DENDROLOGICAL

PARK
"SOPHIIVKA“
 CONTENT

1.1. Basic information about the park.

2.2. History.
3.3. Park objects.
4.4. Scientific work.
5.5. Environment.
 THE SOFIIVKA NATIONAL DENDROLOGICAL PARK OF THE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE (UMAN,
CHERKASY REGION) IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING
CREATIONS OF THE WORLD GARDEN AND PARK ART OF THE END
OF THE 18TH AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURIES.

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 SOFIIVKA PARK WAS
FOUNDED IN 1796 BY
THE OWNER OF THE
CITY OF UMAN,
TYCOON STANISLAV
SZCHENSNY POTOCKI
AND NAMED AFTER HIS
WIFE SOFIA WITT-
POTOCKI.

Stanislav Shchensny Pototskyi

THE PARK WAS CREATED IN AN ALMOST FORESTLESS AREA ,
DISSECTED BY THE KAMIANKA RIVER, STREAMS AND
RAVINES THAT CUT INTO THE GRANITE BED, WHICH OFTEN
CAME TO THE SURFACE. WHEN CREATING THE PARK, THE
RELIEF WAS SUCCESSFULLY USED, BUT WITHOUT A
PREDETERMINED PL AN.
 THE PARK STARTS FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON SADOVA
STREET. IT IS FOLLOWED BY THE CENTRAL AVENUE. THE
TOWERS OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE, BUILT IN 1850-1852, HAVE
SURVIVED TO OUR TIME TOGETHER WITH THE ENTRANCE
GATE .
 THE TARPEI ROCK IS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT ALONG THE
MAIN ALLEY. THERE IS A WOODEN GA ZEBO OF LIGHT
CONSTRUCTION ON IT, WHICH CONTINUES THE ROCK. IT WAS
FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 1839.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOWER POND, A COLUMN OF WATER SHOOTS
OUT FROM THE WIDE-OPEN MOUTH OF A SNAKE WRITHING ON A
STONE - THE "SNAKE" FOUNTAIN. WATER FLOWS TO THE FOUNTAIN
THROUGH A SELF-PROPELLED UNDERGROUND AQUEDUCT L AID OUT
OF GRANITE HEWN STONE ALONG THE ROAD.
 EVERY CORNER OF THE PARK IS CONNECTED WITH
LEGENDS AND ROMANTIC STORIES ABOUT THE POTOCKI
FAMILY LIFE.
IN SOFIIVK A , SCIENTIFIC WORK IS CARRIED OUT IN THE FIELD
OF DENDROLOGY, HORTICULTURE (IN PARTICULAR, THE STUDY,
ACCLIMATIZ ATION AND INTRODUCTION OF VALUABLE PLANTS),
PARK CONSTRUCTION, BOTANY AND PL ANT ECOLOGY.
IN ADDITION TO EXCURSIONS, IN THE PARK YOU CAN SWIM ON
A FERRY, GONDOL A , SAIL ON A BOAT THROUGH THE
UNDERGROUND RIVER ACHERON, RIDE HORSES, BOTH ON
HORSEBACK AND IN A CARRIAGE, TAKE PHOTOS IN COSTUMES
THAT WERE FASHIONABLE IN THE 19TH CENTURY, RIDE ON
CATAMARANS AND ROWING BOATS .
 IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT TITANIC EFFORTS WERE MADE TO
TURN THE WILD AREA INTO A FAIRY-TALE PARK . THE MASTERPIECE,
WHICH APPEARED MORE THAN T WO HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
FASCINATES US EVEN TODAY, AND IS AN ETERNAL MONUMENT OF
UKRAINIAN ARCHITECTURE.