Стаття присвячена дослідженню історико-культурної спадщини м. Зіньків Полтавської області. Мета дослідження – обстеження
об’єктів культурної спадщини міста, що перебувають на державному обліку, та виявлення тих об’єктів, які мають історичну, архітектурну, мистецьку цінність і потребують взяття на державний облік.
The article is devoted to the study of historical and cultural heritage of Zinkiv,
Poltava region.
Zinkiv is a city in Poltava region, the administrative center of the district with
the same name. The city is located on the Tashan River, a left tributary of the Psel
River (a tributary of the Dnipro), 80 km northwest of the regional center - Poltava,
in the northern part of the region.
Natural conditions had a significant impact on the historical development of
the city throughout the period of its existence. During the late Middle Ages (at time
when its continuous existence has been recorded, since the 30’s years of the XVII
century) Zinkiv was at the crossroads of important paths, the most important of
which led from Poltava to Chernihiv to Hadiach.
There are high right banks of the river Tashan at the point of loop, swampy
floodplain of the river, especially of its left bank, the presence of streams, which
flow into the Tashan River, and ravines in this place, a fairly large plateau, convenient
for settlement. All these together created conditions to the founding of the
city and its fortifications in the turbulent times of the XVII century.
Today, the history of the city has many gaps, especially in terms of early stages
of its existence, due to the lack of archaeological research on the territory of
the historical core of the city and insufficient provision of written and cartographic
sources of the period XVII – early XVIII centuries. Therefore, for example, such
issues as the location of the castle on its territory, the size of the city next to it, the
stages of development of these urban formations during the XVII–XVIII centuries
remain unresolved in Zinkiv history.
The results of area research of Zinkiv cultural heritage in comparison with the
lists of registered cultural heritage sites showed that there are also many gaps in
this area that need to be filled.
At present, the total number of cultural heritage sites on the state register in
the territory of Zinkiv is 27. Of them: 1 architectural monument of local significance, 22 historical monuments of local significance, 1 monumental art monument
of local significance, 3 newly discovered objects of cultural heritage (2 of them by
type of historical, 1 – monumental art). According to the results of field surveys,
another 28 cultural heritage sites are proposed for registration. Of these: 15 – by
type of architecture, 3 – by type of historical, 1 – by type of history and science
and technology, 9 – archaeological. These statistics illustrates how underestimated
Zinkiv cultural heritage is currently.
