Attractions of Chernivtsi region

The Cave Saint Nicholas Men`s Monastery in Halytsia arose on the high bank of the Dniester, probably in the 13th century, on the basis of an early Slavic temple complex.

The monastery is located in natural caves formed in the wall of a vertical limestone rock on the slope of the Halytsky ravine. In the 18th century, Halytsia was mentioned as a hermitage. It was destroyed several times, revived in recent years.

The main complex includes 20 rock-hewn rooms with attached exterior walls that resemble fairy-tale houses with beautiful wooden windows and doors. The buildings are located on stepped terraces with staircases and arches. Some distance away is the hermit's cave.

A wonderful panorama of the Dniester opens from the terrace.

The Chernivtsi Regional Art Museum is located in an imposing building built in Chernivtsi in 1901 according to the design of architect Ayzenberh for the Bukovyna Savings Bank.

The museum building is considered one of the best examples of the Viennese Secession style in Eastern Europe. The upper part of the facade is decorated with a majolica panel, which symbolizes the economic prosperity of Austria-Hungary. The coat of arms of Bukovyna on the chest of one of the allegorical figures gives reason to believe that other figures also symbolize the various provinces of the empire.

Now the Chernivtsi Art Museum exhibits rare paintings by Bukovyna artists, from Turkish times to the present day (XVIII-XX centuries): Epaminond Buchevskyi, Yevhen Maksymovych, Avhusta Kokhanovska, Leon Kopelman, Mykola Ivasyuk, Yevzebiy Lipetskyi, Huho fon Retstsori, Artur Kolnyk and others . Opanas Shevchukevych plastic collection - miniature figurines made of terracotta - is also presented.

There is a souvenir shop and a literary cafe on the first floor of the Chernivtsi Art Museum.

Chernivtsi Regional Museum of Folk Architecture and Life (Chernivtsi Skansen) is one of the few open-air museums in Ukraine that recreates the atmosphere of a traditional Ukrainian village with certain regional features.

The museum is located on an area of ​​nine hectares with a characteristic hilly relief on the north-eastern outskirts of the city of Chernivtsi, near the Prut River. The exposition presents Bukovyna settlements of the mid-19th - first half of the 20th centuries.

Two characteristic village streets have been recreated in two exhibition areas of the museum (Khotyn region and Western Transnistria). Along them are five typical peasant estates with wooden residential and farm buildings typical of the villages of these regions, as well as a church, a bell tower, a village council, an inn, and a forge. The interiors, which display household items, tools, national clothing, etc., have been faithfully recreated.

The construction of three other zones of the museum is being prepared: "Prykarpattia" (Hlyboka, Storozhynets, Hertsa, Vyzhnytsia districts), "Hutsulshchyna" (partly Vyzhnytsia, Putyla districts) and the archaeological zone "Ancient Bukovyna".

Numerous thematic exhibitions are held on the basis of the Chernivtsi Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. Visitors are offered excursions, various theatrical performances, folklore holidays, ethno festivals, and master classes in traditional Bukovyna crafts.

The Chernivtsi Regional Museum of Local Lore occupies a two-story building of the former Orthodox Religious Foundation on the pedestrian street Olha Kobylyanska, next to the cathedral.

The funds have 90 thousand exhibits. The exposition of the museum presents rare samples of Slavic literature, including the sometimes exhibited Ostroh Bible of Ivan Fedorov. Of great interest are the numismatic collection and exhibition of weapons of the XVIII-XIX centuries. Among the historical rarities of the Museum of Local Lore is the flag of Chernivtsi, made for the 500th anniversary of the first written mention of the city, which was celebrated in 1908.

Icons of the 16th-18th centuries, the works of prominent Bukovyna artists Mykola Ivasyuk, Yustyn Pihulyak, Yevhen Maksymovych, Avhusta Kokhanovska form the basis of the collection of works of fine and decorative and applied art.

The building of the city theater named after Oleksandr Khyzhdeu (Aleksandru Hyzhdeu) was built in Khotyn in the Romanian period. It is made in the neo-Romanian style of Bryncovian.

In Soviet times, the two-story building with a tiled roof became a house of culture. Today it is a home for children and school youth. Exhibitions are held in the lobby.

The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Bila Krynytsia was founded in 1740 and rebuilt in the 19th century.

