The Karpenko-Karyi State Museum-Reserve "Khutir Nadia" is a national historic site of Ukraine that was established on a territory of estate that belonged to Ivan Karpenko-Karyi, the playwright and theatrical figure of the late 19th - early 20th century.
The small complex is located 29 km (18 mi) west of Kirovohrad (former Yelizavetgrad, Lyzavethrad) in a village of Mykolayivka and not far from the major european route E50.
In 1970, during the celebration of Tobilevich's 125th anniversary, "The September Gems" annual theatre festival was inaugurated. This has involved the greatest of modern Ukrainian writers and theater workers, and it became pan-Ukrainian in 1990.
On Septemer,26 a group of our pupils and two teachers ( including me ) visited this magnificent place. It was the opening of the 45-th Festival "The September Gems" , devoted to the Tobilevich's 170-s anniversary and there were many guests from Ukraine and other countries.