Attractions of Zhytomyr region

Museum of Local Lore in Radomyshl was founded in 1959. It contains exhibits, documents, and photographs reflecting the daily life and political life of Radomyshl residents against the backdrop of world events of the 17th-20th centuries.

The first room presents ancient bones, tusks of a mammoth, a skull of a deer, horns of a red deer (in 1963, the site of primitive people was investigated in Radomyshl, and a monument was erected).

Then there are stands from the period of the Cossacks, Radomyshl at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the Second World War and the events of recent history.

The park "Horoshki Castle" in Khoroshiv was laid out in the 18th century on the high bank of the Irsha River on the site of the medieval castle of the Lithuanian princely family Sapieha (defensive earthen ramparts and ditches have been preserved).

The estate in Horoshki belonged to the commander Mykhaylo Kutuzov from 1796, he visited it in 1802-1805. In the 19th century, there was a palace in the center of the park that belonged to Kutuzov, and then to his descendants (it burned down in 1919).

About 60 ancient oaks have been preserved.

In the 19th century, the Tereshchenko family of industrialists bought the sugar factory in Chervonoy from the landowners Hrokholsky. They modernized the plant in accordance with advanced technologies at that time.

Fedir Tereshchenko, who was fond of aircraft construction, founded an aviation workshop at the plant. The hippodrome was used as an airfield. In 1910, seven aircraft were built on the basis of French "cases", one of which fought in the Russian army during the First World War. Ihor Sikorskyi, one of the fathers of world aviation, worked as an engineer at the enterprise, who later created the largest airplane of that time, "Illya Muromets", at the expense of Tereshchenko.

After the Soviet-Ukrainian war, the plant was nationalized, and later a museum of the enterprise was opened on the territory.

In recent years, the exposition has been supplemented with materials about the Tereshchenko family and their contribution to aircraft construction. Apply to the pass-through.

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 Agroecological University.

It is an architectural monument of local importance.

The only private observatory in Ukraine was opened in 2001 by astronomer, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Yuriy Ivashchenko in his native village of Halchyn (suburb of Andrushivka) in Zhytomyr region.

330 new small planets, called asteroids, were recorded here. Four of them received permanent names - Zhytomyr, Andrushivka, Svyatylivka and Akosipov.

The observatory is located in the village of Halchyn at the exit from Andrushivka in the direction of Chervone.

The Pulyny People's Art Museum "Pulyny Paints" was opened in 2012 on the initiative of the group of artists "Pulyny Community". It is located in the Center of Culture and Leisure of the Pulyny Settlement Council.

The basis of the exposition is the works of local artists, including Volodymyr Dzyubenko, Leonid Fesenko, Valentyn Voytenko and others.

Also, in 2023, the ethnographic exposition "Ukrainian house - guardian of the family" was opened in the Center of Culture and Leisure.

The Baranivka People's Museum of History and Local Lore is located in the premises of the Anatoly Pashkevych city cultural center.

The museum in Baranivka was opened in 1970. The main exposition is built on the materials of archaeological research of the urban areas beyond the banks of the Sluch and Dushnivka rivers. Stone tools, pottery, antique household items, clothes, shoes, furniture, stove, women's jewelry are presented.

The second exhibition highlights the fate of Baranivka residents during the Holodomor, repressions and World War II. Also in the museum you can find out how the fates of Lesya Ukrainka, Anatoliy Pashkevych, Ivan Stepanyuk and other prominent Ukrainians are connected with Baranivka.

The exhibition "Forever in our hearts" tells about the modern heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The museum premises are partially adapted for the needs of visitors with reduced mobility.

The departments of the Baranivka People's Museum of History and Local Lore are the Baranivka Porcelain Museum and the "Poliska Khata" museum in Polianka.

Berdychiv Brewery is widely known in Ukraine as a producer of quality unpasteurized beer.

