Attractions of Zhytomyr district

The Romanivka Literary and Memorial Museum-Manor of the Rylsky Family in Zhytomyr region is located in the village of Romanivka, which now belongs to the Kvitneve village hromada.

Since the middle of the 19th century, the Rylsky family of Ukrainian cultural and public figures lived here. Having purchased Romanivka in 1844, the marshal of the Skvyra nobility, Teodor Rylsky, established a family estate here and built a manor house. Among his descendants, ethnographer and economist Tadey Rylsky, teacher and translator Ivan Rylsky, poet and linguist Maksym Rylsky owned the Romaniv estate.

During the Soviet rule, the Rylsky manor house housed a school where Maksym Rylsky taught in 1921-1923. Back in 1965, a museum room was created at the school, and in 1991, a literary and memorial museum was opened. The interior of Rylsky's room is partially reproduced, memorial items, books, photographs and documents are exhibited, the interior of the classroom of the old village school is presented.

In the park part of the manor museum, there is a bust of Maksym Rylsky.

Every year in May, the literary and artistic festival "Romanian Spring" is held on the territory of the museum.

The Historical and Local Lore Museum of the village of Ryzhany in Zhytomyr region was founded in 1987.

The main museum exhibition in three halls is located in the premises of the Ryzhany Lyceum. In particular, archaeological finds from the nearby village of Kropyvenka, materials about the foundation and development of the village of Ryzhany, historical photos, old land deeds, and household items of Polishuks are presented.

In a separate hall, there is the "Flax Museum", which introduces the process of creating linen cloth and Polishuks embroidery, as well as the history of the local Volodarsk-Volynsky flax factory.

A subdivision of the Museum of History and Local Lore is also the "Museum of the Polishuks Rushnyk", opened in 2015 in the nearby premises of the Ryzhany Club. More than 130 original embroidered linen towels, traditional clothes of the Polishuks, agricultural objects are presented here.

The Dominican monastery was founded in Liubar in 1634. At the same time, Prince Stanislav Lubomyrsky built the first Dominican church.

In the middle of the 17th century, the temple was destroyed by the Cossacks during the War of Liberation. In 1752, it was rebuilt again by Frantsishek Ferdynand Lubomyrsky, it was consecrated in the name of Saints Michael and Yan Nepomuk.

In 1864, the Dominican monastery was closed, the church became a parish church. During the Soviet rule, the temple was also closed.

Today it is an active church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Dominic. Restoration is underway.

The well-preserved school building of the Saint George Basilian Monastery in Liubar was built in 1775.

It was part of the complex of Saint George's Monastery, which was founded in 1666 as a Jesuit Greek-Catholic monastery (according to other data, in 1604 as an Orthodox monastery). Since 1752, a school has been operating at the monastery, with 450 children studying in six classes. After the Jesuit order was dissolved, the monastery and school became Basilian.

The school building is in the baroque style, brick, two-story, with a figured pediment. The walls of the building are reinforced with buttresses.

The premises of the school are still used for their intended purpose - the Liubar Vocational Lyceum is located here.

The Seminary Church of Saint John of Dukla in Zhytomyr is an architectural monument of national importance.

Located close to the central square of the city.

The building in the neoclassical style was built in 1838-1842 as the church of the Lutsk-Zhytomyr Theological Seminary instead of the burned down church of the Franciscan monastery founded in 1763.

Until 1917, a theological seminary was located in the monastery building, and during the Soviet regime - the Military Commissariat.

In 1992, the church of Saint John was returned to the Franciscan fathers, consecrated in 1997. The monastery is active.

Saint Michael's Cathedral in Zhytomyr is considered an architectural landmark of the 19th century, it is one of the oldest stone religious buildings in the city.

It was built at the expense of Zhytomyr merchant Mykhaylo Khabotin, who was later buried under the altar part of the church.

The famous pianist Svyatoslav Richter was baptized here.

Until 1927, Saint Michael's Church operated as a temple of the Ukrainian autocephalous Orthodox community, then it was closed. In Soviet times, the "Znannya" society and a puppet theater were located here.

Today it is an active church of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. In 1991, restoration began. There is an Orthodox Sunday school at the cathedral.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas in the village of Soloviivka was built in 1789. In 2010, the belfry, dismantled during the Soviet regime, was restored by the efforts of the village community.

On August 20, 2020, a fire broke out in the Saint Nicholas Church, as a result of which the church burned down completely.

Two statues of the apostles Luke and Mark from this church are now in the Kyiv National Art Museum.

Currently, the reconstruction of the Saint Nicholas Church is underway.

The Roman Catholic parish of Saint Wenceslas was organized in 1907 by the inhabitants of the villages of Kroshnya Cheska and Kroshnya Ruska (present-day Kroshnyansky district of Zhytomyr), mainly Czechs and Poles.

