Vinnitsa

The city of Vinnytsia is famous for its picturesque landscapes and for its wonderful views. The centres, which offer to have a rest in the open air – as it says green rural tourism, open every year in our region.

Green rural tourism in the Vinnytsia region, it’s a nice pastime in the most beautiful corners of our country. You’ll have a good rest if you visit the network of estates “Family nest”, which are located in three villages of the Vinnytsia region. We offer pleasant service, including transfers to and from the recreation centre. Comfortable living accommodations, traditional Ukrainian cuisine, luxury and personalized service with professionalism and precision, the most favorable prices. Our hostesses will take care of you, supplying all necessary things for the rest. We offer you lots of services and entertainment such as basketball, volley-ball, football, a swimming pool, walks to the quarry, the archery, the fishing etc. For example, if you want to diversify your rest and to visit new places, we can organize for you the excursion in Vinnytsia, where you can visit the wonderful historical places and see many historical monuments.

In Vinnytsia there are so many interesting and memorable places, which are linked with the history of our country. The museum-estate of Nikolay Ivanovych Pirogov (prominent scientist and surgeon, creator of field surgery, he was one of the first surgeons in Europe to use ether as an anaesthetic) is one of the most interesting places of our city. The museum-estate is situated in the south-western part of our city. Nikolay Pirogov was not only a doctor, he wrote the research papers, which ensured his success and might his memory live forever in the field of medicine. During the last years of his life, a prominent doctor and scientist had been writing the memoirs “The Old Physician's Diary”. For the fourth time he received the Demidov Prize by Russian Academy of Sciences. A long period of his life he spent in Ukraine. In 1861 he sent in his papers, he was the administrator of the educational district in Kiev and he moved to his estate in Vishnya, where he lived twenty years. A prominent scientist, having a rest from the responsible posts, didn’t stop scientific study, practical and public activities. He opened the first hospital and the chemist's in the village. The chemist's became very popular among the local poor peasants because they could obtain the medicaments gratuitously.

He died of cancer in his estate on November 23, 1881. The body of a prominent scientist was embalmed by the doctor Vivodtsev, specially invited to do it from Sankt-Peterburg. The embalmed body was moved to the burial vault, built by his wife. Three years later, the family chapel was built above the burial vault.

During the Second World War the embalmed body of Pirogov was evacuated from the burial vault. After the liberation of Vinnytsia from German-fascist armed forces, the embalmed body of a prominent scientist was returned to its place. The government took a historical decision on October 27, 1944 to found the museum in his estate in the village of Vishnya, where his embalmed body is visible in public. The museum-estate of Nikolay Ivanovych Pirogov was opened on September 9, 1947 as a solemn occasion. The body of scientist was embalmed by the specialists of Moscow’s scientific laboratory, the embalming is done every year.

The museum-estate of Pirogov is famous not only in Ukraine but also in CIS and outside the country. Every year tourists come here from different countries (7 millions of visitors from 169 countries). The museum-estate of Pirogov was entered in the State register of historical and architectural memorial of national significance; the park with old trees is a good example of the landscape architecture. There is the restored chemist's on the main avenue. Entering in it, each visitor can feel himself as a participant of events of the XIX century. The wax figures and the interior describe the episodes of the life of a great scientist.