Trostyanets
Trostyanets - old small town in the Sumy region of Ukraine, located on the banks of the river at the confluence of Boromlya it Lyudzha River .
It was founded in the middle of XVII century. immigrants from the Right-Bank Ukraine , and the first written mention of it dates back to 1660, when the church was built here . In 1720Tsar Peter I granted the town to his confessor T. Nadarzhinskomu , whose name at the end of the XVIII century. passes into the possession of Prince Golitsyn. When they were built in the city all have survived to the present architectural monuments of religious and civil purposes. On the basis of natural oak in a pond at the end of the XVIII century. lays the park .At the beginning of the next century, it erected a palace, manor buildings , an artificial grotto , and other park facilities . In the 1820s, appears in the center of a round yard or arena , circus. This is probably the only building of its kind in the country, has come down to our days, although in a more ascetic than the original form.The yard had a multi- functional purpose : used for household needs , like horse riding and as an outdoor theater , and there were ballet performances and circuses performances . Next to it there is an estate house , where in 1864 he lived Tchaikovsky .The surviving religious buildings Trostyantsa , despite the fact that they are built around the same time , stylistically very different . Church of the Annunciation (the beginning of XI-X century.) Distinguished 40-meter bell tower and an exquisite work of the masons, and the Ascension Church (1913) Is a squat church with a bell tower , built in the then very common style of early classicism . In Trostyanetskiy Park ( an area of 256 ha) are more than 200 species of valuable trees and shrubs , among which the exotic .The greatest effect was produced majestic oak trees, 200- 300- years of age by a few meters in diameter .
The modern city has preserved its ancient appearance , adding a chocolate hue. Here is the Chocolate Factory, Ukraine Company Kraft Foods Ukraine , which produces chocolate under such brands as Corona and Ukraine .
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