Attractions of Kovel district

The wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Cross in Zabolottia is located in the historic center of the village.

A wooden three-log church with equally tall log cabins, typical for northern Volyn, was built in 1794. It belongs to the ancient type of temples with a pentagonal apse. The central log house is completed by a small dome on an octagonal drum with a bulbous head on a dull lantern, which only partially protrudes from under the roof slopes.

The belfry, located to the west of the church, is wooden, three-tiered, with a dome in pseudo-Rus style (1877). To the same period belongs the reconstruction of the monument, visible in the design of the windows installed on the roof in the shape of pedestals in the form of pyramids with apples, the reworking of the dome.

The interior of the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross has preserved the features of the people.

The Flora and Fauna Museum of the Shatsk National Park operates at the Shatsk Forestry College, which was founded in 1963 by Valentyn Sulko, an honored forester of Ukraine, and now bears his name.

400 species of animals and birds are presented in the museum pavilion. The oldest exhibit is a bison, which was donated to the museum by Bilovezka Pushcha 40 years ago. 85% of the exhibits are made by the hands of teachers and students of the college.

The building of the old Fridrikson pharmacy is one of the most interesting examples of pre-war civil architecture in Kovel.

The building is brick, two-story. The corner is cut off and cut off by a bay window, which ends with a four-sided dome. According to some data, the building was erected in 1799, although it is more likely that it is an architectural monument of the 19th century.

Pharmacist Fridrikson opened a pharmacy in Kovel. The clients of the pharmacist known throughout the district were, in particular, the writer Modest Levytsky, who worked as a district doctor in Kovel, as well as the Kosach family from nearby Kolodiazhne.

Currently, the building of the Fridrikson pharmacy houses the Department of Culture, Youth, Sports and Tourism with an art gallery, municipal pharmacy No. 1 with a museum exhibition, as well as the Soprano cafe.

Tobruk is a small surface or underground concrete pillbox (DOT) for circular fire.

The name comes from the Libyan city of Tobruk, where in 1941-1942 there were fierce battles between the countries of the Anti-Hitler coalition and the Axis countries. Tobruk was built by the Wehrmacht mainly on the Atlantic Wall and the Siegfried Line.

In Ukraine, similar structures have been preserved mainly in Volyn. One of the Tobruks is located on the outskirts of the village of Zatyshshia on the Shatsky Lakes.

The wooden Holy Transfiguration Church in Stara Vyzhivka was built in 1869.

Nearby is a rare for Volyn three-tiered belfry with a pyramidal roof.

The wooden church of the Kazan Icon of the Holy Virgin was built in the village of Pishcha in 1801 on the very shore of Lake Pishcha.

Architecturally, it is similar in type to the Slobozhanshchyna wooden temples, and even reflects the trends of Moscow architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries. During the reconstruction in 1912, the original three-part structure was supplemented with two side log cabins. Gabled roofs are topped with stylized capitals. A three-tier bell tower is adjacent to the babinets.

During the Second World War, the bells were removed and submerged in the lake, but after the war they were returned to their places. During its more than century-long history, the Kazan temple has never been closed. He currently belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Kortelisy Historical Museum was opened in 1980 in the Volyn village of Kortelisy together with the Memorial Complex for the Victims of Fascism. Since 2023, the museum is a part of the communal institution "Cultural Services Centre" of the Ratne settlement council

The main exposition of the museum tells about the Kortelisy tragedy of 1942, when German invaders from the "Nuremberg" company shot 2,875 inhabitants of the village (according to modern estimates - about 1,650) and burned all the houses in the village in retaliation for the actions of Soviet partisans of the local Voroshilov detachment. The central exhibits are the Burnt Village diorama and the Book of Remembrance, where the names of the dead Kortelisy residents are recorded. Personal belongings, awards, letters and photos of war veterans, weapons and ammunition from the battlefields are also presented.

The permanent exhibition "UPA in Ratne region" tells about the national liberation struggle. In the "Defenders of Ukraine" corner, you can see photos of Kortelisy residents who took part in the Russian-Ukrainian war, elements of their weapons and ammunition, and the flag of the special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Svityaz".

A separate exposition tells about the outstanding fellow villager, people's deputy of Ukraine, former director of the Kortelisy Museum, Vasyl Kornelyuk.

The memorial complex to the victims of fascism by sculptor Oleksiy Oliynyk and architect Anatoliy Korneev is located opposite the museum. The height of the sculpture with the pedestal is 6 meters.

Kovel Historical Museum is located in the central city park, named after Lesya Ukrayinka.

The exposition tells about the history of Kovel region from ancient times to the present day: weapons and jewelry of the XI-XIV centuries, objects of the Cossack era, the current blacksmith's fur and anvil of the late XIX century, blacksmith mechanism of the early twentieth century.

Traditional folk costumes of the region's inhabitants of the XIX-XX centuries are presented.

A monument to Lesya Ukrayinka has been erected nearby in the park.

The Liuboml Museum of Local Lore was created in 1973 by Dmytro Ostapyuk, a history teacher and local historian.

15,000 exhibits of the main fund. An archaeological collection, collections of numismatics, objects of folk life and ethnography are presented. Materials on the former owners of Liuboml: Ivan Vyhovsky, Pavlo Teterya, Dmytro Vyshnevetsky and Ksaveriy Branytsky are on display.

Also presented are materials about famous natives of Luboml region: theologian Severyn Lubomlchyk, artist Nataliya Uzhviy and others.

The museum is located on the 3rd floor of the Liuboml City Council.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary was built in Liuboml in 1884 on the site of an old church known since the 16th century.

A typical example of pseudo-Rus style in the monumental wooden architecture of Volyn.

In 1961, the church was closed, but in 1990 it was returned to the parishioners and restored.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in the village of Ratne was built in 1793.

The church is an architectural monument of local importance.

The museum of the history of the village of Radovychi was opened in 2019 as one of the projects of the Amila ecopark. Located in the center of the village, opposite the village club.

In the premises of the restored village hut, there are five exhibition halls, where artifacts of the past, historical references, and documents of different years are collected. Antique household items, old photographs, unusual work tools, household and home interior items, weapons from the Second World War are presented.

The inn "Pylypove Podvirya" is located nearby.

The Church of Saint Barbara in the village of Ostrivya on the Shatsky Lakes was founded in the 18th century. The year of construction and the founders of the temple are unknown. The date 1849 is engraved on the rafters, but according to local experts, this is the year when the church was covered with galvanized sheets bought in Poland.

In 1963, the church of Saint Barbara was closed by the Soviet authorities, and the church utensils were moved to the nearby Kazan church in the village of Pishcha.

Divine service was resumed in 1989. Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. It is an architectural monument of local importance.

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious is the oldest building in the city of Liuboml.

It was built by order of Prince Volodymyr Vasylkovych in the 13th century. At first, it resembled the Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr. The name of the Volyn architect Oleksa, who built the temple, is well-known.

The second part of the Galician-Volyn Chronicle was written here.

In the 16th century, the Saint George Church was radically rebuilt, and in the 18th century, a bell tower was added to it.

Paintings of the 19th century have been preserved.

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva was built in Lukiv in 1723 at the expense of Count Petro-Mikhaylo Mönchynskyi.

It has a high gable roof with a small spire tower. The pediments are bordered by small obelisks. The side facades are decorated with pilasters and semicircular windows. There is a wooden bell tower nearby.

An example of naive painting of the 18th century has been preserved in the interior. This is an icon depicting Saint George on a disproportionately small horse.

In 1839, the Greek Catholic church was handed over to the Orthodox Church. Now it belongs to the Volodymyr Eparchy of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.