The Number 1 Homestead on the Lenina Street, Vynohrad

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The Number 1 Homestead on the Lenina Street in Vynohrad, a village in the Lysiansky Raion (district)) of the Cherkasy Oblast (province), Ukraine, is one of the most beautiful and memorable places in the world for people who grew up or lived there for some parts of their lives.

[edit] Approach to the Homestead

House Number 1 stands at the very end of the first segment of the Lenina Street of Vynohrad. The homestead of this house goes a long way ahead from this place, all the way along the northern side of the Old Cemetery on the left of it, up until the New Cemetery and fields ahead. On the right, the Number 1 Homestead borders the Number 2 house and homestead of the Lenina Street. Number 3 follows next, after which there are fields (as was described above, the Lenina street again turns to the right at that point).

Approaching Number 1, the Lenina Street splits into its main part (turning right) and a small path going ahead and to the left. This path ("stezhka" in Ukrainian, can be seen on the left and central photos above) leads to an entrance to the Old Cemetery ("Staryi Tsvyntar", or "Stare Kladovysche" in Ukrainian) from the side of Horpynyn horod, and is called "Stezhka na Stare vid Horpyny".

The Number 1 Homestead starts with an open place, or grass yard ("dvir" in Ukrainian) called Staryi Dvir ("Old Yard", as a contraposition to the "New Yard", which is located further ahead behind the fence that can be seen at background of the left photo above). From the side of Horpynyn horod, there are two old aspen trees (plural "yaseny" in Ukrainian) called Yaseny vid Horpyny (see the middle photo above). Yaseny vid Horpyny were planted by the Grandfather of the Current Owner of the Number 1 Homestead from the Mother's side back at the beginning of the XXth century, and endured numerous disputes with Horpyna and her relatives throughout the century because of the shade that they allegedly inflicted on Horpynyn horod. They have actually undertaken several furtive attepmts to cut the aspen trees down. The last such attempt took place as recently as 2001, and was averted only by the resolute position of the Current Owner of the Homestead.

The photo below shows Horpynyn horod as it looked at 14:17 on the 25th of June 1999, newly plowed for sowing winter weat. The far left end of the fence of the Homestead can be seen in the middle-right corner of the picture, followed by Staryi Tsvyntar at the back of the central part of the picture. Horpyna's house is at the beginning of her homestead (standing on the Tynivka road), on the middle-left side of the picture.

A path from Hopryna

Ash-tree from Hopryna

Old Yard

Horpyna vegetable garden

[edit] The House

The House currently in place at the Homestead was built by the Mother of the Current Owner of the Homestead soon after the Second World War, because the German and Soviet armies destroyed the original house during intermittent takeovers of the village.

The photo below shows the house currently in place at the Homestead as it looked back in 1970s, still before it was covered with a new asbestos roof.

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