Kochubeyevsky Park is a monument of landscape art of local significance in Baturyn, Nizhyn district, Chernihiv region, Ukraine. It is a part of the National Historical and Cultural Preserve "Hetman's Capital".

Kochubeyevsky Park
Кочубеївський парк
Kochubeyevsky Park
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Established17th century (17th century)
LocationBaturyn, Ukraine
Coordinates51°20′11″N 32°52′41″E / 51.3365°N 32.8780°E / 51.3365; 32.8780
Typenature protection zone
Visitors25,000 per year
CuratorNational Historical and Cultural Reserve “Hetman's Capital
Websitehttp://www.baturin-capital.gov.ua

It has an area of 9.9 hectares.

History

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The park was founded in the 19th century by the General Judge of Cossack Ukraine V. Kochubey. The basis of the park was an oak forest. The park combines regular and landscape planning, with natural and artificial plantations of different years, and about 34 species of trees and shrubs.

Monuments

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On the territory of the park there is an architectural monument of national importance, the House of the General Court (V. Kochubey's house) of the 17th century,[1] mass graves of the Ukrainian Revolution and World War II, and monumental art of different periods, described below.

Monument to Ukrainian beekeeper Petro Prokopovych

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This monument to Petro Prokopovych was sculpted by Inna Kolomiets and erected in 1975.[2]: 44 

Monument to Ukrainian writer Bohdan Lepky

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This monument to Bohdan Lepky was sculpted by Ivan Sonsyadlo and erected in 1999.[2]: 45 

Memorial sign dedicated to Ukrainian hetmans

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The memorial sign to Ukrainian hetmans was erected in 1999.[2]: 63–64  The inscription on the monument: "In the actions of the hetmans - the strength and state greatness of Ukraine."

Memorial sign dedicated to the oak

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The memorial was erected on May 22, 2003 on the site of an oak tree that for centuries had been a symbol of the love legend of Hetman Ivan Mazepa and Motri Kochubey.[2]: 33 

Sculpture "Motrya"

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Sandstone sculpture created during the International Symposium "Baturyn-2008", and sculpted by Vladimir Protas.[3]

Site of Kochubey's pond

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According to legend, this pond was arranged by Vasyl Kochubey in the early 17th century. For 200 years it was a place of rest for owners and guests of the park. According to the natives, by the middle of the 20th century there were many fish and turtles in the pond. In summer, children bathed in the pond, women washed clothes, and men bathed horses. From the middle of the 20th century the pond began to dry up. Today the reservoir is lost.[2]: 34 

Visiting

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The territory of the park is constantly open to the public. Guides work on the schedule of the Museum of the Judge General Vasyl Kochubey House (Ukrainian: Будинок генерального судді Василя Кочубея).

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  Media related to Kochubeivskyi Park at Wikimedia Commons

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kohut Zenon, Mezentsev Vladimir, Sitiy Yuriy. Excavations in Baturyn 2017. Reconstruction of the coat of arms of Pylyp Orlyk. - Toronto, 2018. - с. 23-26" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rebrova NB and others. Baturyn: history in monuments: Guide to the National Historical and Cultural Reserve “Hetman’s Capital” / Rebrova NB and others. – Second edition, revised and supplemented. – Nizhyn: Publishing House “Aspect-Polygraph”, 2012. (Ukrainian: Реброва Н. Б. та ін. Батурин: історія в пам'ятках: Путівник Національного історико-культурного заповідника «Гетьманська столиця». — Ніжин, 2008).
  3. ^ "Kerbut Tatiana, Goriliy Mykola. Kochubeyevsky Park of the Hetman Capital National Historical and Cultural Reserve // Proceedings of the III International Scientific and Practical Conference "Historical, Legal and Conservation Aspects of Conservation of Memorial Trees", dedicated to the 120th anniversary. - Kyiv-Chyhyryn, 2018. - с. 36-38" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020..
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  • Virtual tour of the museum
  • Державний кадастр територій та об'єктів природно-заповідного фонду України станом на 01.01.2013; (639. Кочубеївський)
  • Парк «Кочубеївський» Archived 2022-02-22 at the Wayback Machine // Національний історико-культурний заповідник «Гетьманська столиця».