Attractions of Bucha district

The former manor of the "railroad kings" - the fon Mekk family, friends and relatives of Petro Chaykovsky, built in Kopylov by Mykola Karlovych von Meck in 1888.

The building is wooden, on a brick plinth. A 9-hectare park with spruce and linden avenues has been preserved.

Petro Chaykovsky visited fon Mekk several times.

During the Second World War in 1943-1944, the estate housed a military hospital, then a music school.

Currently, the building is in a dilapidated state, in need of conservation and restoration.

The country house of Countess Nataliya Uvarova in Vorzel was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the manufacturer Karl Septer.

Countess Uvarova (in maidenhood Tereshchenko) liked the then fashionable architecture of the building with a romantic tower and weather vane. After buying it, the countess decorated her possessions with various rare plants and trees of valuable breeds. A fountain was installed near the house, gravel paths were laid.

After the February Revolution in 1917, the Uvarovys and the entire Tereshchenko family emigrated to England. In Soviet times, a school was opened in the house of the countess, where the Ukrainian writer Valeryan Pidmohylny studied.

Today it is the Museum of History and Culture "Uvarov House", the exhibition hall is open. Concerts are held on weekends.

The private landscape park for family recreation "Dobropark" opened in 2020 on the outskirts of the village of Motyzhyn near Kyiv.

This is one of the most modern dendrological parks of Ukraine, created by a well-known Ukrainian entrepreneur and public figure, head of the Folk Ukraine project, Ihor Dobrutskyi.

Seasonal flower plantations, creative flower photo zones, small architectural forms and a tourist service complex with a restaurant and food court are located on 300 hectares of man-made landscapes with hills and Lake Monet.

The "Dobropark" season traditionally opens at the end of April with an exposition of millions of colorful tulips. In the summer, a garden of petunias and begonias will open here, and later the "Lavender Paradise" with an area of ​​8 hectares will bloom.

Various festivals and fairs are held, planting material is sold. On the territory of "Dobropark" you can rent a cottage or a tent in a glamping - a comfortable camping site with terraces and a view of the lake.

The infrastructure of "Dobropark" was significantly damaged during hostilities in the spring of 2022 during the Russian-Ukrainian war, but the park continues to receive visitors.

The tulip tree or tulip liriodendron is not directly related to tulips - it is a relative of the magnolia.

It comes from the north-east of America, where it reaches a height of 50-60 meters. It has a leaf of an unusual shape - without a tip. The tree got its name thanks to the delicate yellow-green flowers, similar to tulips.

In Vorzel, a tulip tree was planted in 1914 at the manor of Zherebtsov, secretary of the Kyiv Zemstvo Administration. This tulip tree is one of the largest in Ukraine (they say that there are only two of them in the country, but in fact there are about 30). Its height is about 30 meters, and the diameter of the trunk is more than one meter. Blooms in late May - early June.

The House of Creativity of the Union of Writers of Ukraine in Irpen is located on the territory of the former house of the head of the Kyiv merchant assembly, yeast manufacturer Mykola Chokolov, after whom the Kyiv district of Chokolivka was named.

The build, built at the beginning of the 20th century in the neo-modern style, resembles a fairy-tale house.

In 1936, on the initiative of the poet Ivan Honcharenko, the "Irpin" House of Creativity of the Writers' Union of Ukraine was opened on the territory of Chokolov's house. Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Pavlo Tychyna, Mykhaylo Stelmakh, Mykola Bazhan, Ostap Vyshnia, Oles Honchar, Maksym Rylsky and others worked and rested here.

 Earthen ramparts and a defensive moat have been preserved at the home of the historical Hillfort  Bilhorod on the bank of the river. Irpin in present-day Bilohorodka.

The city of Bilhorod was founded in 990 by the Kyiv prince Volodymyr the Great as a princely residence and became one of the key strongholds of ancient Kyiv's defense against Pecheneg and Polovtsy raids.

