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The memorial sign on the site of the house where Lesya Ukrainka lived in 1893-1906
Full name of the monument :

The memorial sign on the site of the house where Lesya Ukrainka lived in 1893-1906

Region :
Poltava region
Address of the monument :
Gadyach, city outskirts, Zelenyi Hai
Status :
Historical monument of local significance
Monument installation year (s) (if available) :
1970 рр.
Time classification according to the installation epoch :
Soviet period (1922-1991)
Person/event, object the monument is dedicated to :
real person(s)
Gender :
female
Social status :
intellectuals
Material :
mixed materials
Type of art composition :
architectural object(s)
Artistic approach :
abstract art
Main text, additional text (if available) :
Yes
The house where Lesya Ukrainka lived in 1893-1906 stood on this site.
Language(s) of the text :
Ukrainian
Narrative commemorates :
Ukrainian statehood from the IX to the XVIII centuries
The preservation state of the monument at the time of the research :
exists
Institution responsible for maintenance :
Hadiach City Council
Institution’s website :
Free text that contains data valid for interpretation :
The memorial sign was erected on the site of the house where the writer lived in 1893-1906. The farm "Zelenyi Hai" was located above the river Psel. The history of Zelenyi Hai is as follows. Lesya Ukrainka's mother Olena Pchilka inherited from her mother Yelyzaveta a manor in the town of Hadiach, where the entire Drahomanov family lived. At the same time, Olena Pchilka dreamed of living even closer to nature. She bought nine tenths of land with a forest - the Holubivshchyna tract - and built a house in 1898, calling it "Zelenyi Hai Farm". The monument of history