Photo report from the trip Kharkiv – Kyyanytsya – Yunakivka

On September 20, 2015, we had a wonderful trip to the estates of the northern part of the former Kharkiv province in Sumy district – now it is Sumy Oblast, we also visited Trostyanets’. Thanks to Anna Zolotareva for the wonderful photos!

The Nadarzynski-Golitsyn estate, rebuilt by Leopold Koenig in the second half of the 19th century:

Trostyanets. Horse yard of the Nadarzhynsky-Golitsyn estate (1749):

Yunakivka, Sumy Oblast. Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, built in 1806.

The bell tower was built in 1823.

The Lishchynsky Palace in Kyyanytsya:

All this was built by the sugar magnate Kharytonenko (1890), and he bequeathed it to his niece, Maria Lishchynska.

^{Kharkiv photographer Volodymyr Ohloblin. Photo: Anna Zolotareva, 2015}

Update: The Trostyanets Palace and Horse yard were looted and partially burned down by Russian Armed Forced in March 2022.

^{Trostyanets palace, Photo: Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, Wikimedia Commons, 2022}

House of estate manager of Leopold Koenig in Trostianets city, Wikimedia Commons, 2022

The Lishchynsky Manor was destroyed on April 9, 2026 by Russian Armed Forced strikes.

^{Screenshot from video by Kordon Media, 2026}

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was severely damaged by Russian shelling in 2024-2026 – domes were destroyed, and the walls and roof were significantly damaged.