Attractions of Dunaivtsi

In the middle of the 18th century, the hetman of the great crown Yosyp Potoski made a proposal to found a Capuchin temple and monastery in Dunaivtsi. His father's mission was continued by his son Stanislav, who in 1751 invited the Capuchins to settle in the city. Stanislav Potoski died in 1760 before completing the construction. Since then, the monks have been forced to collect funds for the construction of the temple on their own. Only in 1790, the construction of the monastery was completed and the church was consecrated under the cover of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Stanislav.

In 1832, the tsarist government of the Russian Empire liquidated the monastery. A year later, the church was rebuilt into the Church of the Ascension of Christ, and the monastery was handed over to an Orthodox church school.

In the 1870s, during his trip to Podillia, the famous artist and writer Napoleon Orda created a sketch of the temple of that time.

In the 1990s, the church was handed over to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and bears the name Nativity of Christ.

Dunaivtsi city recreation park is based on the site of the former park of the Krasynsky estate. In some parts of the park, you can find green spaces of those times.

In the 1980s, a modern recreation area for citizens was established. The basis of the park was a complex of attractions, including a miniature "roller coaster" and an observation wheel. In 2013, another reconstruction of the park took place, after which a city fountain, modern benches and pedestrian paths appeared here. Mobile attractions provide the children's audience with active recreation.

The Dunaivtsi regional museum is located in a historical building on the central street of Dunaivtsi.

The museum was founded in 1986.

Its funds include 3,000 exhibits. The permanent exhibition of the local history museum highlights the history of the city of Dunaivtsi and the entire Dunaivtsi region.

The palace of the Krasinsky family in Dunaivtsi was built in the 19th century.

The founder of the estate, Yan Krasinsky, who became the owner of the Dunaivtsi in 1782, did a lot for the economic development of the city. In particular, he built a cloth factory that is still operating.

During the Soviet times, the palace was rebuilt. Now it is a district cultural center.

Jews settled in Dunaivtsi since the days of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and were mainly engaged in trade and crafts. During the Liberation War of 1648, most of the city's Jews died.

In the 18th century, the Dunaivtsi Jewish community recovered. Textile enterprises were opened. In the 19th century, Jews received the right to tailor and shoemaking, and opened a tobacco factory.

In 1847, the community purchased land for a Jewish cemetery on the territory of the neighboring village of Sschyntsi. In 1890, there were 11 synagogues, a synagogue, and a Jewish hospital in Dunaivtsi. At that time, the Jewish population made up more than 60% of the total number of city residents. At the beginning of the 20th century, the community actively developed industry, leased iron foundries and distilleries, owned cloth factories, printing houses, pharmacies, hotels, and shops.

During the Second World War, the Jews suffered greatly. The most tragic events are related to the massacre in the Dunaivtsi Phosphorite Mine. In total, more than 12,000 Jews died in Dunaivtsi. In 1965, a monument was erected at the New York cemetery to commemorate the Holocaust in Dunaivtsi.

During the Soviet period, the Jewish quarters, which were emptied, were actively built up. The last synagogue survived, in the building of which a state institution is located these days.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, three large wells served as water sources in Dunaivtsi. Residents of the southwestern part of the city had to travel about 1.5 kilometers to the nearest one, until local resident Oleksandr Pyrohov discovered a source of water of high taste and purity.

This is how the "Pyrohov Well" appeared. Before the start of the water pipeline, it served as the main source of water for the Dunaivtsi residents who lived in this area. With the development of urban infrastructure, the value of the source decreased. Nowadays, interest in it has returned due to the quality of the water.

The place also attracts vacationers due to its location in the valley of the Ternava River with an ancient grove. Among tourists, the place is popular for camping, parking and replenishing water supplies.

The estate of doctor Mykhaylo Rumyantsev, who managed the Dunaivtsi District Hospital for 22 years from 1922, is located in the central part of the city, not far from the recreation park.

In 1944, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities on charges of collaboration with the occupiers and sentenced to imprisonment with confiscation of property. After the end of the Second World War, the Dunayevets anti-tuberculosis dispensary was located in the estate of surgeon Rumyantsev. New extensions were added to the existing buildings at that time.

In the period 1973-2004, the efforts of the then chief physician, Olha Pirohova, ensured the preservation of the estate's historical objects and the care of the territory. In 2004, the dispensary was disbanded, and the territory of the Rumyantsev estate passed into private ownership.

A monument to the composer Vladyslav Zaremba was erected in 2015 on the square in front of the House of Schoolchildren's Creativity in the city of Dunaivtsi, where he was born in 1833.

Vladyslav Zaremba is the author of numerous romances, piano pieces, arrangements of folk songs. He created more than 30 songs based on Taras Shevchenko's poem, including "The mountain stands high", "The willows are rustling at the end of the dam", "Such is her fate", including the well-known version of the song "I'm watching I'm in heaven."

The Khmelnytskyi Music School is named after Vladyslav Zaremba.

The author spent the last years of his life in Kyiv, where he was buried at Baykove Cemetery.

In 1891, landowner Vasyl Zavoyko bought Dunaivtsi from Viktor Skibnyevsky. At that time, the city was considered a large industrial center and had the status of "Podillya Manchester". More than 50 cloth factories, a foundry and mechanical plant of Lellbach, a leather factory, and many manufactories operated in the town. In 1904, Zavoyko took the initiative to give Dunaivtsi city status, but the Jewish community stopped this process.

The palace, wing and park of those times were left as an inheritance from Zavoyko. The modest building of the palace is decorated with a wrought-iron balcony. Many old trees have been preserved on the territory of the park. The complex of lakes is surrounded by willow plantations. In the center of one of the lakes is a small island that can be reached by a footbridge.

With the advent of Soviet power, Zavoyko left Dunaivtsi, and the premises of his estate began to be used for the needs of a local hospital.