The ancient palace Galaganov in Sokirintsakh

      The patrimonial nest known Cossack starchiskogo sorts Galaganov remained till our time in an excellent state and is the most characteristic example of palace and local architecture of Left-bank Ukraine of the end of XVII - the beginnings of the 19th century. There is this pearl of architecture in the picturesque settlement of Sokirintsy of Sribnyansky district on Chernihivshchyna.

       The palace in Sokirintsakh was built in 1823-1829 by order of the Prilutsky colonel Pavel Grigoryevich Galagan occurring from ancient Cossack старшинского, and subsequently and a noble sort. The famous Ukrainian architect Pavel Andreevich Dubrovsky was engaged in development of an architectural palace complex. The empire majestic stone palace on 60 rooms served as the entertaining residence of a family Galaganov. Magnificently dressed and artly issued complex was one of the richest and beautiful manors of the time. To a palace and park complex, except the palace, also the belltower, two churches, office wings, numerous economic constructions and stables, a greenhouse with greenhouses belonged.

      Around the palace the Sokirinsky park in the English style was created, now it is a monument of landscape gardening art of the state value. The scientist-gardener from Saxony I. E. Bisterfeld whom Pavel Galagan enticed from the relative count Miloradovich from the Lokhvitsky county was engaged in the landscape project of the park. In the village of Voronki, in a count manor Miloradovichey, Bisterfeld parted surprising beauty a garden and when Pavel Galagan saw that garden, understood what park he wants to create in Sokirintsyakh. Since 1923 Bisterfeld already disposed in Galagan's manor. And to swing to the gardener was where - the old park with oaks giants on 300 and more years and 600 more tithes of the virgin forest over the river a duck further to the south, till the most Romensky way.

     Bisterfeld broke the park of 40 hectares, constantly changed as a result of natural changes. But in 1826 the gardener died and Bisterfeld's work was continued by gardeners Redel, then Christiania. Actually construction of the park dragged on for the whole century, that is for all the time while the estate had the real owners. In the last Czech Yanichek and German Pfeyffer and the remarkable expert, the local talented gardener Efim Gapon were gardeners.

     Now in park vegetation more than 40 breeds of trees enter. A highlight of the park is the Shevchenkovsky ash-tree - the oldest tree of a garden complex. The landscape of the Sokirinsky park supplements the original rotunda, a well, bridges and other various sculptures is kept. The general landscape composition of the park is supplemented by the picturesque pond which is in the course of the river of the Duck. One of the most beautiful places of the park is the glade with steep slopes under the name "Sacred Valley". The Shevchenkovsky ash-tree - the oldest tree of the park is one more feature of Sokirinsky the park. It is considered that under this maple the well-known words of Shevchenko were written "Water from under a poplar, a ravine on the valley flows..."

      The palace Galaganov, is often called "the Ukrainian Parnassus", here outstanding cultural figures and arts - Taras Shevchenko, Lev Zhemchuzhnikov, Nikolay Lysenko, Ostap Veresay and others were frequent guests. At the estate the serf chorus and theater acted. Today the palace Galaganov attracts travelers the unique architecture and landscape works around himself.

      Now Galaganov is in the Palace Sokirinsky professional agrarian lyceum as if other place across all Chernihivshchyna wasn't. It is somehow strange and inappropriate that in the Ukrainian historical monuments and unique architectural complexes there are educational institutions. Why in Versailles or Louvre didn't create either colleges, or lyceums, these magnificent palaces became the world cultural and historical property and a tourist mecca.


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