Attractions of Chernihiv region

Savior and Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernihiv is one of the oldest Christian churches in Ukraine, a unique example of ancient Rus architecture.

It was built for Prince Mstyslav Khorobryi, becoming his tomb. Ihor Svyatoslavovych, the hero of "A word about Ihor's campaign", is buried here.

Fragments of ancient Rus frescoes, a wonderful iconostasis of the 18th century have been preserved in the interior. Part of the collection of gold and silver church utensils of the Transfiguration Cathedral is kept in the Chernihiv Historical Museum.

Chernihiv Savior and Transfiguration Cathedral is included in the UNESCO list of cultural values.

Nearby is the archbishop's house (1780), which now houses the archive.

Since 1967, the Transfiguration Cathedral has been part of the National Architectural and Historical Reserve "Ancient Chernihiv".

The Church of the Transfiguration in the Baroque style was built on the territory of the Nizhyn suburb of Nove Misto.

The architecture uses a rare method of combining a cross volume with a three-story finish, which is traditional for the wooden temple architecture of the western regions.

In 1857, a bell tower was completed, which has not survived to this day.

In 1861, a funeral procession stopped in the church during the transportation of the body of Taras Shevchenko to Ukraine.

During the Second World War, the Germans tried unsuccessfully to blow up the temple during their retreat.

The Savior and Transfiguration Church was built in 1817 by Hryhoriy Myloradovych, who owned Liubech in the 19th century.

The classicist church is located on the market square. In Soviet times, it was used as a club, warehouses. It was completely revived only in 1992.

Today, this is the only active church in Liubech. The list of the icon of the Mother of God "Liubechska", lost during the years of atheistic persecution, is stored here.

The Savior and Transfiguration Church in Ichnia is located on the bank of a picturesque pond, where a wooden church stood as early as the 18th century.

In 1804, it burned down, and 7 years later, at the expense of the parishioners, a new stone Transfiguration Church with a bell tower and two domes was built in its place.

The wooden iconostasis was created in 1830, the icons are made in the style of Greek painting. The main shrine is a copy of the icon of the Rusty Mother of God.

The Transfiguration Church in Ichnia successfully survived the Soviet period and now belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Shestovytsia archaeological complex is located on the right bank of the Desna River in the "Korovel" tract south of the Shestovytsia village.

It consists of the Shestovytsia Hillfort on the mountain, the foothills, and a burial mound with Scandinavian burials. Most of the complex dates back to the 10th century.

The historical name of this vanished city is unknown, as it is not mentioned in the annals. Presumably, there was a fortress here that protected the southwestern approaches to Chernihiv. The oval-shaped deposits were located on a high promontory formed by the Desna and marshy lowlands. The garrison of the fortress consisted of Varangian mercenaries (Vikings), who either served in the wife of the Chernihiv prince, or controlled Chernihiv on behalf of the Kiev prince. It is also likely that it was an independent Varangian trading colony.

Excavations have been underway since 1925. Archeologists of Ukraine and Norway have recognized the Shestovytsia hillfort as one of the largest Viking settlements in Europe.

Every year in the middle of June, the International Festival of Slavic-Varyaz culture and historical fencing "Korovel" takes place on the territory of the hillfort.

The Snovsk Historical Museum was opened in 1939 as a memorial museum of Mykola Shchors in the house where the future Red Commander, whose image was heroized in Soviet literature and cinema, spent his childhood and youth.

Shchors was born in 1895 in the village of Korzhivka in Chernihiv Region (now the city of Snovsk) in the family of a railway mechanic. Currently, the exposition of the home furnishings and personal belongings of the Shchors family, located in their wooden house built in 1894, is the memorial department of the Snovsk Historical Museum and presents the life of the railway worker's family at the end of the 19th century.

In 1961, the historical department of the museum was opened in a separate building with a local history exposition from ancient times to modern history. The exposition presents objects that tell about the first human settlements on the territory of the region, folk crafts and crafts, ethnographic features of the area. The decoration of the exhibition is a collection of towels from the Snovsk district and samples of regional costumes.

The museum also exhibits archaeological finds: objects of labor, remains of ancient animals, ceramic and glass products, Cossack cradles, railway products made at medieval mines, historical and household items of the late 19th - early 20th centuries.

The museum complex of Mykola Cherep's private agro-tourism complex "Sokolyny Khutir" in Petrushivka consists of several museums: historical and ethnographic, the Museum of the History of Liberation Struggles in Chernihiv region, the open-air Museum "Time Machine", the Taras Shevchenko Art Gallery and the Mint Museum.

The historical and ethnographic museum of the estate "Sokolyny khutir" is dedicated to the history of this region from the times of Trypil culture to the Second World War. Cossack weapons, a loom of the 18th century, Ukrainian embroidery and other items of everyday life and cultural heritage of the Ukrainian people are presented.

A special place in the exhibition is devoted to the Cossack period of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, as well as Hetman Ivan Mazepa, who once owned the farm.

For entertainment, there are stables, a forge, a mini-zoo, a Cossack shooting range, summer and winter hams, a Cossack bathhouse, an aqua zone with boats and catamarans. Theatrical Cossack performances are held.

