Attractions of Volyn region

Novovolynsk Historical Museum was established recently - in 1998.

The following permanent expositions are presented in six halls: Ancient history of the city, Events of the Second World War, The beginning of formation of the city, Development of the city, Exhibition of church relics.

The funds have more than 4,000 exhibits.

The 10-meter observation tower is located in the village of Svalovychi at the confluence of the Stokhid River with the Prypyat River on the territory of the Prypyat-Stokhid National Nature Park.

The tower offers an amazing panorama of the valley of two rivers, as well as the village-museum of Svalovychi, which preserves Polissya architecture of the 19th century.

Access to the object is free.

The building of the old pharmacy was built in Lutsk by the Zlotsky family at the turn of the XVIII-XIX centuries.

The pharmacy laboratory used more than 200 species of medicinal plants to prepare medicines, ointments, tinctures and syrups.

In 1920, the extraction of artesian wells and the sale of mineral water were established here.

In 1882, Lesya Ukrayinka often bought medicines here.

The Collegium in Liubeshiv was established in the 17th century at the monastery of the Catholic Order of Piarists, founded at the expense of Prince Yan-Karol Dolsky.

In 1753-1758, the national hero of the Polish people, Tadeush Kostyushko, studied here.

In 1939, the activity of the collegium was stopped, the church of PR was destroyed.

Currently, the building of the former Collegium of  Piarists houses the education department of the local administration and the newspaper editorial office.

The estate of the Pronsky princes, who owned Berestechko since 1544, has survived only partially, in a significantly rebuilt form.

According to legend, the Pronsky Palace was connected to the Trinity Church by an underground passage.

Currently, the Berestechko psychoneurological boarding school is located on the territory of the manor and the park.

National nature park "Prypyat-Stokhid" combines all protected objects of the former Liubeshiv district in Volyn.

The total area of ​​the park is 39,315.5 hectares. Its northern border borders with Belarus. The structure of the park's land consists of: swamps - 43%, forests - 35%, shrubs - 16%, water fund - 6%.

The nature park got its name from the two rivers flowing through its territory - Prypyat and Stokhid. A characteristic feature of these rivers is the presence of dozens of branches, riverbeds, floodplains, old rivers, among which there are many swampy and sandy islands.

Forty-two species of plants listed in the Red Book of Ukraine grow in the park. There is also a rare fauna - 84 species of red book species of animals.

"Puzyna House" is the oldest residential building in Lutsk. It was built in 1545-1546. Lutsk bishop Yuriy Falchevsky.

The original two-story building with vaulted ceilings and buttresses, located right next to the entrance to the Lutsk Castle, used to adjoin the wall of the Okolny Castle with its back side.

The building got its name in the 17th century, when Bishop Opanas Puzyna lived in it. The house also belonged to the noble Volyn family of Hulevychs and the Lutsk voivode Andriy Zahorovsky.

At present, "Puzyna House" remains residential - it is occupied by several families.

The museum of the history of the village of Radovychi was opened in 2019 as one of the projects of the Amila ecopark. Located in the center of the village, opposite the village club.

In the premises of the restored village hut, there are five exhibition halls, where artifacts of the past, historical references, and documents of different years are collected. Antique household items, old photographs, unusual work tools, household and home interior items, weapons from the Second World War are presented.

The inn "Pylypove Podvirya" is located nearby.

The former manor of Prince Rinchynskyi is located at the exit from Berestechkoin the direction of Horokhiv (this place is still called Rinchyna).

Vocational and technical school No. 27 is currently located on the site of the manor. The park and the manor house, which now houses the school's library, have been preserved.

The historical and local lore museum in the town of Rozhyshche in Volyn was opened in 1977 on the initiative of local historians.

Now the museum consists of 4 departments: nature, ethnography, history and art. Valuable exhibits include the 17th-century icon "Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord" and wreaths of the same period, as well as sculptures of Catholic saints from the nearby village of Pozharka.

Separate expositions are devoted to the activities of the UPA in Volyn and the historical fate of Ukrainians deported from Poland to Ukraine in 1944-1946.

In the ethnographic department, the interior of a peasant's house of the middle of the 19th century is reproduced. 22 paintings for the art exhibition of the Rozhyshche Historical and Local History Museum were donated by an honorary resident of the city, artist Mykola Savchuk.

The Church of Saint Barbara in the village of Ostrivya on the Shatsky Lakes was founded in the 18th century. The year of construction and the founders of the temple are unknown. The date 1849 is engraved on the rafters, but according to local experts, this is the year when the church was covered with galvanized sheets bought in Poland.

In 1963, the church of Saint Barbara was closed by the Soviet authorities, and the church utensils were moved to the nearby Kazan church in the village of Pishcha.

Divine service was resumed in 1989. Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. It is an architectural monument of local importance.

The Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica was built in Zhuravnyky in the neo-Rus style in 1905 on the site of an old wooden church.

The church was founded by Count Rafayil de Bossalini, a landowner of Italian origin from the nearby village of Brany, and his wife Kateryna.

The Church of Saint Demetrius belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The wooden church of Saint George in Kutriv near Berestechko recently celebrated its 250th anniversary. The temple on the hill above the Styr River was built in 1761 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Berestechko.

During the Second World War, the bell tower was damaged.

As an architectural monument, Saint George's Church survived the Soviet times. The interior decoration has also been preserved. After the resumption of services in the 1970s, the iconostasis that was kept in Lutsk was returned to the church.

Recently, there was a threat of washing away the river bank and the collapse of the church, but thanks to the shore strengthening works, the architectural monument was saved from destruction.

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious is the oldest building in the city of Liuboml.

It was built by order of Prince Volodymyr Vasylkovych in the 13th century. At first, it resembled the Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr. The name of the Volyn architect Oleksa, who built the temple, is well-known.

The second part of the Galician-Volyn Chronicle was written here.

In the 16th century, the Saint George Church was radically rebuilt, and in the 18th century, a bell tower was added to it.

Paintings of the 19th century have been preserved.

Saint George's Church (Saint Yuriy) is a typical military church, built at the beginning of the 20th century for the 149th Black Sea Regiment quartered in Volodymyr (the so-called "Brusyliv barracks").

Similar temples were built by decision of the General Staff of the Ministry of War of the Russian Empire according to model projects approved in 1900.

In the post-war years, it was converted into an officers' house.

Today, the Church of Saint George is functioning again. Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.