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The oldest Ukrainian pyramid is more than 130 years old and is located in the tiny village of Komendantovka, Kobelyaksky district, Poltava region. Naval officer Alexander Bilevich became the first pyramid builder on the territory of Ukraine. Scientists suggest that due to his occupation, he visited Egypt more than once and could have become interested in ancient architecture.
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When his young wife Sophia unexpectedly died in 1864, he decided to build her a tomb worthy of the Egyptian pharaohs. The pyramid took 13 years to build from wild stone.
The height of the structure reaches 15 m, and its area occupies more than 100 square meters. The pyramid consists of three tiers, which are connected by a complex system of corridors. Today the pyramid has been restored and is very popular among tourists. There is a bus from Kremenchug to the regional center of Kobelyaki; the village of Komendantovka is located 57 km from the center. From Kobelyak you can order a taxi or get there by your own transport. Another Ukrainian pyramid is located in the village of Berezovaya Rudka, Piryatinsky district, Poltava region. It was built in 1898 by order of Ignatius Zakrevsky.
Returning from another trip, he decided to build a pyramid-shaped family tomb near his estate. Its edges clearly coincide with the cardinal points, at the entrance there is a statue of the goddess Isis, whom the Egyptians revered as the patroness of the dead, the walls are painted with quotes from the Bible and Egyptian frescoes, and its height is 9 m.
And I said that I won’t write on LiveJournal anymore - yeah! In the fall, exacerbations always begin - including graphomania. Moreover, I was able to go to places that were new and little known to me. However, it would not have been particularly suitable if not for Comrade Zh.Z., who proposed both the route and personal transport for its implementation.
Although I try to find some beauty in the everyday life of the towns and villages of central Ukraine, which are as similar to each other as two peas in a pod, the Pyryatyn region, perhaps, will not surprise a tourist without good transport. These are places for hunters, fishermen, and kayakers. Our first stop is at the brewery in Velikaya Krucha. A brewery-restaurant with a landscaped area designed to look like “Ukraine of the 19th century.” Although the brewery is positioned as the First, in reality it was founded only in 1993, and, as far as I understand, it is the first in an independent country.
Nearby is a small “windmill”, which once really was one, but now hastily been added with a non-working propeller. But the structure itself is authentic, which may interest history buffs.
But the Velikokruchevo store is an allusion to the theme of primary accumulation of capital and capitalism itself in the Ukrainian outback. It is surprising that during the USSR, there were workers in all departments in the building, including a large store with spare parts for transport.
In addition to the brewery, there are two attractions in V. Krucha - this little patch overlooking the Uday Valley and the water tower built in 1911 by the Storozhenkov landowners. It was restored in 2002 and now serves as something of a VIP room at a local recreation complex(?).
Locals call this entire area "camping". Perhaps some local periodic holidays are held here.
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Next we go to Piryatin. Having visited several dozen similar towns, I can say that Piryatin is perhaps one of the most deprived of any interesting things. It seems like an old town, an excellent location at the junction of regions... But if it weren’t for the movie “Queen of the Gas Station” and one historical church, there’s absolutely nothing for tourists to do here.
In general, Piryatin, whatever one may say, is a transshipment point for transport coming from the east to Kyiv. And this imposed on the town its own stigma of fluidity and lack of capital.
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Founded in 1781, rebuilt in the 19th century. A typical representative of Ukrainian Baroque.
It would seem that there is nothing else to do in these places and you can go further to the Zakrevsky palace and park complex in Berezovaya Rudka. But no, I convinced myself and Zh.Z (and the rest showed no will at all). the fact that you could stop by the Uday sanatorium, a well-known place in the stalking community. This sanatorium is notable for the fact that it had simply colossal underground spaces. After all, it was designed for the recreation of the most senior leaders of the Ukrainian SSR. But the collapse of the Union caught the sanatorium at the moment of construction. And we are at the point of dismantling even the foundation. Out of grief, I didn’t even take a single photograph of the wasteland, so I’m only presenting what “Uday” was like a couple of years ago.
There was another interesting place in the area - a bridge over the Uday swamps. It seems like 200 meters. The walk to it from the remains of the sanatorium is 3.5 kilometers, but it felt like we walked a good ten in both directions. For the guys who have no interest in swamps, this whole walk was completely unnecessary... And the bridge turned out to be so shaky and dilapidated that only R.I. dared to walk a hundred meters across it. However, the locals don’t care – they come here every day.
