Attractions of Ivano-Frankivsk region

The Catholic Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola in Kolomyia was built on the initiative of the Polish Catholic community of the city, which invited the Jesuit Fathers of the "Society of Jesus" order. In addition to missionary activity, the Jesuits were engaged in education and charity.

The construction of the temple according to the project of the Chernivtsi architect Yosyp Lyaytsner was supervised by the engineer Dioniziy Kzhychkovskyi. The church was called "man's" because most of the parishioners were wealthy people.

In Soviet times, the church premises were used as a shop. In 1990, the church of Saint Ignatius Loyola was returned to the Roman Catholic community of the city.

The majestic church of Saint Yosafat (the former church of the Virgin Mary) rises in the center of Kolomyia, next to the market square.

The parish Roman Catholic church in the baroque style was built according to the project of the famous Italian architect Bernard Meretin in 1775 (according to other sources - in 1762). Rebuilt in 1895 after a fire.

During Soviet times, the church was closed and turned into a Children's World store. In 1991, it resumed its activities as the Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Martyr Yosafat Kuntsevych.

The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the oldest wooden churches in the Carpathians, a fine example of the Hutsul school of folk wooden architecture.

Initially, the temple was part of the monastery complex, which was destroyed by the Tatars. Paintings made in 1648 have been preserved. It is located near the cemetery.

In Soviet times, the exposition of the Museum of Easter Eggs was housed here. In 1990, the Church of the Annunciation was transferred to the church community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. In 2018, the temple was returned to the Greek Catholics.

The Greek-Catholic church in the village of Staryi Uhryniv has a unique name - the Church of the Entry of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem.

The wooden temple was founded in 1820, but in 1914 it burned down from a shell, and was later rebuilt (according to some reports, in 1924).

Andriy Bandera, the father of the UPA leader Stepan Bandera, served as a priest in the Staryi Uhryniv church, as evidenced by a commemorative plaque with a bas-relief.

The wooden church of the Miracle of Saint Archangel Michael was built in the village of Yaremchy Dora in 1844 by the local craftsman Hnishik on the basis of an early church (XVIII century).

Made in Hutsul style. It is cruciform in plan with a large central square log that supports a tent-shaped roof with a pear-shaped crown.

The carved iconostasis and icons of the XVIII-XIX centuries, which have a high artistic value, have been preserved. Ornamental paintings on the walls were made at the beginning of the 20th century.

The appearance of Saint Michael's Church has been largely "modernized" with a metal coating.

From 1946 to 1990, the community of the Russian Orthodox Church worked on the basis of Saint Michael's Church. After Ukraine gained independence, the church building was returned to the Greek Catholic community.

The multi-tiered church of the Saint Prophet Illya in Yaremche was built in 1937. by local master Ivan Yavorskyi.

A classic example of Hutsul wooden architecture.

It is part of the complex of the Illynskyi Monastery of the Studites, whose patron saint is Saint Illya.

The interior has a unique iconostasis with wood-burned ornaments and carved icons.

During the Soviet period, a warehouse was arranged in the church, and later - a museum of atheism. In 1990, after Ukraine gained independence, the church of Saint Illya was returned to the Studites, who carried out restoration and restored the monastery. Now the church is active.

The Kolomyia City History Museum occupies the premises of the former county council, where the interiors of the XIX-XX centuries have been restored. During the Western Ukraine, the district military commandant Teodor Primak worked here.

The history of the city's development is presented in 18 exposition halls in documents, memorials and household items. Permanent exhibitions: "German colonies of Kolomyia", "Kolomyia and the Habsburgs", "Formation of Kolomyia at the end of the XIX - first half of the XX century", "Economy and trade of the city in the XIX-XX centuries", "From the history of the Jewish community of the city", " From the history of the Ukrainian ethnic lands of modern Poland until 1944. "

The exposition department of the Kolomyia City History Museum is the Museum of National Liberation Struggle, which opened in 2012 in the basement of the museum building. The exposition consists mainly of old photos of resistance members, which came from private collections. You can also see the clothes of rebels and political prisoners, fragments of weapons.

The Bolekhiv City History Museum named after Roman Skvoriy is located in a small old building in the central part of the city, which is an architectural monument of local importance.

The museum is named after Bolekhiv local historian Roman Skvoriy, who founded this institution in 1967 (a memorial plaque has been installed).The basis of the exposition was the collection of objects collected by Skvoriy, related to the life and social activities of the well-known resident of Bolekhiv, activist of the gender movement Nataliya Kobrynska (since 2005, this selection is presented in a separate museum of Nataliya Kobrynska).

Currently, the museum's exposition consists of six sections: "History of the Bolekhiv city", "Boykos Room", "Development of industry, education and culture in the 20-30s of the 20th century", "Second World War, victims of Nazi and Bolshevik occupation", "National and spiritual revival of our region", "The struggle of the Ukrainian people for the establishment of their statehood".

