Poltava

By train

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• Kiev Station or Poltava-Kyivska railway station

  phone: +380 532 107101, +380 532 51-41-01
  address: Stepana Kondratenka str.(вул. Степана Кондратенка), 12
  Opened in 1901. Connect it with Kyiv (US$7, 3½ hours); Kharkiv (US$5.5, 2 hours) and other Ukrainian cities.

• Poltava-Pivdenna or Southern Station

  phone: +380 532 512035
  address: Slavy sq. (площа Слави), 1
  Watch your timetable/ticket carefully, as train may stop only at one of those stations, or both. It is a good idea to buy tickets for your next train (if you haven't bought them in advance) immediately upon your arrival. Both railway stations are well connected with city transport (bus/trolley). However, between 22:00 and 06:00 taxi is the only option.

By bus

• Bus station

  phone: +380 532 274410
  address: Shevchenka str., 65

• Inter-city bus station

  address: vul Velikotirnovska ( вул. Великотирнівська), 7
  You must buy ticket at the bus station, and then better keep it with you, ticket control is possible. The most useful buses are to Kharkiv (13 hr, 2½-3 hours, 8 daily) and Dnipro (15 hr, 3-4 hours, 8 daily).

• Avtolux, Günsel bus service, which provide more comfortable buses, and cost a bit more (from Kyiv - up to 100 hr).
• National and various private bus services. Some of them have less comfortable buses (e.g. old Ikarus), for cheaper price. Other are more comfortable, though ticket price is somewhat 20-25% higher. Station charge included in ticket price.
• Shuttle-bus services, which use Mercedes Sprinter or similar. (Don't confuse them with "marshrutka" which is city transportation, never mind localscan call both a marshrutka). They stay in the middle in terms of passenger's comfort, however are faster (4½ hours from Kyiv, 2½ hours from Kharkiv). You can find these minibuses standing at railway stations or (even better) reserve places by phone (see advertisements at bus/train station), optionally a day or a few in advance. Be sure to find your minibus in at least 10-15 minutes before departure, because your reservation may be cancelled. Then pay money directly to driver, he would write down your surname (as no tickets are usually provided). As of September 2010, it costs around 85 hr from Kiev.

By car

• From Kyiv: 330km single/dual carriageway, of average quality, however seems to be intensively improving (as of October 2010)
• From Kharkiv: 140km single/dual carriageway, of average quality. Be careful not to exceed the speed limits, as there are some hazardous parts.
• From south: go along E105 road to Krasnograd, turn left to Poltava, then after ~60 km of straight road you'd reach E40 and turn left to Poltava again.
• From southwest (Kremenchuk): 110 km along E577, single carriageway, including some hazardous areas (e.g. limited visibility, narrow bridges, railway level crossing).
• From north, NW, NE: prefer a straight north-south road across Opishne and Dykan'ka - average quaily single carriageway. Other road (NE-SW direction) from Kotel'va to Poltava is in worse condition and crosses many villages.

By plane

By foot

By bus/marshrutka

• Routes 19,20,21 ("Кільцевий") makes good connection round across the city (clockwise and counterclockwise), connecting downtown with main residential districts and the bus station (Avtovokzal). Large buses (Man, Volvo etc.) provide the best service.
• Other routes are listed here.

By trolley

• Route 1 goes directly between two railway station - Kyivsky & Pivdenny vokzal.
• Route 15 ("Кільцевий") goes round across the city, connecting downtown with main residential districts and the bus station (Avtovokzal).

By taxi

Churches

• Svyato-Panteleymonivska Church

  phone: +380 532 532158
  address: Street Frunze, 64
  Built in 1999 to the 1100-year anniversary of Poltava.

• Voznesenskaya church

  phone: +380 532 661623
  address: Street Zoriana, 2
  Built in 1762.

• Khrestovozdvyzhenskyi (Holy Cross) monastery

  address: Street Sverdlova, 3
  Founded in 1650. There is the Свято-Троїцька церква (Sviato-Troits'ka church) +380 532 561125

• Samsonovskaya church

  address: Street Shvedska Mohyla, 16
  The church was sanctified in 1856.

• 'Light of Life' church

  phone: +380 532 530902
  address: Street Biriuzova Marshala ( Бірюзова Маршала вул.), 63

• Panteleymonivska Ukrainian Orthodox Church

  phone: +380 532 566409
  address: Talalykhina ln.(Талалихіна пров.)

