Monument cucumbers, Nizhin

The original monument is located in cucumber Nizhin. It is a pedestal on which hoisted barrel lying on her cucumber. The sculpture is made of granite, natural green color. Tourists and visitors to the city should look at the monument to assess its unusual premise - local advertising pickles. That story associated with this vegetable is the basis of creative monument. It is installed at the main entrance of the plant canned pickles TM "Nezhin". Cucumber special novonezhinskogo varieties sold in more than 70 countries around the world, but the beginning of this historic journey pickles was laid during the reign of Catherine II, it was she who, visiting Ukraine, drew attention to the taste of draft unfeminine cucumber. Empress, cucumbers, and later other pickles were delivered to the imperial court, and then became popular in St. Petersburg.

Taste the original unfeminine varieties of cucumbers is reflected in more stable and productive descendant - novonezhinskom cucumber with a distinct flavor and crunch, partly due to the peculiarities of local soil and salting methods. The official opening of the monument to the cucumber was in 2005 and since that time he is one of the binding sites of the cultural program visit Nezhin.