Kharitonenko Ivan Gerasimovich The largest entrepreneur of the Kharkov province of his time. Benefactor. Maecenas. The person to whom the city of Sumy owes its development. Symbolic guardian of Petropavlovskaya street. At the beginning of the street - his monument, at the end - his grave.
The bronze monument to Kharitonenko was cast in 1899, in Paris, according to the project of the sculptor Opekushin O. M. and installed opposite the Church of the Intercession (now defunct). In the Soviet period, the monument was destroyed, and Ulyanov V. I. (aka Lenin) was erected in the vacant place.
Ivan Gerasimovich returned to his rightful place in 1997. The monument was restored with donations from the townspeople.
"...I bequeath all my love to my wife Natalya Maksimovna, son Pavel Ivanovich, daughter-in-law Vera Andreevna and my dear grandchildren and granddaughters. I ask them to love each other and the city of Sumy the way I love it ... " / from the will of I. G . Kharitonenko /
The bronze monument to Kharitonenko was cast in 1899, in Paris, according to the project of the sculptor Opekushin O. M. and installed opposite the Church of the Intercession (now defunct). In the Soviet period, the monument was destroyed, and Ulyanov V. I. (aka Lenin) was erected in the vacant place.
Ivan Gerasimovich returned to his rightful place in 1997. The monument was restored with donations from the townspeople.
"...I bequeath all my love to my wife Natalya Maksimovna, son Pavel Ivanovich, daughter-in-law Vera Andreevna and my dear grandchildren and granddaughters. I ask them to love each other and the city of Sumy the way I love it ... " / from the will of I. G . Kharitonenko /
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