Village Orlovets: travel guide online to Orlovets

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General information about Orlovets

The village of Orlovets is located between Horodyshche and Smila.

Known since the 17th century. After joining the region to the Russian Empire, the village of Orlovets was in the possession of Prince Hrihoriy Potemkin. The next owners were Princess Yusupova, Count Potoski, Counts Mnishek. The county estate has not survived. In 1834, a sugar factory was built.

The wooden Saint Nicolas Church, founded in 1779 by the Zaporizhzhia Cossack Kyrylo Polov and rebuilt in 1876-1886, has been preserved.

What to see and where to go in Orlovets

Tourist attractions and museums of Orlovets

Saint Nicholas Church

Temple , Architecture

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas in the village of Orlovets was built in 1876-1886 on the site of an even older church, founded in 1779 by the Zaporizhzhian Cossack Kyrylo Polov. Consecrated in 1888.

An icon of Saint Nicholas hangs above the entrance to the church. One of the doors to the temple as a whole is also an icon.

Saint Nicholas Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

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