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City and administrative center of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine
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Poltava (Ukrainian: Полтава) is a city in Central Ukraine. Poltava is called a cultural capital because of its colourful history and many famous Ukrainians who were born in Poltava. There are many sites of architecture, museums, universities, elementary schools, cinemas, theatres and so on. Apart from that, city is often referred as "green" as there are many parks, gardens and other recreational areas.
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Свято-Пантелеймонівська церква
Built in 1999 to the 1100-year anniversary of Poltava.
Вознесенська церква
Built in 1762.
Хрестовоздвиженського монастиря
Founded in 1650. There is the Свято-Троїцька церква (Sviato-Troits'ka church) +380 532 561125
Самсонівська церква
The church was sanctified in 1856.
Церква Світло Життя
Пантелеймонівська українська православна церква
Церковь Флаг Христа
Синагога
Хоральна синагога
Built in 1856. Burned out in 1911. Rebuilt, functioned to the end of 1930th, was after closed, and the nationalized building is reconditioned under a club. In 1943 the club burned.
Полтавський музей дальньої авіації
In a museum the airplanes of distant aviation are kept An-22, An-22 M3, An-160, educational-battle airplane of Su-15, airplanes TU-134 UBL, An-26, model engines etc.
Державний історико-культурний заповідник Поле Полтавської битви
There are a museum and the Swedish cemetery. The restricted territory of historical field consists of 1 906 acres. -There are 4 old settlements and more than 30 burial mounds (1000 BC and 1000 AD) on the reserve territory.
Полтавський художній музей (галерея мистецтв)
Пожежно-технічна виставка головного управління МНС
Будинок бібліотеки та земського музею
Built in style of modern in 1901.
Музей історії органів внутрішніх справ Полтавщини
Countain almost three thousand objects: the archived documents, photos, original standards of fire and cold weapon, personal things of veterans of organs of internal affairs, dioramas and artistic models.
Будинок Селянського банку
The building special picturesqueness is given by multicoloured mosaics. A central entrance on cut corner building is decorated to the decorative pictures with fire-birds and sculptures of sirens.
Міський особняк (з левами)
Будівля Петровського кадетського корпусу
Built in 1835-1840 in style of late classicism
Будинок віце-губернатора
Built in 1808-1811.
Монумент Слави
Opened on June 27, 1811 in the city center. The height of monument about 17 m.
Будинок генерал-губернатора
One of the most attractive tourist-excursion object of the city. The length is 42 m.
Будинок Малоросійського поштампту
The general post-office was complete in 1809. In 1943 was burned out. Rebuilt in 1961. Building is a brick, plastered, two-storeyed. Now school
Будинок Дворянських зборів
The Noble House completed in 1810. Now is a cinema
Богодільня
Founded in 1804. Now it is the Medical Academy.
Особняк Дарагана
Будинок Рабина
Особняк Трофименка
Особняк генерала Петраша
Будівля Державного банку
Торговий дім Токарєва
Магазин Дохмана
Built end of 19th century. Dohman I.A. was a merchant, owner of the paper and printing shop.
Просвітницький будинок им. М.В.Гоголя
Особняк збирача картин Балюбаша
There lived the collector of pictures Baliubasha. The building was erected in 1912. Designed by architect P.F. Aloshina. Now it is the Poltava branch bank of Energiya.
Пивоварний завод з пивною Приют друзів
Museum-estate of Ivan Kotlyarevskogo, Меморіальна садиба І.П. Котляревського
Диканька
a small town, easily reached by road. Some historical sites and fine restaurants. Also famous as a site mentioned in Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (Vechory na khutori blyz Dykan'ky), a story by Nikolai Gogol. If you want to see some landscapes typical for Poltavs'ka oblast, apart from crops, an ancient oak wood is next to Dykan'ka.
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another small town, famous for its pottery. See the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery .
Вільхівщинський заказник
Reserve is in the vicinity of villages Vilhivschyna and Vasilevka. Reserve covers an area located in the floodplain river Kolomak and a meadow-marsh complex
Ботанічний сад П ім. В. Г. Короленолтавського державного педагогічного університет
Dendropark, Полтавський міський парк
Ресторанно-готельний комплекс Міміно
Ресторанно-готельний комплекс Ривєра
Готель «Віват Провінція»
Готель «Турист»
Готель «Алмаз»
Готель «Україна»
Готель «Алея Гранд»
Готель «Київ»
Optima Collection Галерея Полтава
Ринок Київський, Ринок Павленківський
Ринок Юрівський
Центральний ринок
By train
Four railway lines coming out west, east, south and southeast from Poltava.
By bus
Bus connection with other cities is fine, especially along E40 road (Poltava is midway between Kyiv and Kharkiv): buses usually arrive/depart every hour or a few.
By car
Poltava has fine road connection in most directions: west (E40 to Kyiv), east (E40 to Kharkiv), southwest (E577 to Kremenchuk), north (to Hadyach), northeast (to Kotel'va and Russian boundary) and…
By plane
Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukraine's airspace is closed to civil aviation.
By foot
Poltava is relatively small city, where it is possible to cross it one border to another in 1½ hours.
By public transport
Poltava has a convenient public transport system:
By trolley
There are 11 trolley routes across the city. This is the cheapest kind of transport, however particularly slow and often crowded, sometimes delayed.
By taxi
Taxi is the easiest way of getting around the city. Some popular taxi companies include:
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