Among the exhibits: fragments of handwritten liturgical books of the 17th century, a series of photographs of sculptor Mykhaylo Chereshnevsky and Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, notes of Taras Bobrynsky with Nataliya Kobrynska's own stamp, etc.

A monument to ukrainian sich riflemen, artist, sculptor and poet Mykhaylo Havrylko was erected near the museum.

"Stanislaviv Sea" - this is what the current city lake of Ivano-Frankivsk was called when it appeared in 1955.

The history of the construction of the city lake is as follows: on the territory of the former Potocki menagerie, where the Polish nobility and local residents used to love to hunt, a number of ponds were dug back in Stalin's times, which were connected by locks to the Bystrytsia-Solotvynska river. One day, the floodgates were opened, water filled the reservoirs, and as a result, a "sea" was formed.

Currently, the city lake is one of the main recreation areas of Ivano-Frankivsk. The most romantic place is the bridge leading to the "Island of Love". There is a boat station.

The wooden Church of the Conception of John the Baptist is a monument of Hutsul architecture of the 19th century.

The church was moved to Cherhanivka in 1811 from the village of Krasnoillia. A two-story stone bell tower is nearby.

In Soviet times, the premises housed the Carpathian Nature Museum. Currently, the church is active and belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The women's monastery of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family is located on the southern outskirts of the village of Hoshiv, not far from the Hoshiv Monastery of the Basilian Fathers.

The monastery was built at the end of the 20th century near Hoshiv Yasna Hill. The main building of the monastery, two-story, with a basement floor, is made of a chapel built along the axis of the main entrance and an inner semi-enclosed courtyard, around which are located a gallery and cells. On the first floor there is a refectory with a separate entrance, a library, cells, auxiliary and technical rooms. The second floor is occupied by cells, a chapel and other premises. The built-in chapel is completed by a high tented octagonal covering, which is harmoniously combined with the dome of the temple on Yasna Hill and the surrounding landscape.

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 local lore museum in Deliatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region, is located in the old villa of the lawyer Mykola Lahodynsky, a member of the Austrian parliament. It is an asymmetric one-story building in the Austrian style, on one of the corners of which there is a two-story tower, and on the other – a small attic.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the famous Ukrainian writer Marko Cheremshyna, who worked in Lahodynsky's law office, lived here. It was he who founded the "Prosvita" society in Deliatyn, the "Ruska Kasa" and "Silsky Gospodar" organizations, participated in the development of the "Sich" society. One of the exhibition halls of the Deliatyn Museum of Local Lore is dedicated to the figure of Cheremshyna.

Also, the museum exposition highlights the history of Deliatyn and its surroundings, introduces the peculiarities of culture and lifestyle of its inhabitants. Among the exhibits are ancient icons, sculptures and paintings, ancient tools, traditional clothes. A fragment of a wooden aqueduct is presented.

The art residence "Didova Hatchyna" (Grandfather's Hut) was founded in 2015 by the family of Oleh and Daryna Lukaniuk on the site of an ancient Hutsul manor in Yavoriv, Kosiv district.

The estate is located on a polonyna (mountain meadow) above the village, one kilometer from the central street. The creators of "Didova Hatchyna" set themselves the goal of preserving the authentic way of life and culture of the Hutsul region. National holidays, creative events, workshops, lectures, and creative activities for children are held here.

From 2022, the complex also provides accommodation services in comfortable conditions.

On the basis of "Didova Hatchyna" there is a workshop of Hutsul coverlet "Gushka" and the production of bryndza (polonyna cheese) from own sheep's milk.

The "Hutsul Cheese Dairy" eco-farm in Yavoriv specializes in the production of goat cheese from the milk of Zaanen, Nubian, Alpine and Lamancha goats. This is one of the new objects of gastronomic tourism in Prykarpattia, which adheres to the principle of Slow Food.

A goat farm with a cheese factory was founded in Yavoriv by a local entrepreneur, Nazariy Vepruk. Now his herd includes more than 60 goats of four breeds. The farm produces 15 types of cheese - nine hard and six soft (parmesan, gouda, сaciotta, berghese, cheddar, suluguni, halloumi, feta, mozzarella, bryndza, vurda, ricotta and others). In 2019, a kolyba with a shop and a tasting room was opened on the farm.

For visitors, excursions of the territory and demonstration halls are conducted, where you can get acquainted with the process of transforming goat's milk into whey and various types of cheese. At the end of the tour, a tasting is held, during which you can taste the finished products of the "Hutsul Cheese Dairy" eco-farm. Honey, sour cream, blueberry jam, seeds and banoche are also served with cheese.