Attractions of Zhytomyr

The Lutheran Church in Zhytomyr was built in 1896 near the complex of the Zhytomyr Male Gymnasium.

The land for the construction of the Lutheran church was allocated for the Lutheran community of Zhytomyr by the widow of the German colonist Vilhelm Knaak. The project of the church in the style of modernized Gothic was developed by the architect Arnold Yensh.

The building is made of red brick. The architect managed to achieve excellent plasticity and harmony of architectural forms.

Daniyil Rikhter, the grandfather of the famous pianist Svyatoslav Rikhter, who was born in Zhytomyr in 1915 and lived in a small house next to the church, played the organ in the kirsha.

In Soviet times, a gym was placed in the building.

Since 1996, the church belongs to the "Christmas" Independent Church of Evangelical Baptist Christians. Restoration was carried out, Sunday school was opened. The organ has not yet been restored - it is being replaced by a mock-up.

The memorial house-museum of Academician Serhiy Korolov in Zhytomyr is a part of the Museum of Cosmonautics named after Korolov, located opposite the main building of the exhibition "Space".

The first museum in the apartment, where the future rocket scientist, a leading designer of Soviet space rockets, was born in 1907, opened in 1970. 7 years later, the memorial part was supplemented by a new exposition about the life and career of the general designer.

The museum recreates the atmosphere of the apartment in which the Korolov family lived at the beginning of the XX century. The exposition includes many materials, documents, personal belongings, which were donated to the museum by relatives and colleagues of Korolov.

Photographs, utensils, interior items belonging to the Queen's family, notes and drawings made by the genius designer, his costume and even a strand of hair from the very first haircut - all this can be seen during a tour of the museum.

The National Museum of Cosmonautics named after Serhiy Korolov was opened in 1970 in Zhytomyr, where in 1907 the future founder of the practical development of outer space was born.

The memorial part of the museum is located in a small house in which the Korolov family lived at the beginning of the 20th century. The interiors were restored according to his mother's memories.

The exposition of the space pavilion, opened in 1991, presents the originals and models of spacecraft, spacesuits and other equipment of astronauts. Among them are a technological sample of the Soyuz spacecraft, a model of the Lunokhod-2, and the original of the Soyuz-27 spacecraft, which has been in space. One of the most valuable exhibits is a capsule with the soil of the Moon, donated by NASA.

The museum actively uses modern museum technologies and innovative methods of working with the audience. In particular, during the children's excursions, a robot-assistant guide Mekkanoid is used, who recognizes voice commands, moves, jokes and even dances. In the museum you can book an interactive tour "Star Aeneas", which uses equipment such as simulators to train professional pilots. With the help of virtual reality glasses, visitors can visit the Moon or Venus.

Zhytomyr Museum of Cosmonautics provides a high level of accessibility. There is a ramp at the entrance, there are no thresholds and stairs in the exposition rooms, adapted excursions and an inclusive toilet are available.

The complex of buildings of the 19th century post office in Zhytomyr includes the main building, a hotel wing and a stable, surrounded by a fence. Taras Shevchenko stayed here in 1846.

Regular postal service between St. Petersburg, Kyiv and Radyvilov began to be established after the royal decree of 1827. In the 1840s, several postal stations were built on the route between Kyiv and Zhytomyr at a distance of about 20 kilometers from each other (several of them have survived).

All of them were built according to a typical project, the characteristic feature of which are the arrow windows in the Neo-Gothic style.

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 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 majestic 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 is richly decorated using local granite and labradorite.

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.

The Zhytomyr Regional Literary Museum is located in an ancient two-story building in the Art Nouveau style, built at the beginning of the 20th century.

The exhibition consists of four sections: French writer Honore de Balzac, Zhytomyr theater artist Ivan Shevchenko, poet-translator Borys Ten and the family of composer Mykhaylo Skorulskyi.

The ancient mansion built in the 19th century on Castle Square for the head of the Zhytomyr Catholic Diocese is called the Bishop's House in Zhytomyr.

Currently, the Zhytomyr Regional Local Lore Museum is located here, founded back in 1865, when Volyn Governor Mykhaylo Chortkov exhibited his collection of samples of 48 minerals and rocks in the public library.

Then the exhibition was supplemented by the coin collection of the leader of the Zhytomyr nobility, Symonych, materials of the Volyn Diocesan Antiquities, nationalized art collections of Counts Ilinsky-Stetsky from Romanov and Baron Ivan de Shoduar from Zhytomyr.

Currently, the funds of the Zhytomyr Museum of Local Lore include 150,000 monuments of history and culture, but the exposition presents only a small part, which relates to the historical events of the first half of the 20th century. The main exhibition space is occupied by the art department of the museum, where a unique collection of works of fine art by Italian, Dutch, French, Polish and Russian masters of the 16th-20th centuries is presented.

The historical exhibition is planned to be opened in the magistrate's house.

The building of the regional state philharmonic named after Svyatoslav Richter was built in Zhytomyr in 1858 as a city theater on the initiative of the Polish playwright and public figure Yuzef Ihnatsiy Krashevski, who was also the theater's artistic director.

At that time, the theater building was considered one of the best in Ukraine.

Currently, the Zhytomyr Philharmonic Hall is an architectural monument of local importance.

Zhytomyr State University named after Ivan Franko is located in the center of the city in a complex of buildings of the former male gymnasium.

Construction of a gymnasium for boys began in Zhytomyr in 1862. For many years, it was the largest and most authoritative educational institution not only in Zhytomyr, but also in the whole of Volyn. First, the main building was built, later two auxiliary buildings were added on the sides - for the gymnasium teachers' apartments and for the library. In front of the main entrance was a front garden with rare trees and a fountain in the center. A large garden adjoined the houses.

Until now, the complex has been completely preserved, but the educational building of the gymnasium was reconstructed after a pedagogical institute was opened in it in 1919.

Today it is Zhytomyr State University named after Ivan Franko.