ivan Petrovich Kotlyarevsky (1769-1838) in the regional center of Ukraine, the city of Poltava, where he was born and lived most of his life, including in his declining years.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Івану Котляревському (Полтава) (UK)

6. The White Arbor

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The White Arbor (under the USSR officially the Rotunda of Friendship of Peoples) is an original landmark in the form of a gazebo with a colonnade in the city of Poltava, erected for the first time in 1909 in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava; One of the symbols of the city.

Wikipedia: Біла альтанка (UK)

7. Air and Space Museum

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Air and Space Museum Slovolyub / Cc-by-3.0

Poltava Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics is a unique museum of aviation and rocket and space in Poltava. The building of the Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics is included in the List of Architectural Monuments of National Importance.

Wikipedia: Полтавський музей авіації та космонавтики (UK), Website

8. Пам'ятний знак полтавській галушці

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The memorial sign of the Poltava dumpling, or the monument to the dumpling, is a symbolic memorial sign in honor of the traditional dish of Ukrainian cuisine for the region of Poltava region — dumplings, in Poltava, one of the city symbols, the personification of generosity and prosperity.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятний знак полтавській галушці (UK)

9. The Museum-Place of I. P. Kotlyarevsky

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The Museum-Place of I. P. Kotlyarevsky Початково цей файл було завантажено користувачем Turzh з українська Вікіпедія / Attribution

The Museum-Estate of Ivan Kotlyarevsky is a memorial complex in Poltava on the basis of the estate where the founder of new Ukrainian literature, Ivan Petrovich Kotlyarevsky, was born in 1769. The estate-museum, which is a branch of the Poltava Literary and Memorial Museum of I. P. Kotlyarevsky, is located next to the Assumption Cathedral, which is on the square of the same name, on Ivanova Hill named after the writer. The estate is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine in the status of a monument of national importance.

Wikipedia: Музей-садиба Івана Котляревського (UK)

10. Садиба-музей Панаса Мирного

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Садиба-музей Панаса Мирного Slovolyub / Cc-by-3.0

The Panas Myrnyi Literary Memorial Museum is a manor-museum of the classic of Ukrainian literature Panas Yakovlevich Rudchenko, better known to the world under his creative pseudonym Panas Myrnyi. Located on the cozy outskirts of Poltava. In terms of the number of personal, memorial belongings of the owner, the estate-museum of Panas Myrnyi is the richest literary museum in Ukraine.

Wikipedia: Літературно-меморіальний музей Панаса Мирного (UK)

11. Monument at the rest-place of Peter I

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The monument to the repose of Peter I is a monument at the resting place of Peter I in Poltava. The monument was erected in 1849 near the Church of the Savior at the corner of Spasskaya and Pylyp Orlyk streets.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник на місці відпочинку Петра I (UK)

12. Пам'ятник Гоголю

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Пам'ятник Гоголю Leonid Pozen (1848–1921)Фотографія: Turzh з українська Вікіпедія / Attribution

The Monument to Nikolai Gogol is a monument in honor of the writer Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852) in Poltava. The monument was erected in March 1934 at the intersection of Nebesnoi Sotni and Gogol streets.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Миколі Гоголю (Полтава) (UK)

13. Monument to undefeated Poltava citizens

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Monument to the Unconquered Poltava Residents is a monument in Poltava in honor of the members of the Komsomol youth group "Unconquered Poltava Woman". The monument was unveiled on October 28, 1967 on Ivan Kotlyarevsky Boulevard.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник нескореним полтавчанам (UK)

14. Monument to N. Sklifosovsky

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Monument to Mykola Sklifosovsky in Poltava is a monument to the outstanding Ukrainian surgeon Mykola Vasilyevich Sklifosovsky (1836-1904) in the regional center of Ukraine, the city of Poltava, where he lived and worked in the last years of his life.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник Миколі Скліфосовському (Полтава) (UK)

15. Korolenko Museum

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Poltava Literary and Memorial Museum of V. Korolenko is a museum in Poltava dedicated to the Russian writer and publicist Volodymyr Korolenko. It is located in the green zone of the Shevchenkivskyi district on Korolenko Street.

Wikipedia: Полтавський літературно-меморіальний музей В. Короленка (UK)

16. Monument to Poltava fortress commandant A. S. Kelyn

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The monument to the glorious defenders of Poltava and the commandant of the fortress Alexei Kelin is a monument in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava in Poltava. The monument was erected on June 27, 1909 on the site of the 4th bastion of the Poltava fortress. It is located at the corner of Pervomaiskoy Avenue, Shevchenko and Sadovaya streets. The monument is a granite obelisk on a pedestal. On the obelisk there is a bronze old coat of arms of Poltava, at the foot there is a bronze figure of a lion, on the pedestal there are plaques with memorial inscriptions. Until 1918, the monument was crowned with a bronze sculpture of a double-headed eagle. It is surrounded by a fence of balls-cores, which are interconnected by a chain. The authors are architect O. O. Bilderling, sculptor O. L. Ober. During the Nazi occupation, the bronze parts were taken to Germany. In 1947-1949, they were re-cast in Leningrad and installed, the height of the monument was increased. It was restored in 1949.

Wikipedia: Пам'ятник славним захисникам Полтави і коменданту фортеці Олексію Келіну (UK), Website

17. Let L-410 Turbolet

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Let L-410 Turbolet

The Let L-410 Turbolet is a versatile twin-engine aircraft for local air lines (MPL). The first aircraft in the post-war period to enter Soviet air lines. Other names: L-410, Let, Let, Let, L-410, Cheburashka, Czech, Elka.

Wikipedia: Л-410 (UK)

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