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Sofiyivka Park
Sofia Pototsky was a legendary beauty, and Uman's stunning Sofiyivka Park is her husband Count Felix' monument to her physical perfection. Having bought Sofia for two million zloty from her former husband (she had been sold into slavery at an early age by her parents), the Polish count set to landscaping this 150-hectare site with grottoes, lakes, waterfalls, fountains, pavilions and 500 species of tree. The result, completed in 1802, was Ukraine's answer to Versailles.
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Tomb of Rabbi Nachman
Ever since the death of Rabbi Nachman (1772-1810), Jewish pilgrims have flocked to his graveside in Uman every Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) to pay homage to this 18th-century sage who founded the Breslov branch of Hassidism.
The rabbi was born in Medzhybizh, made his name in Bratslav (Breslov), near Vinnytsya, and died of tuberculosis in Uman at the young age of 38. On his deathbed, Nachman promised his followers that he would save and protect anyone who came to pray beside his tomb.
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