Attractions of Korosten district

"Drevlyanskyi" Central Park in Korosten is a well-organized recreation area on the slopes of a granite rock, on the top of which in the VIII-XIII centuries the chronicle Iskorosten was located.

A model of the wooden fortifications of the ancient city was erected on the site of the hillfort, a monument to Prince Mal of Drevlyany was erected, and a monument to Princess Olha, who, according to legend, spent the last years of her life in Iskorosten, destroyed by her, on the river bank at the foot of the rock. The deep place on the Uzh River, where, according to legend, the princess loved to bathe, is marked with the sign "Princess Olha's Bath".

On the opposite bank, there is a monument to Dobrynya Mykytovych, who is considered a native of Korosten, as well as a monument to Princess Malusha of Drevlyany and her son, the future Prince Volodymyr the Great. In 2015, opposite the central entrance to the park, a monument to Prince Volodymyr was erected (sculptors Vitaly Rozhik and Vasyl Feshchenko).

Drevlyanskyi Park is a favorite place for walks of Korosten residents.

Until 2016, the park was named after Ostrovsky.

In September, the International Derun Festival takes place here every year. At the entrance to the park, you can see a monument to the Derun.

The Museum of Partisan Glory of Polissya was founded in 1961 in the village of Slovechne, which during the Second World War was the center of the partisan movement and the location of large partisan units.

The Slovechne Museum was created by enthusiasts by the "folk" method, and in 1962 the exhibition was opened to visitors. One of the halls is decorated in the form of a guerrilla dugout.

Guerrilla weapons, radio equipment, guerrilla press, instruments of the medical service of the "forest front", materials about punitive expeditions in the Ovruch region are presented.

In 1995, the Burned Villages Memorial Complex was opened, where the tragic events of 1942-1943 were recorded.

The Saint Nicholas Church in Olevsk is an architectural monument of the 16th century.

It was built in 1596 under the Nemyrych nobles, and in 1618 it was reconstructed, as evidenced by the date on the stone cross built into the western wall of the vestibule attached to the church.

The base of the building has a simple squat shape with five helmet-shaped domes, which appeared after the reconstruction in 1864. Narrow slit windows indicate the defensive character of the building. The bell tower has a similar shape.

The iconostasis is modern, the old icons have not survived. Of particular value was the icon "Our Lady of Olevsk", which was removed from the church during the Soviet regime and kept in the Kharkiv Museum.

The white stone Savior and Transfiguration Cathedral in Ovruch was rebuilt in 1993 on the site of a church destroyed during the Soviet era.

Back in the 17th century, there was a Jesuit church here, which later became a Uniate church, and in the 19th century, it was rebuilt into an Orthodox church.

The Transfiguration Cathedral was restored in a new architectural form.

Part of the relics of Saint Macarius the Wonderworker of Kaniv are preserved in the cathedral.

A monument to the Trident, the coat of arms of Ukraine, was installed in a small square at the Korosten railway station.

It was here in 1918, in the headquarters car of the government train of the heads of the Ukrainian People's Republic, that the trident - the coat of arms of Prince Volodymyr the Great - was approved as the national emblem of the country.

The author of the trident project was the artist and architect Vasyl Krychevskyi, who was commissioned by the Chairman of the Central Council, Mykhaylo Hrushevskyi, to develop the state symbols.

The monument was built at the expense of local businessman Volodymyr Kozarenko. On the granite ceiling is a plaque with the inscription: "Here on February 12, 1918, the Small Council (Presidium of the Central Council of Ukraine) in the city of Korosten approved the trident as the coat of arms of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the basis of the modern coat of arms of Ukraine."