The plant was built in 1861 by the Czech colonist Stanislav Chep. Since then, the technology has changed little: malt is germinated in the attic, it is poured into the boilers with plywood shovels, and the beer itself ferments in the cellars.

Now the brewery produces 13 varieties of "live" beer without preservatives: "Berdychiv hoppy", "Berdychiv lager", "Berdychiv Yuvileyne", "Berdychiv Original", "Berdychiv Carmelit", "Berdychiv Hetmanske", "Berdychiv Premium", "Stary Berdychiv". ", "Berdychiv Classic" and others.

Excursions are available by prior arrangement, during which you can see with your own eyes how beer is brewed according to the classic technology with the help of modern equipment.

The palace in the Neo-Renaissance style of the second half of the 19th century was built in Andrushivka by the sugar factory Mykola Tereshchenko on the site of the old palace of the Berzhynsky counts.

The second floor above the greenhouse, which connected the palace and the utility building, was built in 1975.

During the Soviet-Ukrainian war, the Volynrevkom was located in the palace, then the headquarters of the First Cavalry Army under the leadership of commander Semen Budyonny.

Currently, a secondary school is located in the premises of Mykola Tereshchenko's palace. Fragments of stucco decoration on the ceilings, marble stairs, and an ancient carved table have been preserved in the interiors.

The palace is located above a swan pond in the middle of an old park. Cedar and cork trees can be found among the park vegetation. A monument to Mykola Tereshchenko, opened in 2014 at the expense of local businessman Yevhen Hrynyshyn, was installed in the park.

"Chatsky's Head" in Zhytomyr is called a rock of a bizarre shape above the Teteriv River (30 meters), a geological monument of state importance.

According to legend, the Polish nobleman Chatsky, who was being pursued by the Cossacks, threw himself into the river from here. According to another version, the name is related to the surname of the founder of Kremenets Lyceum, Tadeush Chatskyi.

The rock is clearly visible from the observation deck at the dam of the Teteriv reservoir and from the hill near the Glory Monument. Opposite - the "Four Brothers" rock.

"Chatsky's Head" rock is a popular summer vacation spot for residents of Zhytomyr.

The Museum of Local Lore in Cherniakhiv was founded in 1967.

The exposition is located in six halls and tells about the nature and history of Cherniakhiv region from the Paleolithic to today. It has 6 thematic sections: "Nature", "Archaeology", "Ethnography", "Soviet period", "Second World War" and "Modern history".

The Great Choral Synagogue was built in Berdychiv in 1850 at the expense of the city's large Jewish community (up to 93% of the population was Jewish).

The Berdychiv Synagogue was one of the first choral synagogues in the Russian Empire. Its monumentality and size indicated its significant role in the life of the city community.

In 1929, the Soviet authorities turned the temple into a club, and during the German occupation it was destroyed.

After the Second World War, the surviving Jewish community of Berdychiv restored the synagogue, but in 1964, the Soviet authorities took the building again and opened a glove factory in the temple premises, which is still operating today.

The "Chornorudka" railway station was opened in 1870. The station building was probably built between 1870 and 1889.

Today it is an architectural monument of local importance.

The building of the two-class city school in Radomyshl was built in 1890-1893. The men's and women's departments of the school were staffed with children of wealthy strata of the population: merchants, breeders, and county landowners.

In 1913, the Radomyshl two-class city school was reorganized into a Higher Primary School, and after the Bolshevik coup of 1917 - into a labor school, then into a secondary school.

Currently, the building of the former city school houses the Radomyshl Lyceum No. 3. It is one of the oldest educational institutions of the district, which throughout its existence has never changed its profile and has been preserved in its original form.

The three-story commercial school building in Berdychiv is a vivid example of provincial modernism.

It was built in 1908 at the expense of Berdychiv merchants. Bricks of different texture and color are used in the decoration, which gives the building a general yellow-gray tone. Densely placed window openings provide excellent lighting.

Since 1923, pedagogical courses began to work here. Today it is the Berdychiv Pedagogical College.