Next to Berezovaya Rudka, which was the possession of the Zakrevsky Cossack dynasty, there is the inconspicuous village of Vechirki. Taras Shevchenko visited the Zakrevskys several times, traveling to nearby villages, including Vechirki. This church, although it has now lost its original appearance, was painted by Shevchenko. A copy of the painting is kept in Berezovaya Rudka.
Well, actually the Zakrevskys’ possessions. In 1752, the farmstead (now a village) was bought from Hetman Skoropadsky by Joseph Zakrevsky, a bully of the Zaporozhye army. Under his son Grigory Zakrevsky, the estate began to be built. Over the course of several generations, it acquired its current form. The Cossack dynasty owned the palace and park complex until 1917.
However, the Zakrevsky men practically did not live here. Despite the considerable money allocated for the park and palace complex (almost 100 hectares!), the men spent most of their lives in St. Petersburg.
Central Palace (1838) made in neo-baroque style. Moreover, from the backyard it is much more attractive than from the facade. There, in the backyard, there was once a fountain and the beginning of a park. There are 40 species of trees and shrubs in the Park. Nowadays there is an agricultural technical school on the territory.
Ignatius Zakrevsky, who was Stolypin’s son-in-law and held important positions in the Russian Empire, eventually went as an imperial envoy to Egypt. From there he brought his passion for the pyramids. During one of the returns to their homeland, by order of Zakrevsky, this pyramid-tomb was built, which became a family crypt. The local church, both now and then “its own”, made only minor adjustments to Ignatius’s plans. Therefore, part of the walls was painted with Egyptian motifs with frescoes, and the other part - with biblical quotes and images. The cross at the entrance shared space with the statue of Isis.
Perhaps the Zakrevsky family would have rested peacefully in this pyramid if not for the revolution. The tomb was plundered in 1917. Soon it was turned into a fertilizer warehouse. And then the deep but dry crypt came in handy for storing dairy products in barrels. In the 1980s, a cultural center was built nearby, and they wanted to demolish the pyramid with tractors as it was unnecessary. But the structure turned out to be solid - nothing happened. And the cultural center, by the way, is now abandoned. It was also not possible to restore the pyramid - it turned out to be in disrepair. Perhaps the Zakrevskys, offended by revolutionary barbarity, do not want any changes. Who knows who knows...
Ukraine has its own Egyptian pyramids, and their appearance is inextricably linked with Egypt itself, because those who built them were inspired by this country and its traditions. We also have three pyramids, which, according to their creators, have a unique healing property and can cure many ailments.
By the way, Ukraine holds the record for the number of pyramids in Europe. There are two in the Poltava region (they are more than 130 years old). Of course, their size is far from the tombs of the pharaohs, but these are also family crypts, and the fate of these structures is in many ways similar to their Egyptian prototypes.
Centenary pyramids in Poltava region
The first of the pyramids is located in With. Commandant Kobelyaksky district, Poltava region. And it was erected here on the orders of naval officer Alexander Bilevich, who was also a participant in the Russian-Turkish war. On duty, he visited Egypt several times and became imbued with the local culture. He was especially struck by the tombs of the pharaohs. So Bilevich became the first to bring this tradition to Ukraine.
In 1864, Bilevich began construction. He planned to build a 15-meter pyramid from massive granite blocks mined from a local quarry. They had to be transported to the top using wooden chutes. And to give the structure strength and durability, they mixed a lime mortar with egg whites and fresh blood of livestock.
Construction lasted 13 years.
Tombs of Sofia
Scientists believe that the pyramid was originally conceived as a church, but in 1877 the officer’s beloved wife, Sophia, suddenly died, and he decided to make a tomb out of the pyramid. And in 1915, Alexander Bilevich himself was buried here.
Locals call this pyramid the St. Sophia Church. It consists of three tiers, interconnected by a winding complex system of corridors and underground passages. At the bottom there is a crypt, where Alexander and Sofia Bilevich found their final resting place. Services were held on the first floor - the altar and iconostasis were located here, and the second served as a bell tower. An Orthodox cross was installed on top of the structure.
Like the Egyptian pyramids, the fate of the Bilevich tomb was tragic. In the post-war years it was looted, partially destroyed and a chemical warehouse was set up here. It was only in the early 2000s that a local entrepreneur became interested in the fate of the pyramid and decided to restore it. Now tourists come to it and listen with enthusiasm about the complex and interesting history of this building.