Andrii Arshenevsky allocated the land for the construction of the church. In 1908, the church of St. Wenceslas was built.

During the Soviet rule, the temple was closed, a club was placed in the church building, then a library, and since 1960 - the Zhytomyr food processing plant of the regional consumer cooperative.

The parish of Saint Wenceslas was revived in 2001 thanks to the abbot Father Ludwik Kamilewski, and in 2002 the church was returned to the faithful. The chapel and adjacent buildings were reconstructed, the roof of the main building was covered, the tower and the facade of the church were rebuilt. A commemorative sign in the form of a cross was installed on the landscaped territory of the church on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the parish.

The majestic Savior Transfiguration Cathedral is considered a symbol of the city of Zhytomyr, one of the largest Orthodox churches in Ukraine.

It was built in 1866-1874 by the architect Karl Rahau as the main Orthodox church in Volyn on the site of the Basilian Church. Made in Byzantine-Rus style with characteristic features of Ancient Rus architecture of the 11th-12th centuries. The height of the towers reaches 53 meters.

The interior of the Transfiguration Cathedral is richly decorated using local granite and labradorite.

The palace and park complex in Ivnytsia was founded in the middle of the 18th century by the nobleman Yozef Chernetsky. The 14-hectare landscape park with a cascade of ponds is located on the left bank of the Ivyanka River. There was also a two-story palace.

In 1814, the estate in Ivnytsia was purchased by Baron Yozef de Shoduar. His son Stanislav began to collect a rich library and art gallery in the palace. The collection was continued by his grandson Ivan de Shoduar, who later moved to Zhytomyr. Then the collection of Shoduars' paintings formed the basis of the Zhytomyr Art Gallery.

The last owner of the Ivnytsia estate was the sugar factory Mykola Tereshchenko.

On the territory of Ivnytsia Park, fragments of the entrance gate, stylized watchtowers and one of the farm buildings have been preserved. About 45 species of trees and shrubs grow in the park, among which ash, spruce, linden, maple and elm predominate. The age of many trees exceeds two centuries.

The Stavky comprehensive school was founded in 1895 as a one-class public school by patroness Olha Vanhenheym, a relative of the landowner Vasyl Pikhno, who owned an estate in Stavky. In 1903-1904, the philanthropist built a new school with her own funds, already two-class, with six-year education, which she handed over to the district zemstvo. Vanhenheym herself worked at the school as a teacher.

The two-story wooden building of the school has been completely preserved. It houses the Stavky comprehensive school of grades I-III. A memorial plaque was installed.

The only museum in Ukraine of the outstanding Ukrainian pianist Svyatoslav Richter was opened in 2015 in the premises of the Zhytomyr Music School No. 2, which also bears the name of Svyatoslav Richter.

Since 1930, the music school has been located in a historic building on the corner of Ivan Franko and Svyatoslav Richter streets, erected in 1904 as a profit building. Composer Oleksandr Bilash and conductor Vadym Hnedash studied here, many cultural figures performed here, including the world-famous pianist Svyatoslav Richter.

For the 100th anniversary of the musician's birthday, the "Svyatoslav Richter Memorial Room" museum was opened, which has been named after the musician since 2018. The exposition presents archival documents, photographs and personal belongings of the musician. Richter's painting works are also exhibited, in particular the oil painting "In the country". The permanent exhibition "The World Through the Eyes of Svyatoslav Richter" is open, where almost 50 photos taken by him personally are presented.

The Vchelka waterfall on the Hnylopyat river is a cascade of three ledges with a total height of 10 meters and a length of 60-80 meters.

The waterfall is of artificial origin. It appeared in the middle of the 20th century during the creation of a tank training ground as a result of blocking the riverbed with stone blocks as a dam for a reservoir.

Above the stream is the 30-meter rock of Krashevsky.

The Velyki Korovyntsi Local Lore Museum of the Chudniv City Council was founded in 1961 by the efforts of teachers and students of the local school.

His exposition tells about the past and present of Velyki Korovyntsi.

A separate exposition is dedicated to the family of Ukrainian industrialists and patrons of Tereshchenko, to whom the village belonged since 1870. Fedir Tereshchenko built a sugar factory, a hospital, two schools, a church, a railway station and other infrastructure facilities.

The Zhytomyr Literary and Memorial Museum of Volodymyr Korolenko was opened for the 120th anniversary of the outstanding writer and public figure in the building where he spent his childhood and youth.

Korolenko became famous as an active member of the populist movement and the author of many literary works, the most famous of which are: "The Forest is Roaring", "Blind Musician", "In a Bad Society", "Doomsday", "Speechless", "Children of the Dungeon".

The exposition is arranged in seven halls according to the chronological principle, and includes 10,000 exhibits: personal belongings, lifetime editions of Korolenko and contemporary writers, works of graphics, painting, sculpture, and applied art.