Khutir Nadiia
state Museum Preserve in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine
The Karpenko-Karyi State Museum-Reserve "Khutir Nadiia" is a national historic reserve in Ukraine that was established on a territory of estate that belonged to Ivan Karpenko-Karyi, the playwright and theatrical figure of the late 19th – early 20th century.
The small complex is located 29 km (18 mi) west of Kropyvnytskyi (former Kirovohrad, Yelizavetgrad, Lyzavethrad) in the village of Mykolaivka and not far from the major european route E50.
History
Early days
The estate itself was founded in 1871 by the playwright's father Karpo Tobilevych and named in honor of his wife, Nadiya Tarkovska. Later, Karpenko-Karyi chose this estate as his permanent residence.
In the beginning Tobilevych family kept the estate as modest private farm. It was from that time that the "Father's Hut" and the old Chumak well have been preserved. After returning from three years of political exile in the spring of 1887, Ivan Karpenko-Karyi settled on the farm and decided to turn it into a picturesque corner of nature – in his own words "an oasis in the desert."
Soviet times
The Khutir Nadiia was declared to be a state reserve museum in 1956. Since then the institution has been held by Kirovohrad Regional Museum. Many prominent figures of Ukrainian culture have celebrated its uniqueness, including Yuri Yanovsky, Petro Panch, Oles Honchar and Alexander Korneichuk.
In 1982, before the 100th anniversary of the Ukrainian theater luminaries, they restored the theatre that had been destroyed in 1944.
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