The stone and wooden temple has typical features of Bukovyna sacred architecture. The main volume of the Cosmas and Damian church is made of brick, the tops are wooden. From the west, a three-tiered square wooden belfry rises above the vestibule.

An iconostasis with nine rows of Old Believer icons, a portrait of the first Bila Krynytsia Metropolitan Amvrosiy, his companions Kyril and Olympias, the following metropolitans, have been preserved in the interior of the Cosmas and Damian church.

Dniester HPP is one of the most modern hydroelectric power plants of Ukraine, unique in its complex purpose and design features.

The construction of the hydroelectric station on the Dniester began in 1973. Nearby, on the right bank of the river, the city of energy workers was under construction. In 1981, the first two hydro units were put into operation, and in 1983 the station reached the installed capacity of 702 MW.

In 2008, the first hydro unit of the Dniester hydro-accumulating power plant, which became the most powerful in Europe, was launched. The 194-kilometer-long reservoir allows to regulate the seasonal flow of the Dniester.

The cave on the top of the mountain above Pidzakharychi is named after the legendary folk hero Oleksa Dovbush.

According to legend, in 1740-1741, the leader of the Opryshkis operated with his squad in the Pidzakharychi and Roztoky area. This cave served as one of the rebel hideouts.

The ten-meter-long cave is a crack in sandstone 1-1.5 meters wide.

Equestrian sports club "Bukovynska Troya" in the village of Revakivtsi near Chernivtsi is located next to the highway H-10 "Chernivtsi - Stryi".

We offer horseback riding for children and adults, horseback riding through the forest and fields, horseback riding, and the services of experienced instructors.

The complex also includes a restaurant with 50 seats, a mini-zoo, an ostrich farm, an outdoor aquarium, a summer terrace, gazebos with barbecues, and a children's playground. You can also order carriage rides, guided tours, fishing, ATV riding, and more.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which has the status of a minor basilica, was built in 1814 by the personal order of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, who during his visits to Chernivtsi was outraged that the Catholic community of the city had only a small chapel at its disposal.

Despite the financial and political support of the monarch, the construction of the temple was delayed for three decades. In 1818, the first clock was installed on the tower, which was then twice replaced with new ones. And on the side wall of the basilica there is a sundial.

The building acquired its modern appearance after the reconstruction in 1910.

In Soviet times, the Church of the Ascension in Chernivtsi was one of the few active Catholic churches on the territory of the USSR, due to which the interiors were completely preserved.

The church was granted the status of a minor basilica on July 19, 2014.

Concerts of classical and sacred music are held in the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross before significant dates.

The general zoological reserve "Zubrovytsya" was created in 1993 as a place of settlement of a valuable species of wild Bukovyna fauna - the European bison.

Currently, the area of ​​the reserve is 27 thousand hectares. A modern enclosure with an area of ​​more than 80 hectares has been created here, in which more than 30 heads of wild bison are kept in semi-free conditions.

Excursions are held.

The house of the governor-general of Bukovyna, Baron Karl fon Entsenberh, became the first stone residential building in Chernivtsi.

Baron Entsenberh greatly contributed to the economic development of the city and the entire region. In particular, regular construction of the center of Chernivtsi began under him.

The Russian emperor Oleksandr I stayed in the general's house during his visit to Chernivtsi in 1823 for a meeting with the Austrian emperor Frants I.

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 historical and local lore museum of Bukovyna was opened in 2020 in his own house by local historian Fedir Chevyuk from Berehomet.

The exposition presents his personal collection of original historical materials that tell about the history of the Bukovyna region. In particular, about religion, education, and the daily life of the people of Bukovyna as part of different states.

Excursions are conducted by appointment.

The Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovyna Jews is dedicated to the phenomenon of Bukovyna Jewry in the period from the end of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century.

Opened for the 600th anniversary of Chernivtsi in the premises of the former Jewish People's House (now the Central Palace of Culture).

The exhibition is spread over two halls on three levels. The upper circle (architectural) - friezes with photographs of Jewish religious and public buildings in Bukovyna. The middle (zodiac) circle represents the Jewish religious year marked by the signs of the Zodiac. The lower kgur (informational) - 12 wall tablets, on which the period of the existence of the Jewish community for two centuries is presented chronologically.