Pyramid of Zakrevsky
The Zakrevsky tomb is also in the shape of a pyramid, 9 meters high, located in the village of Berezovaya Rudka Piryatinsky district of the same Poltava region. It was built by the famous landowner and sugar magnate Ignatius Zakrevsky.
The Zakrevsky dynasty was widely known far beyond the borders of not only the Poltava region, but also Ukraine. Intelligent gentlemen, among whom were many military men, diplomats, prosecutors and landowners.
Under Emperor Alexander III, Ignatius Platonovich served as ambassador to Egypt and never tired of admiring the greatness and mystery of this country.
In 1989, having returned from a distant business trip, he decided to erect a pyramid-tomb over the grave of his parents. He took the matter very seriously.
The edges of the structure clearly coincided with the cardinal points, as was the case in the Egyptian pyramids. The entrance to the family crypt of the Zakrevsky family was guarded by a statue of the goddess Isis - a symbol of family fidelity and protector of the dead. The age of the sculpture was more than 2,000 years, and it itself was specially delivered from Egypt.
The inside of the pyramid was painted with quotations from the Bible on one side and Egyptian frescoes on the other. The walls are made of sand-lime brick and covered with a layer of cement that imitates tiled cladding. Inside the chapel, in the center, there was an altar and a crypt with four arches and a large stone cross in the center, and another iron one on top.
Immediately after the completion of the pyramid, Ignat Zakrevsky died. The daughters buried their father in the family crypt.
But in 1917, the peace of the Zakrevskys who died forever was disturbed. The pyramid was plundered, the statue was thrown away, the frescoes were destroyed, and the bodies of the representatives of the dynasty were thrown into a ditch and, only thanks to the chairman of the “red” rangers, Nadezhda Stetsenko, the Zakrevskys were secretly reburied.
The time has come to serve the pyramid as a warehouse for dairy products. The room temperature was conducive to the storage of perishable products.
The second wave of desecration of the Zakrevsky tomb occurred in the 80s of the last century. Local authorities decided that it simply did not fit into the local landscape. The tomb would definitely have been demolished, but... The time for mysticism has come. The structure did not succumb to any destructive force. Even a bulldozer. Is it mystic, lime mortar on yolks and fresh blood, but the tomb still stands.
Next to the pyramid there is a park and the Zakrevsky family estate. The once legendary Grebinka wrote the words to the well-known romance “Black Eyes”. And in the summer of 1843, he brought Taras Shevchenko himself to the Zakrevskys, who was absolutely fascinated by Anna Zakrevskaya. After this visit, the Ukrainian poet came to visit the owners more than once in 1845-1846. On one of these visits, he painted portraits of the couple.
Modern Ukrainian pyramids
Recently in Kindrovka village not far from Kremenchug, another 6-meter pyramid appeared. It was built by local resident Vladimir Markovsky, completely copying the famous Pyramid of Cheops, but in miniature. By the way, the enthusiast spent only a year on construction, and the pyramid itself cost him 10,000 UAH. The man claims that during the construction he did not use a single nail. And he erected it in order to study the influence of the structure on humans and study its positive impact on people’s health. He is sure that his pyramid is able to heal and harmonize space.
And here on the territory of the regional hospital for war invalids in Vinnitsa There is a healing granite pyramid, where even the doctors themselves refer patients for procedures. It took 250 tons of granite to create it. One of the authors of this unusual project claims that the pyramid accumulates cosmic energy. A special field is also created around it, which has a beneficial effect on specific organs. To make it easier for people to understand what and where to treat, there are benches with instructions around the structure.
Last year in the city of Galich In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, local beekeeper Viktor Bilash built a “bee pyramid”. The author of this unusual structure assures that there are no analogues to his work in Ukraine. The pyramid itself is strictly oriented towards the cardinal directions. Not a single nail was used in its construction. It was erected together with bioenergeticists and pyramidologists in order to bring their plan to life as competently as possible. The height of the structure is 3.8 m.
Almost an Egyptian miracle
Everyone associates the concept of “pyramid” with, where there are many of these unique structures created by human hands and immortalized in history. But few people know that in the Poltava region there is a similar wonder of the world, although it is not so majestic and pretentious.
In the village of Berezovaya Rudka in the Poltava region there is a “hill of light” built back in 1898. This, of course, is not the tomb of the pharaoh, but the pyramid, like a magnet, attracts tourists and travelers from all over the world to look at its structure, appearance and, at least for a moment, touch the mystery, the border between life and death, recreated on the surface of the earth.
