18 Sights in Poltava, Ukraine (with Map and Images)
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List of cities in Ukraine Sightseeing Tours in Poltava1. Monument to Poltava fortress commandant A. S. Kelyn
The Kyle Laklin Monument commemorates Poland's glorious protector and commando fortress to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poland's battle in Poland. The monument was erected on 27 June 1909 at the site of Fort 4 of Portava Fort. Located at the corner of First Avenue, Chapel Street and Garden. The monument is a granite obelisk on a pedestal. On the obelisk, a bronze old regiment emblem, at the feet of the lion's bronze shape, on the pedestal of a board with commemorative inscriptions. By 1918, a monument was engraved with a bronze sculpture of a two-headed eagle. It is surrounded by a fence with ball cores, which are connected by chains. Author architect. Billiards player, sculptor. L. Bell. During the Nazi occupation, bronze parts were brought into the hands of Germans. From 1947 to 1949, it was recast into Leningrad and installed, raising the height of the monument. Restored in 1949.
Wikipedia: Пам'ятник славним захисникам Полтави і коменданту фортеці Олексію Келіну (UK)
2. Bofors L60
The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. The gun was designed as an intermediate anti-aircraft gun, filling the gap between fast firing close-range small calibre anti-aircraft guns and slower firing long-range high calibre anti-aircraft guns, a role which previously was filled by older outdated guns. The Bofors 40 mm L/60 was for its time perfectly suited for this role and outperformed competing designs in the years leading up to World War II in both effectiveness and reliability.
3. The Museum-Place of I. P. Kotlyarevsky
The museum-estate of Ivan Kotliarevsky is a memorial complex in Poltava on the basis of the estate, where the founder of the new Ukrainian literature Ivan Petrovich Kotliarevsky was born in 1769. The estate-museum, which is a branch of the Poltava Literary-Memorial Museum of I. P. Kotlyarevsky, is located next to the Assumption Cathedral, which is on the square of the same name, named after the writer Ivanova Gora. The estate is listed in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine in the status of a monument of national importance.
4. Ту-22М
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. According to some sources, the bomber was believed to be designated Tu-26 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. As of 2021, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, there were 66 of the aircraft in service.
5. БА-64
The BA-64 was a Soviet four-wheeled armoured scout car. Built on the chassis of a GAZ-64 or GAZ-67 jeep, it incorporated a hull loosely modeled after that of the Sd. Kfz. 221. The BA-64 was developed between July and November 1941 to replace the BA-20 then in service with armoured car units of the Red Army. Cheap and exceptionally reliable, it would later become the most common Soviet wheeled armoured fighting vehicle to enter service during World War II, with over 9,000 being manufactured before production ended.
6. Монумент Слави
The Monument of Glory is a monument in honor of the 100th anniversary of the victory of the Russian army of Peter I over the Swedish troops of Charles XII in the Battle of Poltava on June 27, 1709. The monument was erected in 1811 in the center of the Round Square 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 construction of the Round Square, an ensemble of the era of Russian classicism.
7. БРДМ-2
The BRDM-2 is an amphibious armoured scout car used by states that were part of the Soviet Union and its allies. It was also known under the designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08. This vehicle, like many other Soviet designs, has been exported extensively and is in use in at least 38 countries. It was intended to replace the older BRDM-1, and has improved amphibious capabilities and better armament compared to its predecessor.
8. Let L-410 Turbolet
The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft, manufactured by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice, often used as an airliner. The aircraft is capable of landing on short and unpaved runways and operating under extreme conditions from −50 to +50 °C. By 2016, 1,200 L-410s had been built, and over 350 are in service in more than 50 countries.
9. Monument to Ivan Kotliarevskyi
The monument to Ivan Kotliarevsky in Poltava is the first ever monument 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, Poltava, where he was born and lived most of his life, including in his declining years.
10. Korolenko Museum
Poltava Literary-Memorial Museum of V. Korolenko is a museum in Poltava. It is located in the green zone of the Shevchenkivskyi district on the street also named after the writer-democrat, progressive public figure and humanist of the beginning of the XX century Volodymyr Korolenko.
Wikipedia: Полтавський літературно-меморіальний музей В. Короленка (UK)
11. Кадетський корпус
Petrovsky Poltava Cadet Corps - during the Russian Empire was the oldest and most prestigious cadet educational institution in the territory of modern Ukraine. He was in Poltava from 1840 to 1918. In the future, until 1995, the building was re -profiled for PVZRKKU.
12. The White Arbor
White pavilion (behind the official ferry of people's friendship) The original monument in the shape of a longitudinal pavilion in Botawi City, first built in 1909 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Botawi; One of the symbols of the city.
13. 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.
14. Monument to N. Sklifosovsky
The Skriofowski Miccoli Monument in Poland is a monument to the distinguished Ukrainian surgeon Miccoli Vasily Skriofowski (1836-1904) in the center of the Ukrainian region of the Poles, where he lived and worked for his last years.
15. Monument to undefeated Poltava citizens
The monument to the unconquered Poltava residents is a monument in Poltava in honor of the members of the Komsomol-youth group "Invictus poltavchanka". The monument was opened on October 28, 1967 on Ivan Kotlyarevsky Boulevard.
16. Пам'ятний знак полтавській галушці
A symbol of the Poles, or a symbol of the industry, commemorates the traditional region of Polish cuisine as a branch of Ukrainian cuisine, in a regiment, one of the symbols of the city, epitomizing generosity and welfare.
17. Пам'ятник Гоголю
The monument to Mykola Gogol is a monument in honor of the writer Mykola Vasyliovych Gogol (1809-1852) in Poltava. The monument was erected in March 1934 at the intersection of Nebesna Sotnya and Gogol streets.
18. БА-20
The BA-20 was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1934. It was intended to replace the FAI and its field trials were completed in 1935. The BA-20 was then used in the early stages of World War II.
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