Chervonograd overview
Chervonograd (also spelled Chervonohrad) is a city located in Lviv oblast of Ukraine. Before 1953 the city had another name - Krystynopol. Chervonograd is situated about 70 km from Lviv city by highway and 88 km by railway.
Main industries of Chervonograd city economy are coal mining, dairy, tailoring, wood processing. One of the main attractions of the city is the Palace of Count Pototsky (Chervonograd city founder).
Chervonograd city has the population of about 70,000 (2010).
The phone code of the city is +380 3249; the postal codes are 80100-80190.
Chervonograd history
Polish magnate Feliks-Kazimir Pototsky founded a town on the Novyi Dvir village lands in 1692. Pototsky named the town after the name of his wife - Krystyna. Pototsky began to develop the town making Krystonopol his family center. Later Franz Salezy Pototsky (his grandson) built a palace and Basilians monastery. The palace area became the center of Krystonopol town growing.
In 1772 the town became the part of Austria state. In 1884 the railway connected Krystonopol with other towns of the region. Later the city was the part of Poland until 1951 when the town and the surrounding territories were exchanged for another territories with the USSR. In 1953 the city received new name - Chervonograd. Soon it became one of coal mining centers of the region.
The Jewish community of Krystynopol town is known from 1740. The Jewish population of the town was about 2,200 in 1931. Later, in 1942, Krystynopol Jews were deported by Nazi Germany to Belzec concentration camp. It should be mentioned that Jewish last name and rabbinical family Kristinopoler / Kristianpoller goes from Krystynopol city name. There is also Krystenopoler Synagogue founded by Jewish immigrants from Krystynopol in New York, USA.
Chervonograd sceneries
Chervonograd city entrance sign
Author: Alekseij Titus
Chervonograd city school
Author: Kuhta Yuriy
Chervonograd Taras Shevchenko monument
Author: Viktor Gorbatch
Chervonograd sights
Pototsky Palace. The palace in Chervonograd was built for powerful Polish landowners Pototsky. It was designed by renowned architect Pierre Rico de Tirredzhelli. The architecture of the palace combined baroque and early classicism styles.
Today the place is a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion. The building is being restored after a fire. Address: Chervonograd, Pushkin Str., 10. Opening hours: 9:00-17:00. Day off - Monday.
Former Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit. It is one of the most noticeable buildings in Chervonograd. The church was founded in 1692, together with the monastery of the Roman Catholic Order of Bernardine. In 1760 the wooden buildings were destroyed by fire. The church was rebuilt in stone by means of Juzef-Feliciano Pototsky.
The building is in the Baroque style. In 1951 the church was closed. In 1988 the building became the Church of St. Vladimir. Address: Chervonograd, B. Khmelnitsky Str., 20.
Monastery of St. Yur. The monastery was founded by S. Pototsky for the Greek-Catholic Order of Basilian in 1763. In 1771-1776 in place of wooden buildings stone church and cells were built. The architecture combines the features of the late Baroque and Classicism.
The monastery was abolished in 1946 by the Polish authorities. In 1980 the church building was a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism, and in the cells there was an art gallery. In 1989 the museum was moved to the Pototsky Palace. The church complex was returned to the Greek-Catholic community of the city. Address: Chervonograd, B. Khmelnitsky Str., 21.
Museum Sokalschina. The museum was opened in 1981 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Chervonograd becoming the part of Ukraine. There are about 1,000 exhibits in the museum: unique collection of folk art, household items, furniture.
The pride of the museum is an exhibition of unique black ceramic and Pysankas (Easter eggs) of T. Gorodetsky. Also the interior of Sokalsky house (end of 19th - beginning of 20th centuries) may be interesting. Address: Chervonograd, B. Khmelnitsky Str., 16. Opening hours: 10:00-17:00. Days off - Thursday, Friday.
