Attractions of Verkhovyna district

The private photo museum "Hutsul Multicolor" was opened in 2022 by Svitlana Opruk, a resident of the village of Verkhnii Yaseniv.

The exhibition is housed in an old Hutsul hut from 1917, which is located on a steep mountain slope above the village.

In the first room, copies of miraculous icons from various monasteries of Western Ukraine are presented.

The exposition of the second room combines an exhibition of beadwork, a collection of Hutsul household items, and a selection of old Hutsul photographs.

The third room-terrace is a photo location where you can take a picture in Hutsul clothing and taste Carpathian tea with a view of the Pysanyi Kamin rock.

The wooden Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Kryvorivnia was founded in 1719, and was rebuilt in its present form in 1818. Tempera paintings of the 19th century have been preserved.

The Church is considered one of the best examples of the Hutsul school of folk architecture. There is a legend according to which it was in this church that Oleksa Dovbush, the people's avenger and leader of the Carpathian opryshkas, met and fell in love with the girl Dzvinka, who later betrayed him.

Thanks to the efforts of the abbot of the Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin, Ivan Rybaruk, the church has been restored to its authentic appearance - now, as before, it is covered with shingles, not tin, like most of the present-day Carpathian churches.

The rock of Pysanyi Kamin (Written Stone) is a famous monument of nature, history and culture. Huge blocks of sandstone, up to 20 meters high, form a flat platform that offers a stunning view of the surrounding mountains.

The Pysanyi Kamin is an ancient pagan sanctuary where a sacred fire burned in ancient times. Many drawings (petroglyphs) and inscriptions remained on the surface of the rock over the millennia, which is where the name of the natural monument comes from.

Ivan Franko, Lesya Ukrainka, and Mykhaylo Kotsyubynskyi often visited here.

The private museum of the film "Oleksa Dovbush" in Verkhovyna was opened in 2018 by local entrepreneurs and public activists Mykola Danylyuk and Volodymyr Sumaruk.

The exposition tells about the legendary Opryshky leader Oleksa Dovbush, whose rebel unit operated in Prykarpattia in the middle of the 18th century, as well as about the shooting of the film of the same name by the Oleksandr Dovzhenko film studio, which was shot by director Viktor Ivanov in 1959 in Verkhovyna and nearby Kryvorivnia.

The exhibition presents photos and various rare items related to the shooting of the film. A special feature of the museum is the presence of a large multimedia screen, which shows fragments of the film "Oleksa Dovbush" and other films that were shot in the Carpathians.

For children in the courtyard of the museum there is a play zone "Oprishky fun", where you can compete in strength, dexterity and dexterity.

The house-museum of the film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" in the Verkhovyna village of Hlifa was opened in 2000 in the house where the director of the film Serhiy Paradzhanov lived in 1963-1964 during the filming.

Here, visitors can watch the film and get acquainted with the history of the creation of the picture.

The following expositions are active: life and work of outstanding people, ethnography and everyday life, historical and architectural heritage.

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Verkhovyna is one of the largest wooden architectural structures in Ukraine.

It was built in the 18th century. Burned down in 1944, restored in 1994.

A vivid example of Hutsul folk architecture.

Lake Brebeneskul is the highest mountain lake in Ukraine (1801 meters). The Brebeneskul River flows from here.

The glacial lake is located on the southwestern slope of the Chornohora ridge, in the valley between the Brebeneskul and Gutyn Tomnatyk mountains.

The lake is 67 meters wide and 147 meters long. The greatest depth is 3.2 meters. Lake Brebeneskul has an oval shape. The banks are steep, high, with stone screes. The water is clean and slightly mineralized, the bottom is covered with gray silt.

Popular among lovers of mountain tourism.

Cheese factory-museum "Khata-Staya" was opened in Verkhovyna in 2014. The herd is a traditional element of the estate of Hutsul shepherds, where budz cheese is made from sheep's milk.

The real hundred-year-old Hutsul house was moved by the owners from a remote village. The oldest part of the building is a room with a stove, where embroidered shirts and towels, dishes (plates, jars), carpets, etc. are collected. Here, the hosts prepare meals in the oven.

The second room "Hutsul Svitlytsia" is intended for holding master classes and tastings.

But first, visitors are offered to take part in the process of making budza in a herd, where a cauldron of milk is placed over an open hearth. After that, a tasting is held.

You can also learn to cook Hutsul dishes or take a weaving lesson here.

