Attractions of Zhytomyr region

The People's Museum of the Composer Borys Lyatoshynsky was opened in 2013 in the premises of the Zhytomyr Music School No. 1, which bears the name of this classic of Ukrainian music of the 20th century, who was born in Zhytomyr in 1894.

The exhibition contains materials about the life and work of the artist and his family, which had Polish roots. Personal belongings of the composer, family photos, archival documents are presented.

A separate exhibition is devoted to the history of the Zhytomyr Music School since 1905 and its outstanding graduates.

The monument to the memory of the participants of "Koliyivshchyna", executed in Kodnia, is erected at the exit from the village in the direction of Andrushivka.

In 1768, a mass punishment of captured Ukrainian rebels who fought against Polish rule during the Cossack-peasant uprising led by Maksym Zaliznyak and Ivan Gonta took place at this place. Russian troops suppressed the uprising together with the Poles. About 300 people were executed in Kodnia. Under the leadership of the Polish military commander Yuzef-Habriel Stempkovskyi, the rebels were beheaded, impaled, quartered.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the tragedy, a memorial monument to the participants of the "Koliyivshchyna" was erected on the Cossack mound-grave, surrounded by a dense ring of trees.

On the track, the turn is marked with the sign "Cossack grave".

The Palace in Stavky was built in the 18th century by Count Stanisłav Dunin-Vonsovych, a brigadier general of the Polish Army who participated in the Napoleonic Wars of 1812.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the premises of the palace were used as an agricultural school.

Now the building houses the exhibition hall of the Stavky Art Manor. Art and photo screenings are held here, in which famous Ukrainian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and photographers participate. Openings and creative meetings regularly take place in the halls of the palace.

The monument of Eternal Glory in honor of the soldiers who liberated Zhytomyr was installed on one of the highest points of the city and is visible from afar.

The monument is a tall massive cylindrical column carved from Zhytomyr labradorite, on which a sculptural composition is installed - a soldier of the Soviet Army, a partisan and a patriot woman. A flag flies above them. The sculptural composition is cast from bronze. The names of the units of the Soviet Army, partisan units and units, underground organizations, names of military commanders, partisan commanders, leaders of the party underground are carved on the granite pedestal. The Eternal Flame burns near the monument.

From the foot of the monument there is a wonderful view of the city, its surrounding forests, the dam that forms the Zhytomyr Reservoir.

The two-story baroque mansion on the southern outskirts of Zhytomyr belonged to Zhytomyr notary, lawyer Ivan Filipov.

Originally, the house, built in 1886, was wooden. Filipov reconstructed it in 1903, turning it into a luxurious mansion.

Currently, the building houses 3 state organizations: the Department of Justice, the Department of Culture, and the Palace of Happiness.

Filipov's mansion is an architectural monument of local importance, one of the little-known architectural gems of Zhytomyr.

The Museum of Fire Protection in Zhytomyr is located in the premises of the fire tower, which was built in 1894.

The fire tower is still in operation and is an architectural monument of local importance.

The history of the formation of the fire extinguishing system and fire equipment is presented in the museum, and a movie about the causes of fires is shown on a movie projector.

"Flat house" in Zhytomyr, which is also called "Chimera house" or "Heart-shaped house", earned such a name for its non-standard architectural solution.

The building of the middle of the 19th century is located in the historical center of Zhytomyr, on Victory Square. Its location corresponds to the pre-revolutionary radial planning of the city. Once upon a time, the house was corner, and stood on the sharp corner of the intersection. In order to make the most of the entire plot of land, the architect also had to design the house with an extremely sharp corner. Thus, when viewed from a certain angle, the illusion is created that the house has only a facade with windows, and there are no other walls - the house is flat. At the same time, the two wings of the building made it in a plan resembling the shape of a heart.

Also known are "flat houses" in Odesa and Lviv.

A large granite quarry, flooded with water, is located next to the Olevsk crushed stone plant on the outskirts of Dibrova.

The water in the quarry is incredibly transparent and has a blue tint. The reservoir is surrounded by pines and birches. Nearby is a large mountain of waste rock, which forms unusual shapes due to weathering. A beautiful view of the surrounding area opens from the top.

