Attractions of Volyn region

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.

The Church of the Holy Holy Martyr Yosafat was built in Volodymyr in 1890 as a Lutheran church for the city's German community. The pastor's house is located nearby.

After the Second World War, the church was turned into a chemical warehouse, then a sports hall.

Today it is the Greek Catholic church and monastery of Saint Yosafat Kuntsevych.

The Church of Saint Archangel Michael in Kysylyn was built in 1777 on the site of the wooden church of the same name, known since 1645.

According to one version, the temple was originally an Arian temple, which led to its uncharacteristic squat architecture in the Baroque style. The walls of the building are sometimes more than one and a half meters thick. Above the intersection rises a two-level tower on a wide base, crowned with a decorative spire. The facade has a rich architectural decoration. Icons of the 17th century were preserved in the iconostasis of 1905. The building is surrounded by a brick fence with a massive belfry of an unusual shape.

Now the Saint Michael Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

Saint Nicholas Church was built in Volodymyr in 1780 as a Greek Catholic chapel of Saint Yosafat Kuntsevych. It was on this spot that Kuntsevych's parents' house stood.

The small temple was built in the style of early classicism. The main facade is topped with a pediment.

In 1800, the chapel was handed over to the Orthodox Church and consecrated as the Church of Saint Nicholas.

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva was built in Lukiv in 1723 at the expense of Count Petro-Mikhaylo Mönchynskyi.

It has a high gable roof with a small spire tower. The pediments are bordered by small obelisks. The side facades are decorated with pilasters and semicircular windows. There is a wooden bell tower nearby.

An example of naive painting of the 18th century has been preserved in the interior. This is an icon depicting Saint George on a disproportionately small horse.

In 1839, the Greek Catholic church was handed over to the Orthodox Church. Now it belongs to the Volodymyr Eparchy of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Saint Volodymyr's Chapel at the beginning of Soborna Street in Volodymyr was built in the Rus-Byzantine style. Opened in 1888 for the 900th anniversary of Orthodoxy in Rus.

The chapel, quadrangular in plan, has an octagonal finish with arches in the form of kokoshniks. The dome resembles the helmet of an ancient Rus warrior.

The Church of Saints Anna and Stanislav the Bishop was built in Lukiv in the Renaissance style in 1595 at the expense of Stanislav Matseyovsky.

In 1708, during the attack of the Swedes, the temple was almost completely destroyed.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the church was restored with the assistance of the Volyn voivode, Atanaziy Monchynsky.

After the partition of Poland, the church was confiscated by the Russian tsarist government and handed over to the Orthodox Church as the Church of the Assumption.

After the Second World War, the Assumption Church was closed by the Soviet authorities and turned into a granary.

Currently, this is an active church in honor of Saint Anna of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Museum of Science, Technology and Industrial Design (Museum of Technical Progress) opened in 2018 in the premises of the Adrenaline City Cultural and Entertainment Center on the northeastern outskirts of Lutsk, next to the Korsaks Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art.

The exposition acquaints visitors with the development of science and technology from the simplest devices of primitive times to the present.

The Museum of Science and Technology has 18 departments: music, architecture and design, light and optical, physico-chemical, military, medical, gaming, history of technological progress, physics and mechanics and others.

The Museum of Industrial Design presents examples of mass production at the intersection of art and technology. In particular, there are collections of watches, cameras, radio equipment, gramophones, tape recorders, telephones, computers. Among the interesting - a section of 3D puzzles from the famous Ukrainian toy manufacturer UGEARS.

All the exhibits can be touched with your hands.

Stara Vyzhivka Museum of Local Lore is located in the old post office building, built in the middle of the XX century.

The funds have almost 4,000 exhibits. Stuffed animals are presented in the natural department.

The ethnographic collection includes an old fan, a loom, embroidered shirts, barrels made of straw and willow, skeins and other household items.

The history of firefighting is reflected in exhibits of both Ukrainian and Polish origin: pump, fire helmets, firefighters' clothes.

The historical department presents archeological finds, cold steel weapons, fragments of pottery, and ornaments.