The "Corkscrew Museum" tasting room was opened in 2020 by collector Petro Antypov in his own yard in Verkhovyna. In his collection there are more than 600 corkscrews of various shapes and sizes – in the form of animals, birds, keys, weapons, glasses, etc.

The exhibits are hung in a large gazebo, which also serves as a tasting room. The owner personally conducts tours with stories about the history and varieties of corkscrews.

Visitors are also offered tastings of homemade wines and chacha, which the owner produces from Transcarpathian grapes. Smoked budz cheese is offered with the wine.

The grazhda-museum of the "Annychka" film in Verkhovyna was opened in 2016 in a hundred-year-old Hutsul hut, in which in 1968 the film director Borys Ivchenko shot some episodes of this famous film produced by the Dovzhenko Film Studio.

The opening of the museum took place during the film festival "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: On the trail of the "Annychka" film".

The museum premises are one of the few Hutsul grazhda preserved in the Carpathians from the beginning of the 20th century. It is a complex of a residential building and outbuildings that form an enclosed courtyard with a gate, which provides residents with the best protection from bad weather and wild animals.

The exposition reflects the life, customs and traditions of the Hutsuls, and also contains interactive elements. Presented are photos of the former owners of the barn and actors who were involved in the "Annychka" film, shoot here the footage from of the film, some items of film props.

The regional Historical and Local Lore Museum "Hutsulshchyna" in Verkhovyna was opened in 1938 thanks to the active support of the public and political figure, ethnographer-folklorist and original writer Petro Shekeryk-Donykiv.

Objects of folk life, clothes, paintings, etc. are presented.

Workshops are held, during which you can observe the process of making Hutsul carpets.

Historical and Local Lore Museum "Hutsulshchyna" is a branch of the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore.

The Ethnographic Museum of Antiquities of the Hutsul region was opened in the yard of his own house by Yaroslav Zelenchuk, an ethnographer and historian from Kryvorivnia.

In one hall, several thematic expositions are successively placed: ancient times (gathering, hunting, fishing tools), shepherding and Polonynian farming, woodworking and construction, crafts and handicrafts, samples of decorative and applied art (clothes, painted pottery, wood carvings), musical instruments (drums, violins), liberation struggle (world wars, opryshk movement).

In particular, a copy of the smoking pipe of the legendary hutsulka of Chukutykha is presented.

The Hutsul Life Museum of Vasyl Tupylyuk in Krasnyk is located on the territory of the "Krynta" guest house. In 2009, the owner of the estate recreated an exact copy of his great-grandfather's house in his neighborhood and opened a museum of traditional Hutsul culture in it in two years.

The house has an authentic setting: a working stove, a wooden bed, ancient icons on the walls. The exposition presents embroidery, ceramic and wooden products, folk instruments, national clothes. The main exhibit is the bartka (battle ax) of a 1914 Sich Riflemen.

Excursions are conducted personally by the owner of the collection, Vasyl Tupylyuk. It also offers workshops using traditional instruments and equipment: grinding corn into flour on millstones, making woolen thread using a reel, spindle, spindle and cone, making oil from flax flour in an oil press, making cheese, etc.

The Hutsul Magic Museum is located in one of the recreation complexes on the outskirts of Verkhovyna, which is considered the informal capital of the Hutsul Region.

Its purpose is to preserve the memory of the famous Carpathian healers and seers, who are called Molfars here.

The museum presents items used by Molfar magicians and which tell about ancient Hutsul magic.

The Hutsul Magic Museum also hosts workshops on making original wooden teaspoons, spinning wool threads, and mirror calligraphy.

The Literary and Memorial Museum of Ivan Franko was opened in Vasyl Yakibyuk's house, where the writer rested several times in 1906-1914.

He liked Kryvorivnia so much that he chose this village for his permanent summer vacation and came here almost every summer with his family for 12 years. Here he was visited by Lesya Ukrayinka, Hnat Khotkevych, Mykhaylo Kotsyubynsky, Mykhaylo Hrushevsky, Volodymyr Hnatyuk, Volodymyr Shukhevych and others. Already sick, Franko continued to work here, dictating the texts of his works to a local teacher.

The Literary and Memorial Museum of Ivan Franko was founded in 1960 on the initiative of the wife of the writer Hnat Khotkevych - Platonida. In the exhibition, located in 5 rooms, Franko's personal belongings are stored: a bed, a desk and a chair, a bench for guests, a clock, etc. An interesting Hutsul stove decorated with tiles made by Oleksa Bakhmatyuk (1874).

The Literary and Memorial Museum of Ivan Franko is a branch of the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore.