Halahan Palace, Sokyryntsi
The Empire-style Halahan Palace (1823–1829) with a landscape park; today it houses an agricultural lyceum and the Veresai museum.
The palace in Sokyryntsi was built in 1823–1829 on the orders of Pavlo Hryhorovych Halahan to a design by the architect Pavlo Dubrovsky. The masonry Empire-style palace had 60 rooms. The landscape design of the park was the work of the gardener Bisterfeld, invited from Austria, who died in 1826. Among the palace's guests were Taras Shevchenko, the painter Lev Zhemchuzhnikov and the composer Mykola Lysenko. Today the building houses the Sokyryntsi Agricultural Lyceum, which has a memorial museum of the kobzar Ostap Veresai, created in 1959.
Sokyryntsi village, 16 Sadova Street (Sribne community); tel. 066-314-96-20, 050-701-99-90 (lyceum website). The palace is occupied by a working lyceum: travels.in.ua (updated 09.05.2025) advises booking tours in advance and gives prices — adults 30 UAH, tour 100 UAH. The 2025–2026 sources give no visiting hours — phone before your trip.