Attractions of Zhytomyr region

The Museum of Partisan Glory of Polissya was founded in 1961 in the village of Slovechne, which during the Second World War was the center of the partisan movement and the location of large partisan units.

The Slovechne Museum was created by enthusiasts by the "folk" method, and in 1962 the exhibition was opened to visitors. One of the halls is decorated in the form of a guerrilla dugout.

Guerrilla weapons, radio equipment, guerrilla press, instruments of the medical service of the "forest front", materials about punitive expeditions in the Ovruch region are presented.

In 1995, the Burned Villages Memorial Complex was opened, where the tragic events of 1942-1943 were recorded.

The People's History and Local Lore Museum of the village of Kryve in Zhytomyr region was founded in 2003 on the initiative of local historians.

The museum is located on the territory of the Kryve Gymnasium named Yosyp Yurkevych. The gymnasium bears the name of its founder, the famous doctor and public figure Yosyp Yurkevych, who was born in Kryve in 1853.

The main part of the museum exposition is also dedicated to the Yurkevych family and their friends and neighbors of the Rylskys, who lived nearby in Romanivka. In particular, personal belongings and documents handed over to the museum by the descendants of Yosyp Yurkevych are presented.

The Joseph Konrad Regional People's Museum was opened in the village of Terekhove near Berdychiv in 1987.

The museum bears the name of the outstanding English writer of Polish-Ukrainian origin Joseph Theodore Konrad Kozhenovskyi, better known as Joseph Konrad, who was born in Terekhove in 1857. Several museum rooms are dedicated to the life and work of this classic of world literature. They tell about the writer's childhood and youth, family and personal life, about his almost 20-year sea voyages. The literary work of the writer is presented.

The museum also has a local history exposition, which presents items from the Neolithic era, Trypillyan and Chernyakhiv cultures, Ukrainian antiquities, materials from the Second World War and post-war reconstruction.

The People's Museum of the Kodnia Village History was founded in 1976 and is located in the local House of Culture.

In the museum, you can learn about the history of the village of Kodnia from ancient times, get acquainted with archaeological finds, Cossack artifacts, and archival documents.

The main exhibition is devoted to the events of the "Koliivshchyna" uprising in Haydamac. As you know, after the defeat of the rebel units led by Maksym Zaliznyak and Ivan Honta by Polish and Russian troops, more than 200 Zaporozhians and Haydamaks were executed by the decision of the Polish court in Kodnia.

The exposition presents copies of documents related to the Haydamak movement in Ukraine, maps, samples of Cossack weapons, ancient tools of peasant work and life, materials about the history of Kodnia.

The Museum of Military Fortification "Pillbox (DOT) - Artillery Semi-Capon" was created on the basis of one of the fortifications of the Emilchyne Battalion Defense District (BDD) of the Korosten fortified area (KoFA), which was preserved on the outskirts of the urban-type village of Yemilchyne.

Yemilchyne BDD is a system of long-term fortifications built in 1931-1939 as part of the KoFA to cover the rear of the Novograd-Volyn fortified district located to the southwest. It consisted of 25 DOTs (pillboxes), including 6 artillery semi-caponiers built in 1938-1939, each of which was designed for two 76-millimeter cannons.

In 2010, one of the semi-caponirs, ASC No. 25, was cleared and turned into a museum dedicated to the defense of Emilchyne region in the summer of 1941 by the forces of enthusiasts. The exposition presents the remains of the equipment, weapons and military equipment of the garrison of the fortified area, a map-scheme of the KoUR and a separate Yemilchyne BDD.

Museum "Pillbox - artillery semi-capon" is a department of Yemilchyne People's Museum of Local Lore.

The Museum of Ukrainian Life "Poliska Khata" in the village of Polianka near Baranivka in Zhytomyr Region is a department of the Baranivka People's Museum of History and Local Lore.

The private ethnographic museum was founded in 2004 by a local resident, Mykola Kobylansky, after purchasing an authentic Polissya house from 1905 next to the family home. In the house, the interior of a century ago has been reproduced. The exposition consists of objects of peasant life collected in Polianka and surrounding villages, the oldest of which is about 250 years old. In particular, you can see a wooden machine for making postronks (an element of horse harness), a loom, tools for working with flax, a potter's wheel, etc. Most of the tools are in working condition, you can try to use them during the tour. An ancient collection of bricks from a local factory with stamps of various European cities is also presented. A model of a windmill is installed in the yard.

Upon prior reservation, the hosts treat visitors to traditional Polissya dishes and organize folk holidays.

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.

A picturesque lake at the site of the flooded granite quarry "High stone" (Vysoky Kamin) in the Korostyshiv district.

Many tourists note the similarity of steep rocky shores overgrown with pines and birches to the lakes and rivers of Karelia.

A great place to relax with a tent.

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.

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.

Fragments of the fortress walls and the reconstructed defense tower of the Zviahel fortress are located on the high bank of the Sluch River in the very center of the city.

The construction of the castle was started in the 16th century by Prince Kostyantyn Ostrozky on the eastern borders of his Volyn domains. In 1600, a church was built nearby (now the Palace of Culture named after Lesya Ukrayinka is in its place). The castle was destroyed in 1648 during the Liberation War of the Ukrainian people.

During Soviet times, the territory of the castle was turned into a recreation area, the reconstructed fragments of defensive structures have nothing to do with the original. The foundations of the preserved walls can be seen from the river side.

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 Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Stara Kotelnia was founded in 1783 at the expense of landowner Antoniy Prushynsky. The date and name of the founder are preserved on a stone tablet on the facade of the building.

The church is located on the ramparts of the Old Slavic settlement of Kotelnych. Made in the best traditions of the late baroque. The facade is decorated with pilasters of the Ionic order. Remains of the stone fence have been preserved.

In Soviet times, the church of Saint Anthony of Padua was closed, and has survived to this day in a very poor condition. Today, it is being revived by the efforts of the small Catholic community of Stara Kotelnia.

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.