• 'Flag of Khrysta' church

  phone: +380 532 508050
  address: Street Kondratenka Stepana ( Кондратенка Степана вул.), 6

• Synagogue

  address: Street Gogolya ( Гоголя вул.), 6

• Former Chorale synagogue

  address: Street Gogolya (Гоголя вул.), 10 (former Ivanovskoy)
  Built in 1856. Burned out in 1911. Rebuilt, functioned to the end of 1930th, was after closed, and the nationalized building is reconditioned under a club. In 1943 the club burned.

Museums

• Aircraft Museum

  phone: +380 532 678183
  address: Street Kharchovykiv (Харчовиків вул), 27
  In a museum the airplanes of distant aviation are kept An-22, An-22 M3, An-160, educational-battle airplane of Su-15, airplanes TU-134 UBL, An-26, model engines etc.

• Poltava Battle History Museum

  address: Street Shveds'ka Mohyla (Шведська Могила вул.,), 32
  There are a museum and the Swedish cemetery. The restricted territory of historical field consists of 1 906 acres. -There are 4 old settlements and more than 30 burial mounds (1000 BC and 1000 AD) on the reserve territory.

• Poltava Art Museum (Gallery)

  phone: +380 5322 563540, +380 5322 560731
  address: Street Frunze (Фрунзе вул), 5

• Firestaton Technical Exhibition

  phone: +380 532 503789
  address: Street Biriuzova Marshala( Бірюзова Маршала вул.), 26.

• Library and museum

  address: Street Pushkyna/Hoholya( Гоголя вул.), 24/18
  Built in style of modern in 1901.

• Museum of history of organs of internal affairs of Poltava region

  phone: +380 5322 24929
  address: Street Lidova, 6
  Countain almost three thousand objects: the archived documents, photos, original standards of fire and cold weapon, personal things of veterans of organs of internal affairs, dioramas and artistic models.
• There are many other museums, mainly dedicated to famous writers and cultural workers

Monuments

• Former Peasant Land bank

  address: Street Zhovtneva (Жовтнева вул.), 39
  The building special picturesqueness is given by multicoloured mosaics. A central entrance on cut corner building is decorated to the decorative pictures with fire-birds and sculptures of sirens.

• 'Lions' mansion

  address: Street Pushkina (Пушкіна вул.), 52

• Building of Petrovs'kyi cadet school

  address: Street Zhovtneva (Жовтнева вул.), 42
  Built in 1835-1840 in style of late classicism

• Former vice-governor mansion

  address: Street Zhovtneva (Жовтнева вул.), 40
  Built in 1808-1811.

• Monument to Glory

  address: Korpusnyy garden
  Opened on June, 27, 1811 in the city center. The height of monument about 17 m.

• House of general-gubernator

  address: Street Zhovtneva (Жовтнева вул.), 37
  One of the most attractive tourist-excursion object of the city. The length is 42 m.

• The former Post Office of the 'Little Russia' regio

  address: Street Zhovtneva (Жовтнева вул.), 35
  The general post-office was complete in 1809. In 1943 was burned out. Rebuilt in 1961. Building is a brick, plastered, two-storeyed. Now school

• Former House of Nobiliary Assembly

  address: Street Zhovtneva (Жовтнева вул.), 31
  The Noble House completed in 1810. - Now is cinema

• Former Alms house

  address: Street Shevchenka (Шевченка вул), 23
  Founded in 1804. Now it is the Meedical Academy

• Mansion of Daragan

  address: Street Gogolya (Гоголя вул.), 3

• House of Rabbi

  address: Street Gogolya (Гоголя вул.), 8

• Trofymenko Mansion

  address: Street Krychevskoho (Кричевського вул.), 11

• General Petrash Mansion

  address: Street Komsomolska, 20

• Former State Bank

  address: Street Zhovtneva (Жовтнева вул.), 21

• Tokarev Trade house

  address: Street Lenina (Леніна вул), 9/17

• Former Dokhman shop

  address: Street Kotliarevs'koho (вулиця Котляревського), 22
  Built end of 19th century. Dohman I.A. was a merchant, owner of the paper and printing shop.

