“Noble halls, the city theater, the Orthodox seminary, the men's spiritual school, the Museum of the Podolsk Historical and Archaeological Society, the art gallery — this is an incomplete list of what was located in the building on the east side of the Armenian Market Square.

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The art gallery of the art department of the Kamianets-Podolsk State Historical Museum-Reserve is located in the former educational building of the Theological Seminary (18th century). Mikhail Dostoevsky, Stepan Rudansky, Nikolai Leontovich, Anatoly Svidnitsky and others studied in the Orthodox seminary of Kamianets-Podilskyi and others. The museum exposition presents works of painting, graphics and sculptures of the XVII-XX centuries, as well as a collection of icons of various religious denominations.In 2008, a room-museum of Godovants was opened. Thematic exhibitions are held.

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The construction of the building, which currently houses the Art Gallery, began in 1789-90 on the cemetery of St. John the Baptist Church, which in the 30s was destroyed by order of the Soviet authorities. The house was intended for a Greek Catholic chapter and seminary. However, in 1793, after the second partition of Poland, Right-bank Ukraine, which included the Podolsk Territory, was united with Left-bank Ukraine as part of Russia. Kamianets-Podolsky becomes the provincial center and the premises are used for gatherings of the Podolian nobility (10 rooms were converted into one large hall). Subsequently, another place was found for the noble meeting, and in 1798 the house was transferred to Anton Zmievsky for a three-year lease under his own theater, on the stage of which plays in Ukrainian and Polish were staged.

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In 1805 (as a result of disputes between the city and spiritual authorities over the right of ownership), the educational building of the Orthodox seminary was opened in the house, which operated here until 1865. Then, when new houses were built for the seminary on the New Plan, a men's spiritual college moved here from the county. The famous poet-democrat Stepan Rudansky studied in the seminary. Under the influence of the work of T. G. Shevchenko he writes here the first ballads “" Evening "”, “" Variety "”, “" Willow "”, “" Upyr "”. Ukrainian writer Anatoly Svidnitsky left his memories of studying at the seminary.


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Already in 1915, the house housed the Museum of the Historical and Archaeological Society.

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In 1928-32. here was the Palace of Pioneers, and after the Second World War the weaving factory “Red Weaver” was located.


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From 1976 to 1982 pp. Kamenets restorers were engaged in the restoration of the architectural monument, and it appeared in its original form. 
In February 1982, the first art gallery in the Khmelnytsky region, the art department of the Kamianets-Podolsk Historical Museum-Reserve was opened in the premises. In its halls there are more than three hundred works of painting, graphics, sculpture.

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Gallery exhibits:

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The building of the seminary is a two-story building, covered with plaster on the outside. It has a rectangular shape. Under the first floor there is a vaulted basement. In the middle of the building has a sectional layout. Now the building houses an art gallery. Its exposition shows works of painting and sculpture of the XVII-XX centuries.

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Hall of the iconography of the XVIII-XIX centuries.

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Iconography is a divine saying in colors. And the icon is not only images of saints, it is whole biblical stories and legends reflected in colors and gold. Incredible plots are immortalized in the wooden sculptures presented in the icon painting hall.

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Hall of Western European Art.

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In this hall you can enjoy works of art by Italian and Dutch artists and real works of art made of wood. Also immerse yourself in the cold steel tones of the painting “Storm”, which was written by Aivazovsky's student Gabrielo Casesi Bartolomeo. And the buffet of the XIX century with the dishes of the corresponding era will leave few people indifferent...

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Exhibition “Singing, poetic, legendary, fabulous Ukraine”.

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This is the name of the exhibition of Natalia and Ilya Lashkiv, who present a collection of works made in a unique technique — embroidery with straw. The canvases created by the artists impress to the depths of the soul — with their content, unsurpassed skill, uniqueness of the plot. No less impressive are the works in the art quilt technique. So we offer to discover, dear residents and guests of the city, the unique art world of Natalia and Ilya.

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Large hall.

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Interested in secular portrait of the XVIII-XIX centuries? Then you go to the Great Hall of the Art Gallery. In addition to portraits of nobles, there are marble sculptures (what is worth the chest of Irena Zatalba!), musical instruments (brass harmonium of the 19th century, piano of the early 20th century), a Venetian mirror with a unique technology of blowing silver.

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Hall of Folk Art.

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Eternal Ukrainian values are presented in the exposition “Take care of the cathedrals of your souls”. The very first is the spirituality of Ukrainians, their desire for independence, respect for their ancestors, which is reflected in the traditional Podolian embroidery on towels and shirts — women's, men's and children's. And in the exposition there are amulets, a collection of dishes, household items.

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Literary life of Kamianets-PodilskyThe literary field of the city above Smotrich is extremely diverse. Its first grains “sprouted” back in the Middle Ages. And with each century the nyva became more fertile and fertile. So Kamianets-Podilskyi cultivated many famous writers, became an inspired friend. Among them: Stepan Rudansky, Ostap Vishnya, Anatoly Svidnitsky, Vladimir Svidzinsky, Nikita Godovanets, Vladimir Sosyura, Mikhail Bulgakov and others. This hall will tell about the literary milestones of the gray-headed Kamenets from the Middle Ages to the present.

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Oil pastel by Boris Nehoda.

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In one of the halls, on the second floor, there is an exposition of Honored Artist of Ukraine, stonemason Boris Nehoda. To the attention of visitors is the collection of works of Boris Mikhailovich, made in the technique of oil pastel - a rare and painstaking technique that requires a long time to perform. Creating one work takes from a month to a year. And in this technique, the artist is unsurpassed.

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Exhibition “Chronicles of Time”.

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Unique items from the funds of the Kamianets-Podilsky State Historical Museum-Reserve are presented in the hall “Skrizhali of Time”. How will she surprise you? Variety of exposition. Here are chest and memorial signs, and musical instruments, dishes and household items, cult objects, armor, weapons, dishes, of course, one of the “highlights” of the Art Gallery is a monk with a basket.

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This is only a small part of all the exhibits collected by the employees of the historical museum-reserve for 90 years of existence. Today it is a monument of history and architecture, which still remains one of the cultural centers of Podillya.