The State Historical and Cultural Reserve in the City of Lutsk was established in 1985 as the Historical and Cultural Reserve "Old Lutsk" to mark the 900th anniversary of the first mention of Lutsk in the Hypatian Codex. It includes 125 objects, including 19 architectural monuments of national importance and 8 museums, which are compactly located on 41 hectares in the historical center of the city.

The main object of the reserve is the complex of the Upper Castle of Lutsk of the XIV-XV centuries, consisting of the Entrance, Vladycha and Styrova towers, connected by brick walls. In the premises of the castle you can visit several separate museums and exhibitions. Its territory often becomes a venue for various festivals and holidays.

The architectural monuments of the reserve reflect the significant multi-ethnicity and multi-religious nature of the population of Lutsk. The leading place is occupied by religious complexes related to Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, Judaism.

The administration of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve in the city of Lutsk is located in the Kosachs House, where the "Lesya's Living Room" Museum also operates. Here you can book excursions to the territory of the old city and to the dungeons of the Peter and Paul Cathedral.

In the courtyard of the reserve in 2025, the "Sculpture Garden" opened with an exhibition by sculptor Mykola Holovan.

The main objects of the Lutsk Historical and Cultural Reserve:
- Lutsk Castle of Lubart with the Books Museum and the Bells Museum;
- Holy Apostles Peter and Paul Cathedral;
- Kosachs House with the Lesya's Living Room Museum;
- Lutheran Church;
- Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross;
- Great Synagogue;
- Sculptor Holovan's House;
- Pharmacy Museum.

The Straw-making Museum "Straw Miracle" in the village of Kupychiv, Volyn was opened in 2008 as part of the All-Ukrainian creative laboratory of straw art masters "Straw Bull" on the initiative of folk craftswoman Maria Kravchuk. The exhibition is located in the premises of the Kupychiv Lyceum.

The exhibition sections reflect the history of straw weaving, types of weaving, stages of creativity of Maria Kravchuk and members of the studio "Zhytechko", which she manages. Various straw products are presented, including Christmas grandfathers, spiders, dolls, etc. Wheat, barley, rye, millet and other types of straw were used for their manufacture.

Also, the lyceum operates museums of the history of the village of Kupychiv and the history of the development of the school.

The Ukrainian Svitlytsia Museum in the House of Culture of the village of Berezhanka in Volyn was equipped in 2018 by the director of the institution, Oksana Makarenko. A small ethnographic exposition currently occupies only one room.

The basis of the exposition is a collection of embroidered paintings, towels and shirts collected by the founder of the museum. Many of them were embroidered by Berezhanka craftsmen over half a century ago.

Also presented are ancient household items: jugs, makitras, pots, a mortar, a spinning wheel, a ruble, a butter churn, etc. All of these items were brought to the museum by local residents. Some of the exhibits are over 100 years old.

Torchyn People's History Museum bears the name of its founder - historian and local historian Hryhoriy Hurtovy.

This is the oldest museum in Volyn, which began to operate on a public basis - since 1957. The museum's holdings include more than 10,000 showpieces related to the history of Torchyn and the Volyn lands.

The local historian personally collected most of them in the surrounding villages. Among them are flint tools, a coin treasure of the beginning of the 16th century, Cossack weapons (in particular, an original mortar gun), fragments of ammunition of the soldiers of the two world wars, and a large ethnographic collection. A wardrobe and a mirror from the residence of the famous Polish writer Józef Ignacy Krashewski in nearby Horodok deserve special attention.

In 2009, the Torchyn Historical Museum named after Hryhoriy Hurtovyi took first place at the All-Ukrainian Museum Competition in the "History of the Native Territory" category.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Manevychi was built in 1933-1937. Before that, a wooden chapel near the station served as a parish church.

The construction of the new church was financed by the parishioners, the priest Boleslav Yastshembsky supervised the construction.

In 1943, the Transfiguration Church was closed by the decision of the Soviet authorities, and the premises began to be used as a warehouse for mineral salt.

In 1992, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord was returned to the Catholic community of Manevychi, restoration is ongoing.