Attractions of Vinnytsia district

The Pohrebyshche Local Lore Museum is named after the outstanding Ukrainian folklorist, local historian and teacher Nastya Prysyazhnyuk, who was born and lived most of her life in the town of Pohrebyshche in Vinnytsia region. During her lifetime, she collected more than 6,000 folk songs, 4,600 fairy tales, 6,100 proverbs and sayings.

The institution was founded in 2007 by Nastya Prysyazhnyuk's room-museum at the local school, where she taught until 1957. Currently, the Pohrebyshche Museum of Local Lore is a communal institution of the Pohrebyshche City Council.

It has four expositions: Nastya Prysyazhnyuk's name hall (personal belongings, photographs, letters, monographs), historical and exhibition hall (thematic stands, works of art and folk crafts), ethnographic hall (folk clothes, household items, tools), burial hall - heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The Saint Nicolas memorial church-tomb is part of the National Museum-manor of Mykola Pyrohov. It is located 1.5 kilometers from the Vyshnya estate, in the former village of Sheremitka.

The temple was founded in 1881 as a small chapel above the crypt of Pyrohov. At the insistence of his wife, the body of the eminent surgeon was embalmed by St. Petersburg doctor Davyd Vyvodtsev and placed in a glazed sarcophagus. In 1885, the Saint Nicolas Church was built above the crypt, according to the project of architecture academic Viktor Sychuhov.

During the Second World War, the sarcophagus with Pyrohov's body was buried in the ground, later restoration and re-embalming was required.

The Military Historical Museum of Air Force Armed Forces Ukraine in Vinnytsia was established in 2001 as a museum of the Air Force of Ukraine.

In 2005, it was replenished with an exposition dedicated to the air defense forces, which were then structurally part of the Armed Forces.

The museum is located on the territory of the former General Staff of the Air Force of Ukraine in Vinnytsia. In Soviet times, it was the headquarters of the 24th Air Army, and before that - the headquarters of the 43rd Air Force of Long-range Aviation, which was formed in 1949 on the basis of the 2nd VA DA.

The museum has collected many samples of aircraft, anti-aircraft missiles, radar equipment of different times. The exposition includes 16 aircraft of different classes, from the Yak-11 training aircraft to the fourth-generation Su-27 fighter, as well as 4 helicopters.

Of particular interest are the launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems S-300V1, S-300PS, S-200V "Vega", S-125M1 "Neva", "S-75M2" Volkhov ", Buk-1M".

Foreigners must obtain a permit from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to visit the museum.

The "Museum of Brave" in Vinnytsia, as a separate subdivision of the Vinnytsia Regional Museum of Local History, is planned to open in the premises of the former departmental museum of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine in Vinnytsia Region "My Region of Podillya".

They decided to dedicate the exposition "Museum of the Brave" exclusively to the heroes of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war. In addition to the military, the exposition is supposed to present a powerful volunteer movement, volunteer movement, chaplains, military medics, forcibly displaced persons - that is, to show the Russian-Ukrainian war as widely as possible.

As of February 2023, the exhibition already has more than 800 items. These are personal belongings of Ukrainian Heroes, awards, photos, documents, military uniforms, equipment, weapons and much more.

Among the exhibits of the future "Museum of the Brave" are also items from the enemy Russian army: uniforms, burnt muzzles from Kalashnikov machine guns, barrels from grenade launchers, a radio station. In particular, two types of dry rations of the Russian army. The volunteers also handed over the found cluster ammunition of the Smerch MLRS to the museum.

On the facade of the building, they plan to install a "Memorial Wall" with a list of the names of the dead residents of Vinnytsia.

The Museum of History and Ethnography of the Nemyriv Region was opened in 1991. Since then, the exposition has been constantly increasing and now has more than 1,000 storage units.

Nemyriv hospitably received great state and political figures, as well as gifted, highly talented writers and scientists. So, in 1821, the poet Mykola Nekrasov was born here in the family of an officer. The famous Ukrainian writer Marko Vovchok also lived and worked here. The main exposition of the museum is dedicated to their work.

The Museum of History and Ethnography of the Nemyriv region is located on the northeastern outskirts of Nemyriv.

The Rock of Mykhaylo Kotsiubynsky or Kotsyubynsky Stone in Vinnytsia is a geological monument of nature, named after the outstanding Ukrainian writer Mykhaylo Kotsiubynsky, who lived in Vinnytsia and often visited this area.

A group of picturesque granite rocks rises above the left bank of the Pivdennyi Buh in the Sabariv Forest on the southern outskirts of Vinnytsia, near the hydroelectric dam. The rocks are broken by vertical and horizontal cracks on individual parts of irregular shape. The age of these granites reaches 2.15 billion years.