It is believed that these are not one, but two pyramids that conceal a real mystical secret. They were partially destroyed, and at the moment no former grandeur remains of the pyramids, however, they are not considered ruins and a pile of stones. These are two of the three pyramids in Europe, the third is in Rome. So the Poltava region was a worthy competitor to Egypt itself in some way.
The beginning of the story
Ignatius Platonovich Zakrevsky was inspired by the idea of building a tomb for his family and threw all his efforts into implementing his plan.
Since he was in the service of the Emperor of Russia Alexander III, there were no problems with finances and workers who completed the main part of the construction (Ignatius Platonovich only owned the idea and organization of their work). And he gained knowledge about the pyramids when he was on duty in Egypt.
The culture of this country fascinated Zakrevsky so much that he dreamed of resting his family, and, subsequently, himself, in such a majestic structure.
From Egypt he also brought a statue of the goddess Isis, which took pride of place at the entrance to the pyramids. In the center there was an altar, next to which there was a large stone cross. An iron analogue crowned the top of the pyramid.
The peace was short-lived
In 1917, trouble came to the tomb, disturbing the eternal peace of the Zakrevsky family. The Bolsheviks came to power and desecrated the tomb in the most terrible way that a believer can imagine. The interior frescoes, which are of great value to historians, were irretrievably destroyed.
The statue of Isis was broken, and the remains of the Zakrevskys were removed from the pyramid and thrown into a trash can. Not only the Poltava region, but the whole of Europe have not seen such an act of vandalism for a long time. Local residents secretly reburied them later in a local cemetery.
But what left those around him speechless was the arrangement of the dairy warehouse in a dilapidated crypt. Why not, the milk was fresh for a long time, and who cared at that time about those who consumed it.
Later, local authorities wanted to destroy the tomb completely, erase even the memories of it from the face of the earth. But during construction, a special solution was used, one of the ingredients of which was egg whites.
The pyramid survived to the delight of local residents, who claimed that it nourished them with miraculous energy and gave them the strength to live on in this difficult world. Now she is waiting for her people, and the residents of the village are happy to give excursions, accompanying them with stories about the history of this amazing structure.
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Amazing and strange Poltava pyramids
Ukraine has already become famous among scientists for its ancient pyramids. Two are truly unique and are tombs. One is located in the village of Komendatovka, Koblevsky district, and the second is located at the ancient museum of the village of Berezovaya Rudka, Priyatinsky district.
The pyramid in the village of Komendatovka is much younger than its Egyptian comrades; it was built not so long ago by an officer of the Russian fleet, Alexander Dmitrievich Bilevich. The officer visited Egypt and was very inspired by the great Egyptian pyramids. At that time, the Suez Canal was being built and Egyptomania was gaining momentum every day.
As soon as Alexander Dmitrievich returned home, he began construction of his own tomb. The construction of the tomb pyramid took 13 years, but the result was worth the effort. Granite blocks were used as building material, which were lifted up along wooden gutters using cables.
The pyramid has three small underground rooms that are connected by corridors. On the first floor there was an altar with an iconostasis, and on the second there was a bell tower. Unfortunately, with the advent of Soviet power, the fate of the pyramid was quite tragic. The tomb was destroyed and used for storing chemicals, but later local residents restored the church.
The second pyramid was built by Ignatius Platonovich Zakrevsky. Ignatius Platonovich was an ambassador to Emperor Alexander III and after visiting Egypt he also became ill with the ancient pyramids. The construction was absolutely classical and it was also used as a family tomb. Her specialty was that she was multi-religious. It contained a Christian altar, Holy Scripture, Egyptian frescoes, and the entrance was guarded by the goddess Isis. Unfortunately, the Bolsheviks desecrated and destroyed this Ukrainian pyramid as well.
Sights of Poltava
Be sure to visit these great sights of Poltava. After all, a lot of effort and faith was invested in the construction of the pyramids; they have incredible energy. Local residents are confident that the pyramids are capable of healing, and the offenders who participated in their desecration could not live to be 40 years old or lost their minds.
Picturesque Ukraine is famous not only for its pyramids, but for everything interesting places in Ukraine and locals cannot reach. Kharkov, Odessa, Poltava and other cities have something to show you and boast about. Historical, cultural, ethnic attractions await their guests.
It is worth noting that in addition to the Egyptian ones, there are many more pyramids in the world: these are