According to the legend, during one of the long Pecheneg sieges, the people of Bilhorod dug two wells, lowered a barrel of jelly into one of them, and a barrel of honey into the other, and invited the Pechenegs to negotiations. Seeing that the land itself feeds the besieged, and they can hold out for a long time, the Pechenegs decided to lift the siege.

In 991, the first church in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord was built in Bilhorod, and soon an episcopal chair was founded in Bilhorod. Later, the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles was built, the remains of which were discovered by archaeologists.

In 1240, Batya's hordes destroyed Bilhorod.

Currently, the ramparts of the fortress can be seen both at the entrance to Bilohorodka from the Kyiv side and at the exit in front of the bridge over Irpin.

100 meters from the monument at the foot of the shaft next to the bridge, you can see a spring, which is associated with the legend of the wells.

The water tower and the carriage house building adjacent to it in Shpytky were built at the beginning of the 20th century.

The complex was part of the Tereshchenko estate, which has not been preserved. A manor cellar also remained on the territory of the manor park.

The Bobrytsia Local Lore Museum was opened in 2010 on the initiative of local historian and collector of antiquities Mykola Kovalchuk. The museum is located in the center of the village of Bobrytsia next to the sculpture park of avant-garde art.

The museum's exposition has more than 5,000 exhibits, including photographs and documents, household items (dishes, spinning wheels, cradles), national costumes, embroidered shirts, towels, etc.

The pearl of the museum is a complete genealogical tree of all Bobrytsia families starting from 1750. Here the memory of the lineage of the first founders of Bobrytsшa is preserved - the Opryshki and Cossacks of the times of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, the Potapenkos, Yaroshenkovs, Danchenkos, and Ihnatenkos.

The museum has 5 rooms, one of which is a living room, where the structure and life of Bobrytsia a century ago is recreated.

After the reconstruction, the museum building was painted by the famous graphic designer, artist, muralist, and public activist Bohdan Hdal.

The Borodianka Local Lore Museum was opened in 2016 in two rooms on the second floor of the Borodianka Palace of Culture named after Taras Shevchenko. Social activist Tamara Uhnivenko and her daughter, artist Olha Uhnivenko, initiated the creation of the museum.

The exposition includes about 3,000 exhibits, including 12 sets and 8 items of ancient clothing, more than 20 ancient embroidered towels, more than 15 items made of homespun cloth, and about 40 household items. Visitors have the opportunity to trace the history of the development of crafts of the region, seeing ancient things, products, clothes. Some exhibits date back to the 12th-18th centuries.

The highlight of the exhibition is the "Wedding" diorama with 39 dolls by Olha Uhnivenko, which in 2020 will be included in the "Ukrainian book of records" as the largest collection of handmade dolls in a thematic diorama.

The museum was damaged by a Russian airstrike in March 2022, but most of the exhibits were saved.

The city park was created in Bucha in 2011. This is one of the youngest and most picturesque landscape parks of the Kyiv region.

Bucha city park in the English style is spread over an area of ​​42 hectares. At the entrance, visitors are greeted by an elegant rotunda and a huge oak tree. There are many sculptures and installations in the area with lakes and fountains, neat paths and luxurious flower beds.

Here you can visit a mini-zoo, a skate park, a rope park, a children's town, and a cafe-hut.

The closed training ground for testing and demonstrating the promising urban monorail transport, proposed to the capital authorities by the company "Capway" in 2004, is located on the outskirts of Hostomel near Kyiv.

Initially, the cableway was a 300-meter overpass with a contact rail on steel supports, which moved a passenger car on rubber wheels manufactured by the Belarusian Belkomunmash plant. A car with 150 seats could develop a speed of up to 100 kilometers per hour. Due to a number of reasons, the project was never implemented in Kyiv.

Currently, the overpass has been dismantled, but the landing platform with the car has been preserved. The territory is protected, but tourists can have a short excursion.

