The small complex is located 29 km (18 mi) west of Kropyvnytskyi (former Kirovohrad, Yelizavetgrad, Lyzavethrad) in the village of Mykolaivka and not far from the major european route E50.

After returning from three years of political exile in the spring of 1887, Ivan Karpenko-Karyi settled on the farm and decided to turn it into a picturesque corner of nature – in his own words "an oasis in the desert."

Many prominent figures of Ukrainian culture have celebrated its uniqueness, including Yuri Yanovsky, Petro Panch, Oles Honchar and Alexander Korneichuk.

This included "Sto tysiach" ("One hundred thousand"), "Khaziain" ("Master"), the historical drama "Sava Chaly," "Handzia" and others.

[3] The complex consists of Tobilevich father's house, a memorial building, the literary-memorial museum, a park, a landscape architecture area of 11 ha, a pond and a bust of Karpenko-Kary.