Attractions of Zhmerynka

The Catholic Church of Saint Oleksiy in Zhmerynka was founded in 1904 at the expense of the emperor in honor of Tsarevich Oleksiy. Consecrated in 1910.

The church was made in the then fashionable neo-gothic style. It was partially destroyed in 1936.

At the end of the 20th century, the church was handed over to the faithful, the community restored its former appearance: the spire was rebuilt according to old drawings and photographs, and the interior was restored.

Zhmerynka Historical Museum is located in the former mansion of Count Dmytro Heyden in the center of Zhmerynka.

Here you can get acquainted with the history of the villages of Velyka and Mala Zhmerynka, from which the modern city originates, with the handicrafts of the region, with the history of laying the Central Railway and construction of Zhmerynka railway station and its station.

The exposition tells about the turbulent events in the history of Ukraine in the first half of the twentieth century: the Ukrainian Revolution, industrialization, collectivization, the Holodomor. A separate hall is dedicated to the events of the Second World War.

The exposition concludes with a story about the modern economic and socio-cultural development of the city and its environs.

The Zhmerynka junction railway station is one of the largest and most beautiful in Ukraine.

Built in 1899-1904 by architects Zynoviy Zhuravsky and Valeriyan Rykov. The architecture of the magnificent building combines modern and renaissance motifs (this style is called Ukrainian modern). The building is often compared to a ship heading from Odesa to Kyiv.

A small but richly decorated Royal Hall with a separate entrance to the platform (now a paid waiting room) was provided.

According to legend, after Emperor Nicholas II saw the station, the architect Zhuravsky shot himself, misinterpreting the tsar's enthusiastic exclamation: "Here you are, son of a bitch!".

In the 1920s, the headquarters of the red commander Hryhoriy Kotovskyi was temporarily located here.

During the Soviet era, the building of the Zhmerynka station lost many decorative elements, but in 2013, the restoration was completed, which returned it to its authentic appearance.

Until 2012, there was a monument to Ostap Bender on the station square, the hero of the satirical novels of Ilf and Petrov, in which Zhmerynka is mentioned as one of the "world centers of culture" (contrary to popular opinion, the more popular catchphrase is about the "last city", about which " the waves of the Atlantic Ocean crash", refers to Shepetivka).