Kachanivka. The palace and park where the series “The Serf” was filmed, 185 km from Kyiv

The estate was founded in the 1770s by Count Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, and it flourished under its owner Hryhorii Tarnovsky, who rebuilt the palace and turned the estate into a cultural center – Taras Shevchenko, Nikolai Gogol, Mikhail Glinka and Ilya Repin were all guests here. His son, Vasyl Tarnovsky the Younger, assembled one of the largest collections of Cossack antiquities in Ukraine. In 2018, the picturesque palace and park ensemble became a filming location for the series “The Serf” (Kriposna): the exterior scenes of the landowners’ family estate were shot here. Today the reserve offers several walking routes through the park lasting 2–3 hours, as well as tours of the palace and its collections. FantoTravel provides transportation and a guide for the whole day – from departure in Kyiv to the return in the evening. Admission to the reserve grounds and the palace, as well as the reserve’s official guided tour, are paid separately on site at the reserve’s own rates.