Vashkivtsi

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Vashkivtsi at the beginning of the 19th century.

In 1949, the temple was closed by the Soviet authorities, the building was used as a cinema.

Recently, the Church of the Assumption has been returned to believers, and restoration has begun.

The art-memorial museum of the outstanding ornamental artist Heorhiy Haras is located at the entrance to Vashkivtsi from Chortoryia in the artist's family house. The museum was opened on February 27, 1972.

Heorhiy Haras devoted his whole life to the study and improvement of embroidery. The artist created unique works, combining ornaments used in calligraphy and embroidery. Throughout his life, the master created more than two thousand works.

In the museum-manor of Heorhiy Haras, you can see 1035 works of the master, including 150 shirts, 100 towels, 30 pillows, 26 ties, 20 paintings, 10 carpets and 5 portraits, as well as 700 napkins. The museum's exposition impresses with its diversity and demonstrates the originality of the Bukovyna region.

Heorhiy's creative muse was always his wife Yevdokiya, who brought his ideas to life. For a long time, Yevdokiya Haras was the curator of the manor house museum.

The patterns created by the master are extremely popular among embroiderers and hand-made carpet makers, as well as the Ukrainian diaspora abroad.

The Malanka Museum was opened in the city of Vashkivtsi on December 19, 2016 at the city library. In two rooms with a total area of 50 square meters, a wide variety of costumes, in which Bukovyna residents were dressed 50 years ago, are presented.

The museum's exposition includes about 30 costumes of the traditional Vashkivtsi Malanka. Both traditional masks (grandfather, grandmother, gypsy, bear) and modern ones are presented. In particular, the masks of the characters who manage Malanka - "Cossack", "Vulan", "Buk-shandar", as well as masks of the main characters - Malanka and Ukrainian women, are exhibited. In addition, the museum exhibits an exclusive costume-mask with a height of 3 meters - the so-called "Vashkivtsi Bahachka".

In addition, about 200 photographs from the end of the 19th century to the present time, 100 original traditional masks, which are made only in Vashkivtsi, are on display for visitors to view. They were presented by mask masters Vasyl Stolyar, Oleh Voloshchuk and Mykola Marchuk.

All the exhibits of the Malanka museum were provided by the residents of Vashkivtsi, who for many years support the tradition of malanka and are active participants of Pereberiya.

The Malanka museum is most proud of the cymbals and postols that Ivan Mykolaychuk held in his hands and walked in during the filming of the film "White Bird with Black Mark".

The Monastery of Saint Righteous Anna was founded in Vashkivtsi in 1993 on Mount Anna, revered by the people.

According to oral traditions, there was once a women's monastery here, founded in honor of the brave and rebellious girl Anna, who escaped Turkish dishonor on the mountain. A healing spring appeared at this place. In the middle of the 19th century, the first wooden temple was built, which burned down at the beginning of the 20th century.

After Ukraine gained its independence, the construction of the Saint Anne's Monastery began. The Cathedral of Saint Anna with the lower church of the Great Martyrs of the Maccabees, cells, utility buildings was built.