Attractions of Zhytomyr region

The building was built in 1897 for the Zhytomyr Regional Court according to the project of the architect Volodymyr Bezsmertny.

Currently, it is one of the buildings of the Polissya National University.

It is an architectural monument of local importance.

Polissya nature reserve in the upper reaches of the river. Ubort protects more than 20,000 hectares of marshy forests, typical for the nature of Polissya.

The flora of the Polissya Reserve includes 604 species of higher plants, 139 species of mosses, many lichens, mushrooms and algae. 17 species are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. Rhododendron from the heather family is especially valuable.

Elk, red deer, wild boar, roe deer, muskrat, beaver, otter, wolf, fox, ferret, weasel and others are found in the forest. Sometimes a lynx and a bear are spotted.

The central estate of the Polissya Nature Reserve is located in the village of Selezivka. Tourists can visit the reserve's visitor center, where materials related to its activities are presented. A museum of sacred Drevlyan stones has been created on the territory of the manor: Stone-Throne, Ark, Stone-Love, tracer stones, Stone of the Virgin's tears, sacrificial stone.

The water mill was reconstructed (the log was brought from the resettled village of Dalety). The pagan sanctuary of the city of Nore with 12 stones, a dugout, a winter smokehouse has been restored.

In the museum "Drevlyanske selo" an ethnographic exposition is presented on the basis of a wooden Polissya hut.

Visitors are offered to live in a restored house with a real furnace, to learn about iron smelting from bog ore. A number of tourist water, pedestrian and automobile routes have been created on the outskirts of the Polissya Reserve with visits to holy springs, hundred-year-old oaks, Old Believer sanctuaries and ancient burials (stone crosses).

The postal station in Berezyna, on the 121st kilometer of the Brest-Litovsky highway, was built in 1846 according to the exemplary project of "Houses of the II class with a hotel", a characteristic feature of which is the arrow windows in the neo-Gothic style.

The original details of the porch decoration have been preserved: granite steps, patterned canopy brackets above the door.

In 1941, the postal station housed the headquarters of the German army that was advancing on Kyiv.

The historical and local lore museum in the village of Pulyny, Zhytomyr Region has been operating since 1983 in the premises of the Pulyny Lyceum. The exposition in six rooms on the first floor of the central building of the lyceum tells about the history of the village and the culture of its inhabitants.

In the section "Our region from ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century" you can learn about the appearance of Slavic tribes in Polissia, the foundation of Pulyny during the period of Kyivan Rus, Pulyny landowners, the life of the Jewish community and much more.

The pride of the museum is the "Ethnographic Light", where materials, household items, and tools used by the people of Poland during the 19th and 20th centuries are collected. Separate expositions are devoted to the history of the school and the memory of heroes of wars of different times.

Work continues on the creation of the exhibition "Pulyny German National District in 1930-1935".

The Museum of Flora and Fauna of the Radomyshl Region was opened in 1968 at the initiative of the director of the local forest and hunting industry Andriy Filipovych.

The museum is located on the territory of a small arboretum with a decorative pond, a rose garden, neat lawns and alleys.

The first hall of the museum tells about the history of the State Forestry Industry (1936). The first "Druzhba" chainsaw, photos, etc. are presented.

In the remaining three halls, flora and fauna are presented: stuffed animals of large herbivores (red deer, elk), scenes from the life of forest roe deer, a family of wild boars, wolves and a raccoon dog. Among birds, the golden eagle stands out due to its size (2-meter wingspan).

The museum has a collection of minerals and a large collection of butterflies.

A granite outcrop on the right bank of the Uzh River on the northwestern outskirts of Korosten is known as "Red Hill" or "Mal`s Hillfort".

It is a 30-meter granite rock of a red shade with vertical slopes. In the 7th-13th centuries, the main fortress of ancient Iskorosten was located on the top of the mountain, which served in the 10th century as the residence of Prince Mal of Drevlyany - one of the 4 ancient Rus hillforts near Korosten. In these places, traces of a fire and a great battle were discovered, which scientists believe are traces of the siege of Iskorosten in 946 by the Kyiv army of Princess Olha, who was avenging the death of her husband, Prince Ihor.

During the archaeological research conducted in 2004, Great Moravian silver earrings, an Arab dirham, a gold solidus of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine and other finds were found, testifying to the great trade relations of Iskorosten. They are exhibited in the local lore museum of Korosten.

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 Roman Catholic Church of Saint Anna is the oldest preserved Malyn church.

The first wooden Catholic church was built in the city in 1784 at the expense of Stanislav Kordysh. In 1869, the shrine burned down, and in 1884, through the efforts of Princess Tsetsyliya Radzyvill, a new church in the style of classicism was built in its place.

In Soviet times, it was used as one of the premises of a secondary school. In 1992, the church of Saint Anna was returned to the Catholic community of Malyn. In 2013, the major renovation of the temple began, and already in July 2017, the altar was re-consecrated.

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 stone church of Saint George in Bilylivka was built in 1826-1832 on the site of a small, older church of the same name, which was destroyed by the Mongol-Tatars.

The temple was built in the style of classicism under the direction of the architect Vasyl Syerikov, known for his works in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

Saint George's Church is an architectural monument of local importance.

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.

Saint Nicholas Cathedral, the main Orthodox church of Berdychiv, was built on the site of the wooden church of Saint Nicholas, which was built in 1748 by the efforts of the owner of the city, Varvara Zavish.

The church kept an ancient icon of Nicholas the Wonderworker, which was considered miraculous.

The stone temple in the late baroque (rococo) style was built and consecrated in 1908. The interior is richly decorated with paintings. In 1996, Berdychiv's Saint Nicholas Church received the status of a cathedral.