Attractions of Zhytomyr region

The Catholic Church of Saint Barbara was built in Berdychiv in 1826 according to the project of the architect Antoniy Prushynskyi on the site of the old wooden church built by the Radzyvill princes in 1759.

In 1850, the famous French writer Onore de Balzak married Evelina Hanska, Countess of Verkhivnya, in the church of Saint Barbara (a memorial plaque is installed on the facade).

In addition, the church of Saint Barbara is known for the fact that in 1824-1825, while staying at the court of the Radzivill princes, the young Fryderyk Shopen played and learned to play stringed instruments in the church from Professor Zhyvniy.

Next to the church is the grotto of the Virgin Mary.

In Soviet times, the church premises were used as a gym.

Now the temple is active.

The neo-Gothic church of Saint Clare, located on the shore of a small pond in Horodkivka, can be mistaken for a medieval castle from a distance.

In the architecture of this unusual structure for Central Ukraine, a close interweaving of Romanesque and Gothic styles can be traced, emphasized by a combination of wild stone and red brick.

The initiator of the construction of the church of Saint Clare was the Polish memoirist Yevstakhiy Ivanovsky, who lived in Halayimhorodok (the former name of Horodkivka). The writer wanted to build a temple in honor of the heavenly patroness of his mother, Klara Ivanovska. He did not have time to fulfill his promise, but dying, he bequeathed it to others. In 1912, the church of Saint Clare was still built at the expense of Romuald Zhmihrodzky.

The church is an architectural monument of local importance. Today, the temple belongs to the Roman Catholic order of the Discalced Carmelites.

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.

Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Radomyshl was founded in 1864.

It was built at the same time as Volodymyrsky Cathedral in Kyiv. It was painted by students of the famous artist Viktor Vasnetsov - Pavlo Svedomskyi and Vidhelm Kotarbinskyi, as well as icon painters from Kyiv. It is assumed that the temple is partially painted based on sketches of paintings of the Kyiv Cathedral. It is possible that the Saint Nicolas Church in Radomyshl was used as a kind of creative workshop, in which artistic techniques were practiced, which were later implemented in Kyiv.

During Soviet times, a granary was built in the Saint Nicolas Church, and the bell tower was destroyed.

Currently, the Saint Nicolas Cathedral is active, restoration has been carried out.

The Saint Nicholas Church in Olevsk is an architectural monument of the 16th century.

It was built in 1596 under the Nemyrych nobles, and in 1618 it was reconstructed, as evidenced by the date on the stone cross built into the western wall of the vestibule attached to the church.

The base of the building has a simple squat shape with five helmet-shaped domes, which appeared after the reconstruction in 1864. Narrow slit windows indicate the defensive character of the building. The bell tower has a similar shape.

The iconostasis is modern, the old icons have not survived. Of particular value was the icon "Our Lady of Olevsk", which was removed from the church during the Soviet regime and kept in the Kharkiv Museum.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Vlas is located in the center of Andrushivka, opposite the central entrance to the park with the Tereshchenko Palace.

Since 1994, the service has been held at the cemetery, then at the house of parishioner Mariya Bila. In 2006, the first abbot, Father Yan Safinskyi, was appointed, who started the construction of a modern brick church in Andrushivka. Its construction was completed in 2010, but the arrangement and equipment of the shrine continued.

The white stone Savior and Transfiguration Cathedral in Ovruch was rebuilt in 1993 on the site of a church destroyed during the Soviet era.

Back in the 17th century, there was a Jesuit church here, which later became a Uniate church, and in the 19th century, it was rebuilt into an Orthodox church.

The Transfiguration Cathedral was restored in a new architectural form.

Part of the relics of Saint Macarius the Wonderworker of Kaniv are preserved in the cathedral.

The steam mill in Nova Chortoryia is a rare example of industrial architecture of the second half of the 19th century.

The five-story building was erected at the expense of Count Orzhevsky next to the old water mill on the banks of the Sluch River. On the river side, the building has 7 floors.

In Soviet times, the mill was converted into a power plant. Currently, the object belongs to "Nova Chortoryia Mlynzavod" OJSC.

Since the 18th century, the estate in Brovky Pershi belonged to the Stsybor-Rylsky family, who were distant relatives of the Ukrainian poet Maksym Rylsky.

Until the 1990s, the manor house housed a school. Now that the school has moved to a new building, the state of the estate and the park is depressing.

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 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 large, though heavily dilapidated, three-story neo-Gothic building with two towers contrasts sharply with the surrounding agricultural landscape of Chervone village.

The palace with pointed windows and other Gothic elements was built by magnate Adolf Norbert Erasm Groholsky, who owned Chervone in the 18th and 19th centuries.

At the end of the 19th century, the estate was purchased from Princess Vanda Radzyvill by the sugar factory Mykola Tereshchenko, who then sold (or transferred) it to his brother Fedir Tereshchenko, who reconstructed the palace and the neighboring sugar factory.

At the beginning of the 20th century, his son Fedir Tereshchenko Junior. opened an aircraft workshop at the factory, where in 1913 the production of airplanes for the military department was established. There is a small museum dedicated to the history of aircraft construction and the Tereshchenko family at the plant.

The palace in Chervone currently belongs to the Zhytomyr diocese of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Chervonensky Nativity Convent has been opened in it, but restoration work is not being carried out, the building continues to deteriorate.

On the territory you can see a non-working fountain, which used to be decorated with four fish. Another fountain with a unique cast-iron sculpture "Three Graces", which Tereshchenko ordered from France, is now standing on the square in front of the building of culture.