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__Pryluky is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine that is located on the picturesque banks of the Uday River. It has a rich, glorious, heroic and sometimes tragic history.
__The archaeologists suggest that there was a settlement on the territory of the modern city in 2 BC, the Bronze era.
__The Prince Volodymyr Monomakh left the first written note about Pryluky to the descendants. In his writing "The Pouchenie" he told his children how in 1085 he went out with his troop from Pereyaslav towards Polovtsi horde that came to Posullya again. Meeting horde troops in the field the Prince avoided clashes and entered the "Pryluky City" under the protection of the fortress walls. Pulling themselves up he made his army against the attackers and destroyed them near Pryluky. It happened at the "Vladychytsa Day", i.e. at the feast of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) or Birth of Virgin Mary (September 8) in 1085. This victory is the first glorious page in the history of the ancient city, and an evidence of this is the majestic monument in a historic area of the city.
__During its long history the city has been devastated by enemies. In 1239 Pryluky was almost completely destroyed by Mongol-Tatar hordes. In 1362 Pereyaslav Princedom which included Pryluky City was occupied by the Lithuanian feudal lords. After the Lublin Union in 1569 the city became a part of the Polish gentry. And since 1648 till 1781 Pryluky had been the center of Pryluky Cossack regiment which existed for 133 years.
__In the second half of the 18th century Pryluky was relatively a large city.
__All main building of the city were located on the territory of the castle: Yarema Vishnevetsky’s Palace was built in 1647, the wooden churche of Virgin Mary in 1618, Preobrazhenska Church in 1653, Regiment Magistrate House, Regimental Court, regimental treasury, gunpowder cellar, ammunition depot, jail, city hall, the estate of the Colonel and regimental chiefs, shops. Separate buildings of the fortress were connected with a secret underground paths; that time those paths led to outside the fortress in case of a prolonged siege of the city.
__At different times Pryluky Regiment was commanded by the Colonel Ivan Shkurat-Melnychenko who heroically died in the battle near Berestechko, Tymish Nosach - fellow-soldier of B. Khmelnytsky, Petro Doroshenko - honored hetman of Ukraine, Ivan Storozhenko - the founder of the famous Cossack family, Dmytro Gorlenko - fellow-soldier of the hetman Ivan Mazepa, after the death of which he was one of the pretendents for Hetman’s mace. As one local historian said, "...15 years of Dmytro’s ruling for Pryluky regiment was the best time. During this time Gorlenko restored, extended and made stronger Pryluky fortress, built a new Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1697, started two fairs in the city: Ivanivsky and Dmytrivsky which existed for more than two centuries. To perpetuate his name and the name of his patron and friend - Hetman Mazepa - on his own funds he built Ivano-Dmytrivska Church in Kvashyntsya and also Mykolayivska and Petro-Pavlivska Churches in Hustyni which still exist.
__Cossacks of Pryluky regiment participated, for example, in the Azov (1696), Persian (1722) and Hilyansky (1726) campaigns, the Russo-Turkish wars (1735-1739 and 1768-1774).
__In the second half of the 17th century the city was a significant trade and craft center. Annually Pryluky had three fairs and in the second half of the nineteenth century the city had 5 fairs. After 1917 the fairs in Pryluky didn’t happen. In 2001 there was revived Vozdvyzhensky Fair which acquired an international status in 2008.
__At the end of first half of the 17th century a lot of artisans worked in rural land of Pryuday.
__Pryluky, as every city that day, had its specifics: the emblem and the flag. Since 1782 till 1796 Pryluky had been a county town of Chernihiv province. In May 1783 the city received Magdeburg Law. During 1797-1802 Pryluky was a part of Malorosiysky province and since 1802 till 1923 it became the center of Pryluky county in Poltava province. In 1923-1930 Pryluky had been the center of Pryluky area and since 1932 the city became a part of Chernihiv region.
__Since Cossacks time till today the splendid architectural buildings were preserved, they charm everyone with enchanted beauty. The oldest building in the town is the regimental treasury built in 1714. First it used to be regimental office of Pryluky Regiment and later the treasury. They kept the regimental regalia, regimental funds. By the name of Pryluky Colonel G.I. Galagan it was named Galagan arsenal. Next to it in 1995 remains of the unknown Cossack were reburied (they were found at the beginning of 90 years of the twentieth century in the central part of the city during the excavation). A monument with the inscription "Unknown Cossack of the 18th Century" was put at this place in 1997.
__A bright example of Ukrainian Baroque is the Savior Transfiguration Church (now Cathedral) and Nicholas church with the bell tower built at the expense of Pryluky Colonel Gnat Galagan at the beginning of the 18th century. Other architectural buildings of the city are amazing. Among them - the church of St John the Baptist, St. Nicholas, the Three Saints, St. Panteleimon, Sritensky (now Cathedral), the cathedral of Birth of Virgin Mary.
__The best buildings of late nineteenth - early twentieth century are: a house of the merchant Moskovchenko which once was used for "Union Bank", the main house of Manor patrons the Tarnovskys, a house of the adviser Shkuratov, a house of the merchant Zolotaryov which was used for the public meetings, house of the mayor, merchant Kyslovsky, a house of the merchant Frid, the mansion of the descendants of the Hetman Ivan Skoropadsky, a beautiful and comfortable building in the city - a House of Culture, a house of the merchant Kosytskoho which was used for a Russo-Asiatic Bank and many others.
__The city is famous for its outstanding people, among them - an educator, writer and religious figure Joasaph Belgorodsky (Y.A. Gorlenko); a Ukrainian memoirist Y.A. Markovych, a teacher, writer, professor A.A. Antonsky-Prokopovych, a writer, teacher, author of the first Ukrainian dictionary P.P. Biletsky-Nosenko; hero of the Patriotic War in 1812 N.Y. Mandryk; a teacher, professor of philology F.G. Myshchenko, a poet, novelist and journalist V.L. Velychko; a teacher, psychologist, professor A.M. Shcherbyna, the Hero of the Soviet Union O.V. Koshovy and I.Y. Dubynsky; a Ukrainian writer L.V. Zabashta; folk artists of Ukraine M.F. Yakovchenko and V.I. Boyko; a writer and a poet G.G. Ihnatenko and others. Today the city is developing in the economic, social and cultural spheres. In Pryluky there are developed machine building, chemical, woodworking, light industry, food industry, production of construction materials.
__In 2007 the city has 21 industrial enterprises, and the largest one is TK "V.A.T. - Pryluky", OJSC "Bilkozin", NGVU "Chernihivnaftohaz".
__Cultural institutions are working closely with the international projects and programs. In Pryluky they held nationwide festivals - "Teatralna Osin", "Mystetsky Barvy" and "Pisni nad Udayem".
__In 2007 in the center of Pryluky there was inaugurated the monument to T.G. Shevchenko - an artist. In May 2008 there was made theatrical space and built a monument to the People’s Artist of Ukraine M.F. Yakovchenko.
__Pryluky is a city that has its own, unique personality, a beautiful historic area of our state. Since 1995 Pryluky entered the League of Historical Cities.
__The presentation of the city was held with the financial support of honorary citizen of city Pryluky, patron Yuri Koptev.
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__82 Nezalezhnosti St, Pryluky, Chernihiv oblast, 17500
__tel.: +38 (04637) 3-20-15
__fax.: +38 (04637) 3-20-15
__e-mail: pladm@pl.cg.ukrtel.net
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