The source "Ushivska krynytsya" is located on the bank of the river Loska, the right tributary of the Desna, one kilometer from the village of Ushivka in the direction of United.

Strong sources of drinking water emerge from the ground, forming a small lake. "Ushivska krynytsya" has had the status of a hydrological monument of nature since 1964. The area of the protected area is 0.01 hectares.

The Stretenia Cathedral of the Hustynia monastery on Galaganivska Street is a notable architectural building of old Pryluky.

It was built in 1889 in honor of the fallen Russian Emperor Oleksandr II. Most of the funds for the construction were donated by the then mayor Ivan Dedin.

A rare for Ukrainian architecture, a three-nave basilica-like building with three domes (only one - the central one - has survived to our time), made of rare red brick and painted with brown paint.

From 1929 until recently, the temple housed a local history museum. Currently, the exposition has been dismantled, and work is underway to restore the temple.

The sugar factory in Parafiivka was founded in 1846 by landowner Hryhoriy Tarnovsky, who lived in the family estate in nearby Kachanivka.

In 1852, the enterprise came into operation and already in the first season of operation produced granulated sugar, molasses and pulp worth about 500,000 roubles. In the second half of the 19th century, the plant was one of the most powerful sugar processing enterprises in the Chernihiv province, which used advanced technologies at that time - steam engines.

In 1897, the Tarnovsky estate in Kachanivka together with the Parafiivka sugar factory was bought for a million rubles by the "sugar king" Pavlo Kharytonenko. In 1903-1904, the plant was completely reconstructed and expanded: new office premises, a factory village for workers were built, electric traction was installed, equipment was improved and partially replaced. In 1898, a brick factory was built specifically for the reconstruction of the factory, which is still in operation. In honor of Kharytonenko's eldest daughter, the plant was named Olenivskyi.

In March 1919, Kharytonenko's farm together with the Parafiivka sugar factory was nationalized by the Soviet authorities.

The plant in Parafiivka remained one of the leading enterprises of the Ichnyan district until recently, but since 2011 it has stopped its work.

In 2020, the new owners completely demolished the Parafiivka sugar factory - an industrial monument of the 19th century.

A monument to the People's Artist of Ukraine Tetyana Yablonska was installed on the territory of the House of Artists' Creativity "Sedniv", which has been operating for over 40 years.

The artist created many of her paintings here.

Now, every year in September, the festival of literature and arts "Sedniv Autumn" takes place here.

The Church of the Three Saints in Lemeshi, clearly visible from the highway, was built in 1755 by the Rozumovsky brothers on the grave of their father - Hryhoriy Rozum.

The architectural details of the facades of the church indicate a gradual departure from the baroque style and the predominance of classicism. In 1865, a two-story belfry was added to the church, which was connected to it by a one-story building.

On the walls of the Church of the Three Saints, a fragment of painting from the 18th-19th centuries has been preserved.

The ancient five-bathroom Transfiguration Cathedral is the main architectural landmark of Pryluky.

It was built at the beginning of the 18th century at the expense of Colonel Hnat Galagan. It was located on the territory of the Pryluky fortress, on the site of the burnt wooden Savior's Church of the middle of the 17th century.

The stone temple was built by folk craftsmen in the restrained forms of the late baroque, characteristic of Cossack temples. Reconstruction was carried out in 1834.

Inside the cathedral, its founder, Colonel Galagan, is buried in a deep crypt. The main shrine is the icon of the Sorrowful Mother of God.

Nearby is the massive two-story church-bell tower of Saint Nicholas. A monument to Saint Yoasaf of Belhorod, who was born in Pryluky, was erected between them.

The symbolic Triumphal Arch was erected in 1787 on the occasion of the passage of Empress Catherine II through Novhorod-Siverskyi.

The construction was financed by local nobles and merchants. On the pylons between the columns are placed shields with the coats of arms of ten districts of the Novhorod-Siversky Governorate.

The Triumphal Arch in Novhorod-Siverskyi is a unique memorial building of the High Classicism style on the Left Bank of Ukraine. Needs restoration.

Trostianets Arboretum is one of the most beautiful landscape parks of Ukraine. It was created in the 19th century by a representative of the ancient Hetman family, Ivan Skoropadskyi (grandson of Hetman Ivan Skoropadskyi, grandfather of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi).

The Trostianets Park project was developed by gardener Karl Schlinhlof. Artificial mountains (up to 30 meters high) reminiscent of the Alps were piled on a flat piece of land. The pits formed during the removal of soil for the mountains have been turned into ponds. At first, trees of local species were planted: pine, spruce, birch, oak. Then exotic species were planted in the artificially created landscape: Weymouth pine, Siberian spruce, Siberian cedar, black pine, hemlock, juniper and others. In total - 623 species.

Work continued until Skoropadsky's death in 1887. He is buried in the grounds of the park, the words are carved on the monument: "Any passer-by! The garden in which you walk was planted by me; it served me as a comfort in my life. If you see a disorder that leads to its destruction, then say about this to the master of the garden: you will do a good deed."

Currently, the Trostianets Arboretum is subordinate to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and tours are held.

Two outbuildings have been preserved from the complex of manor buildings, which are currently being restored to create a museum and a hotel.