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The monument devoted to the legend personality of young woman named Marusia Churai is located in the heart of Poltava - behind Poltava Academic Music and Drama Theater named after Mykola Gogol facing Nebesna Sotnia street. The monument was unveiled on April 14, 2006. Its authors are Poltava sculptors Dmytro Korshunov and Valerii Holub.
The figure of Marusia Churai, as well as the plots of songs attributed to her, were used by a number of Ukrainian writers and poets in their works. The most famous of them is the historical novel in the poems "Marusya Churai" by Lina Kostenko.
The monument presents a figure of a young girl in national costume, who bowed her head in a slight squint; in her left hand she holds a bundle of plants, and in her right she raises it to her face.
The monument is 3.5 meters high, cast from concrete, its upper part is chained with copper.
2006
The monument was created due to folk tales and legends about a girl from Poltava Marusia, who lived in the XVII century and had an extremely good voice and a knack for composing songs. It is her creative talent attributed to a number of Ukrainian folk songs, among which the most famous in our time are "Oh, Hrysts, do not go to hang out", " At down got up Cossacks".
23 Gogol Street (area near the Gogol Theater)