• House of Michael .V. Gogol

  address: Street Gogolya (Гоголя вул.), 2

• Mansion Baliubasha

  address: Street Spaska (Спаська вулиця), 11
  There lived the collector of pictures Baliubasha. The building was erected in 1912. Designed by architect P.F. Aloshina. Now it is the Poltava branch bank of Energіya.

• Brewery

  address: Street Spaska (Спаська вулиця),10

• Kotliarevskyi's Memorial Mansion

  phone: +380 5322 72073
  address: Sobornyi sq.(Соборний майдан), 3

Further afield

• Dykan'kaa small town, easily reached by road. Some historical sites and fine restaurants. Also famous as a site mentioned in Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (Vechory na khutori blyz Dykan'ky), a story by Nikolai Gogol. If you want to see some landscapes typical for Poltavs'ka oblast, apart from crops, an ancient oak wood is next to Dykan'ka.

• Opishne

  address: Vul. Partizhanska (вул. Партизанська), 2
  another small town, famous for its pottery. See the National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery .

• Vilhivschynskyy reserveReserve is in the vicinity of villages Vilhivschyna and Vasilevka. Reserve covers an area located in the floodplain river Kolomak and a meadow-marsh complex

• Botanical Garden of the Poltava State Korolenko Pedagogical University

  phone: +380 5322 22829
  address: Morhuna Fedora str., 16.

• City Park

  address: Bakynskykh Komisariv St and Yakivchanska St
• Watch football ie soccer at FC Vorskla Poltava, who play in the Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football. Their home ground is Oleksiy Butovskyi Vorskla Stadium, capacity 25,000, just north of city centre.

Markets

• Kyіvskyi and Pavlenkivs'kyi Markets and Malls

  phone: +380 532 511173
  address: Zinkivska str., 4-6B

• Yurivskyi Market

  phone: +380 532 661939
  address: Polovky str.(Половки вул.), 45

• Central Market

  phone: +380 532 612952
  address: Shevchenka (Шевченка вул.), 29

• Mimino Hotel-Restaurant

  phone: +380 532 275012, +380 532 509883
  address: Biriuzova Marshala str.( вул. Бірюзова Маршала), 15

• Riviera Hotel

  phone: +380 532 572344
  address: Rybalskyi lane.(пров. Рибальський), 16

• Vivat Hotel

  phone: +380 532 655556, +380 532 559353, +380 67 5321550
  address: Tahtaulove suburb, Zonkovska str.(Тахтаулове),3-A

Budget

• Tourist Hotel

  phone: +380 532 572577, +380 532 572761
  address: Myru str.(вул. Миру ), 12
  Soviet-built hotel, but may improved since then. At the bank of Vorskla river.

• Ukraina Hotel

  phone: +380 532 224343
  address: Zhovtneva (Жовтнева вул.), 41A
  ул.Октябрьская, 41а.

• Hotel Almaz

  phone: +380 532 681168, +380 532 631881, +380 532 631884
  address: Kievskoye shosse (ул. Киевское шоссе), 60

• Hotel IntouristPoltava

  phone: +380 532 230024, +380 532 605710
  address: Grushevskovo str., (ул. Грушевского), 1

Mid-range

• Gold Hotel

  phone: +380 532 613157
  address: Pershotravnevyi ave. (Первомайский проспект,17б), 17B

• Palazzo Hotel

  phone: +380 532 611205, +380 532 610850
  address: Hoholia (Gogolya, Гоголя вул. ) str.,33
  4-star.

• Turbinst Hotel

  phone: +380 532 25928, +380 532 181036
  address: Repina str., (ул. Репина), 4

• Gallery Hotel

  phone: +380 532 561666
  address: Frunze str.(вул. Фрунзе), 7

• Alleya Grand Hotel

  phone: +380 532 579737
  address: Zhovtneva str. (Жовтнева вул.),57

• Kyiv Hotel

  phone: +380 532 224281
  address: Sinna st.(вул. Сінна),
  Four star. +380 532 224286

• Dnipro
• Kyiv
• Kharkiv
• Lubny three hours by bus. Tha main sight here Savior-Transfiguration Monastery Mgar. Also good base to visit National Park and Pyriatyn National Natural Park
  • Myrgorod three hours by train or bus. Enjoy the Resort Myrhorod (Миргородкурорт) and the Ukrainan rural town charm