The Klavdiievo Christmas Tree Decoration Factory is located in the village of Klavdiievo-Tarasove, Bucha district near Kyiv and is one of the most popular New Year and Christmas locations and the oldest enterprise of this profile in Ukraine (opened in 1946). Most of the technological processes here are still carried out manually: blowing, silvering, painting, coloring.

In 2013, the Klavdiievo Christmas Tree Decoration Factory opened the first museum of Christmas tree toys from around the world in Ukraine, where private collections of toys from the USSR era, as well as modern toys, are presented.

The Christmas tree decoration factory operates from early September to late December. Tours are held from early November to late December. The tour includes: a visit to the glassblowing workshop and art studio, the museum of the history of toys and exhibitions, the fairy-tale town of Lemax, meeting the factory's chief wizard, the Saint Nicholas post office, a master class on painting a Christmas tree toy, a visit to the company's Christmas tree decoration store.

It is better to arrange a tour in advance by phone. On weekends there is a very large flow of school groups.

The Christmas Story Estate, an exhibition-shop of Christmas tree decorations and New Year's paraphernalia, opened in 2023 in the village of Petropavlivska-Borshchahivka on the western outskirts of Kyiv. During the winter holidays, the establishment invites guests to immerse themselves in Ukrainian Christmas traditions.

The estate has a large area with a Christmas tree and a whole floor of New Year's decor for the home: didukhs, candles, Christmas trees, spiders and various Christmas decorations handmade from glass, porcelain and textiles. All products can be purchased on site. The estate has a glassblowing workshop.

Visitors are offered an excursion "The Return of the Christmas Star", at the end of which a master class is held on painting a glass ball. You can also order master classes on making cotton toys, straw products, etc.

On the second floor there is a cafe offering homemade treats and hot drinks. And in the gazebo by the fireplace, Saint Nicholas is waiting for the children.

The ethnographic complex "Ukrainian village" is located on the edge of the forest near the village of Buzova in the Kyiv region.

It is a "living museum", where authentic buildings are combined with interactive attractions. The open-air exposition presents traditional residential and commercial buildings from various historical and ethnographic zones of Ukraine.

Visitors are greeted by the active church of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, from which the creation of the complex began. During the tour, you can view the authentic interiors of six ancient houses, transported from different regions of Ukraine: Hutsul region, South, Podillya, Polissya, Middle Dnipro region and Slobozhansky region. And also visit a pottery workshop, a forge and a distillery, a bakery, etc.

A mini-zoo with domestic animals: sheep, piglets, rabbits attracts special attention of children. All animals can be fed by buying feed from the gift shop. There you can buy various products made of natural materials.

For recreation, as well as holding holidays and corporate events, there are gazebos with barbecues on the pond, a dining room for 130 people, a conference hall, and a hotel. Ethno-trainings are held upon prior request.

The private factory of Christmas tree toys of the Bakun family is located near Kyiv, in the village of Lubyanka near Hostomel.

In 2007, Vasyl Bakun and his children Ihor and Kateryna established a traditional but more modern production of hand-painted glass Christmas tree balls here.

During the tour, visitors are shown various stages of toy production: blowing balls from glass tubes, silvering the balls with a solution of silver oxide, drying in special ovens, and finally, hand painting, which is done by students of art higher education institutions. Visitors can order a personal drawing or make an inscription on the ball.

The Lubyanka Christmas Tree Decorations Factory produces more than 2,000 types of Christmas tree toys, many of which can be bought in the company store at the manufacturer's price.

On the very first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 24, 2022, the factory and the village of Lubyanka were occupied by the Russians. Ihor Bakun, the son of the factory's founder, who worked as a glassblower for Christmas tree decorations and gave tours, was shot by the Russian military.

Currently, the Christmas tree decorations factory in Lubyanka does not accept tour groups. Instead, the factory organizes field workshops at schools or kindergartens.