Poltava Sights

  1. Iron Column of Glory

    The Iron Column of Glory, which is topped by a golden eagle, was erected on the 100th anniversary of Peter the Great's battle.

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  2. Khrestovozdvyzhensky Monastery

    Khrestovozdvyzhensky Monastery was built in the early 18th-century. The main cathedral is one of only two in the country with seven cupolas, rather than five (the other is St Michael's Monastery in Kyiv). The monastery is a long (30 minutes), straight walk east on vul Radyanska (Sovetskaya) from Korpusny Park.

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  3. Kotlyarevsky Museum

    Surrounded by a lovely flower garden is the Kotlyarevsky Museum in the lovingly restored former home of Ivan Kotlyarevsky (1739-1838), one of the fathers of Ukrainian literature. The museum provides a glimpse into traditional Ukrainian life in the early 19th century.

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  4. Poltava Art Gallery

    Just east of Kospursy Park is the Poltava Art Gallery, which hosts modern-art exhibits as well as the not-so-modern collection of the recently closed Poltava Art Museum.

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  5. Poltava Battle Museum

    In the Poltava Battle Museum are displays relating to the battle between Peter the Great's army and the Ukrainian Cossacks under Ivan Mazepa and their Swedish allies in 1709. Peter the Great's victory dashed any hopes of an independent Cossack state. Maps, paintings and Peter I's original uniform are on exhibit. There's nothing (beyond one paltry portrait) to document the Cossack forces under Mazepa.

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  7. Poltava Regional Museum

    Southeast of Korpusny Park, vul Zhovtneva becomes a pedestrian precinct for a few blocks leading down to leafy Zhovtnevy Park, with the Poltava Regional Museum on its southeast edge. The museum's collection of random archaeological and cultural artefacts is almost overshadowed by its gorgeous Art Nouveau building (1903), adorned with the ceramic crests of each district capital in the Poltava oblast.

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  8. Spaska Church

    The quaint wooden Spaska Church, with its newly rebuilt bell tower, faces an odd monument to Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great).

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  9. Uspenska Church

    The newly rebuilt Uspenska Church is in the centre of maydan Soborny which is the prettiest little place in Poltava.

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