The Dibrova quarry is one of the favorite diving spots of Ukrainian divers. In the clear water during the dive, you can see submerged equipment - drilling machines and a transformer station at a depth of 30 meters, a "watch tower" at 12 meters, submerged trees, and more.

The house of the merchant Gerariy Gorensteyn in Radomyshl was built in 1878. Gorenstein was a merchant of the 1st guild, he owned several industrial enterprises in Radomyshl.

The house is one-story, the facade is decorated with stucco. Carved doors, a figured wrought-iron canopy above the entrance, and wrought-iron fences have been preserved.

Currently, the city polyclinic is located in the former Gorensteyn house with a later addition.

The granary in Verkhivnia was built in 1913. It is an architectural monument of local importance. A warehouse of agricultural tools of that time has been preserved nearby.

A large flooded granite quarry is located in the village of Nova Rudnia, near Tryhirya.

Picturesque shores overgrown with pine forest are surrounded by steep granite rocks.

The place is little known and sparsely populated, so far it is clean.

The Empire-style palace with antique motifs in the decor was built in Verkhivnia in 1800, according to the project of the Italian architect Blerio, by Count Vatslav Hansky, who inherited the Verkhivnia  estate from his father Yan Hansky.

The manor with a palace and outbuildings, a large landscaped park and a church-burial church was presented by the count to his young wife Evelina from the Rzhevusky family, who was considered one of the first beauties of Poland. From here, Evelina began a secret correspondence with Honore de Balzac, signing under the pseudonym "Foreigner". Soon their first meeting took place in Switzerland, but only 15 years later, when Evelina's husband died, the writer was able to come to Verkhivnia.

In Balzac's study, which has survived, on the second floor of the palace, there is a table at which he wrote "Deputy of Arcy", "Petite Bourgeois", "Theatre as it is" and the drama "The Stepmother". The interior of Balzac's bedroom has not been preserved - there are exhibited portraits of the novelist made by his contemporaries. These rooms house the Literary and Memorial Museum of Honore de Balzac.

Other premises of the palace are occupied by the Agricultural College, restoration is underway.

The synagogue in Pavoloch was built in 1772, when there was a large Jewish community in the village.

In 1993, the historical and local lore museum of the village of Pavoloch was opened in the premises of the former synagogue.

The exposition of the museum is placed on two floors in 14 halls. There are equipped halls for meetings or conferences.

The Historical Museum named after Ivan Ohiyenko in Brusyliv was founded in 1960 on public grounds in several rooms of the current office building of the "Renaissance" newspaper.

The organizer and first director of the museum was Yakiv Halaychuk. In the mid-1980s, the museum received a separate building, which it occupies to this day.

In 2009, the public museum became a department of the Zhytomyr Regional Museum of Local History and was named after a native of Brusyliv, Ivan Ohiyenko (Metropolitan Hilarion) - an outstanding scholar-historian, linguist and literary critic, poet and prose writer, editor and publisher, political scientist and theorist of canon law, public-political and church figure, translator of the Bible into the Ukrainian language. On August 21, 2010, in front of the museum, the first monument in Ukraine to Ivan Ohiyenko by the sculptor Anatoliy Burdeyny was opened.

The museum exposition is housed in two halls. One of them reflects the main stages of Ivan Ohiyenko's life and social activities. The exposition presents numerous works of Metropolitan Hilarion on the history of Ukraine, the history of the Ukrainian church, and the history of the Ukrainian language, which were published in Canada in the 1950s-1970s; a copy of the 1962 London edition of the Bible translated by Metropolitan Hilarion with a gift inscription to his daughter Lesia; photographs by Ivan Ohiyenko; family closet - dowry of Ivan Ohiyenko's wife; the interior of a Ukrainian house in the Kyiv province of the beginning of the 20th century, which helps to recreate the environment in which Ohiyenko himself lived.

The second hall presents materials that tell about the history of the Brusyliv region and the town of Brusyliv. The exposition presents a collection of solid coins (first half of the 16th century), which were found on the territory of the region; copy of "Gospel" from 1753, tools and products of Brusyliv craftsmen, household items; agricultural implements, traditional Ukrainian men's and women's clothing; photos, documents, books of famous people of Brusyliv region.

The stone Holy Ascension Church in Andrushky was built in 1850-1859. Currently, it is being restored, in particular with patronage funds of the sugar factory.