This is an incredible story of changes and transformations. It is a great joy to open the doors of history, peek and learn about what there was before. Let’s start with the 16th century when we get to know for the first time about the city of Yahotyn.
The official year of its foundation is 1552. The city on the map of Boplan is fortified. The remains of the fortress are still there, we will investigate this information soon. Then, at the end of the 18th century Kyrylo Razumovsky, the last Hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army, became the owner of the land. To be honest, Kyrylo lost his mind. His relationship with Catherine the Second deteriorated. The military constantly visited his estate in Kyiv. And he didn’t want that. So, he ordered to disassemble the wooden estate and transport the logs to Yahotyn. In Yahotyn, everything was put in place. And it was gorgeous. It was done by Scottish architect Adam Menelas.
The photo shows that you can’t think of a better place for the estate. You can clearly see Supii from the windows (like in our Center now, but a little better), 120 hectares of woods around, which was arranged by the landscape architect Peltz. Thrilling. But then during the revolution, the estate burned down. Only the eighth part of it survived, the one made of stone. Just as it is in the photo. It is known that in 1961 there was a hospital in this part of the building. It was here where Kateryna Bilokur, one of the strongest artists in Ukraine, died. And today this building is the Yahotyn Art Gallery. And here, a large part is devoted to the works of Kateryna Bilokur. This is it, a small part of the Yahotyn history, of such a cool, comfortable, small, and so cozy town.