One of the rocks that juts out a few meters from the shore is called the Kotsyubinsky Stone. According to the memories of contemporaries, the writer Mykhaylo Kotsiubynsky often rested on this stone during his walks in the Sabariv Forest. Researchers assume that the early works of the young writer could have been written here: "Andriy Soloviyko", "December 21, on Introduction" and others. Quotes from the story "Fata Morgana" are still visible on the stone. A memorial plaque was installed.

Kotsiubinsky rock is the end point of the ecological route "Kotsiubinsky Trail" with a length of 6 km, which is laid through the Sabariv forest from the recreation complex "Territory SUN" on Syniovodska Street.

The Church of the Nativity of Holy Virgin was built in Voronovytsia in 1771-1777 at the expense of Mikhayilo ta Frantsishek Ksaveriy Grokholsky as a church.

At first it was wooden, but after the fire it was rebuilt in stone. Later it was rebuilt in the Orthodox spirit.

In Soviet times, the premises housed a cinema.

Now the temple is active.

The Orativ Local Lore Museum was founded in 1993 and is subordinated to the Department of Culture, Youth and Sports of the Orativ Village Council.

The institution is located in the former library in the center of the village of Orativ.

The museum collection is more than 2,000 items. The ethnographic collection includes home-woven embroidered shirts from the villages of Yakymivka, Chovnovytsia, Lopatynka, Mervyn, Orativ, Rozhychna, ceramics of local potters, as well as various items of Ukrainian folk life.

"Podilsky Zoo" in Vinnytsia is the youngest in Ukraine. Vinnytsia Zoo was created in 2005 thanks to the efforts of "Vinoblagrolis" workers.

Currently, the zoological nursery in Vinnytsia has 45 species of animals and 35 species of birds (about 400 animals in total). In particular, the zoo contains bison, bison, deer, mouflon, llamas, bears and others.

The palace of the Rakovsky family in Kozyntsi was built by Kozyntsi landowner Andriy Rakovsky, who owned the village in the 19th century.

Initially, a small neo-baroque palace was built, which, after the construction of a large three-story palace, became an outbuilding. The manor buildings are surrounded by a landscape park with an area of ​​about 8 hectares.

In Soviet times, a military unit was located on the territory of the estate. Currently, the main building houses a comprehensive school, and the wing houses a teacher's dormitory.

The city park in Pohrebyshche is all that remains of the estate of the Rzhevusky counts, who owned the city in the 18th and 19th centuries.

An obelisk commemorating the soldiers who died in Afghanistan and other hot spots has been installed in the park.

The Church of Saint Joseph was built in Hnivan in 1906 at the expense of landowners Yan Baranovskyi, Karolina Yaroshynska and other Catholic parishioners.

The temple is made in neo-gothic style. Inside, it is decorated with biblical scenes carved from wood. Stained glass windows and chandeliers in the form of large candlesticks create an atmosphere of coziness and peace. Near the altar on the right side is a sculpture of Saint Joseph with the Baby, on the left side - an icon of the Mother of God. In the depth of the building there is an altar with the crucifixion of Jesus.

A grotto of the Virgin Mary was built in the central courtyard.

In Soviet times, the temple was used as a production facility. In 1992, the church of Saint Joseph was returned to the Catholic parish of Hnivani, and restoration was carried out.

The Church of Mary the Snowy in Lityn was built in 1856 on the site of the old wooden church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, known since 1748.

During Soviet times, the temple was closed, the premises were used as a cultural center.

Today, the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary has been returned to the Catholic community of Lityn, and its two lost towers have been restored.

The Church of Saint Stanislav was founded in Orativ in 1765 at the expense of magnate Stanislav Oransky. In 1845, the old church was rebuilt in the neo-Romanesque style at the expense of the parishioners.

In 1856, Apollo Kozhenovsky and Eva Bobrovska, the parents of the writer Dzhozef Konrad (Dzhozef Teodor Konrad Kozhenovsky) were married in this church.

In Soviet times, the church building was used as a cinema, then as a cultural center. In 1996, the church of Saint Stanislav was returned to the Catholic community of Orativ.

The estate with a palace and a park in Napadivka was founded at the end of the 18th century by the landowner Valerian Prylutskyi, later it belonged to Yulian Strutynskyi.

After the reconstruction of the manor at the beginning of the 19th century, the original manor house, known as the "yellow palace", became an outbuilding, and the new main building became a large one-story palace in the style of mature classicism. Both facades are decorated with porticos with columns, stucco garlands.

At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the famous Danish poet and scientist Tor Lange lived in the estate of his wife, Nadiya Protopopova, in Napadivka. Among his works were ethnographic studies of Ukrainian culture, translations of Ukrainian folk songs into Danish.

During the Soviet period, there was a school in the Lange Palace. Currently, the estate is abandoned and is gradually falling into disrepair. The building of the main palace, the wing (the former "yellow palace"), the gate, the circular pool, and the remains of the park have survived to this day.