Attractions of Khmilnyk district

The Temple of Cathedral of Holy Virgin in Khmilnyk has been known since 1720.

It is located on the right bank of the Pivdenny Buh, outside the Old City.

At first it was wooden. It was rebuilt in stone in 1831-1839 in the Rus-Byzantine style.

The Historical Museum named after Vasyl Poryk was created in 1972, now it is a communal institution of the Khmilnytskyi City Council.

The museum is named after the Hero of the Soviet Union and the national hero of France Vasyl Poryk (pseudonym "Basil"), who was born in 1920 in the village of Solomirka (now the village of Poryk).

After being captured by the Germans during World War II, he found himself in the Beaumont concentration camp in France, where he organized an underground struggle against the Nazis, and later escaped and formed a guerrilla unit that became part of the Resistance Movement.

The museum has more than a thousand items. The main exposition tells about the life and military career of Vasyl Poryk. The central exhibit is a diorama depicting the defeat of the Beaumont camp by Poryk's detachment and the release of prisoners in April 1944.

The museum also has exhibits about the national Hero of Poland Volodymyr Tushevsky, a prototype of one of the heroes of the movie "Four Tankmen and a Dog", who was born in the village of Poryk.