Attractions of Chernihiv region

Castle Hill is a hill above the Desna River, on which an ancient Rus fortress was built in the 10th century, which later became the capital of the Novhorod-Siverskyi principality.

From the 12th century, the wooden fortress with earthen ramparts was the residence of the Olhovychi dynasty, defending the eastern borders of Kyivan Rus. The entrance was made through one gate, inside was the princely court and the stone cathedral of Arch-strategist Michael. On three sides, the baby was surrounded by the surrounding city, where the Saint Nicholas Church was built (now in its place is a wooden church of the same name from 1762).

In the second half of the 14th century, the fortress passed into the hands of Lithuanian princes, in 1503 it went to Muscovy, then to Poland, until it was recaptured by Bohdan Khmelnytskyi. In 1708, the fortress was occupied by Peter I, fortified, but soon lost its importance and was destroyed.

A monument to the legendary Boyan, the author of "The Tale of Ihor's Campaign", as well as a commemorative stone, was erected at the place of the prince's baby.

The Central Park of Culture and Recreation of Chernihiv is a popular leisure place for the citizens. Located on the banks of the Desna.

The park is home to an open-air Summer Theater, an amusement park, roller coasters, a circus, fountains, and a botanical monument of nature "Group of centuries-old oaks".

Mass cultural events and festivals are held throughout the year.

A very picturesque abandoned chalk quarry is located east of the village of Putyvsk.

The relief of the walls was formed as a result of erosion of the rock by rains and meltwater. Particularly impressive views are from the bottom of the quarry.

From the top of the nearby mountain, the quarry can be seen in its full scale, and an amazing view of the Desna River opens up.

The Chernihiv Regional Philharmonic Center of Festivals and Concert Programs is located in the former building of the Nicholas Diocesan Brotherhood.

During construction, the Oleksandr Nevsky Chapel, built in 1870, was included in the general ensemble of the building. From 1932 until the beginning of World War II, the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater of Chernihiv was located in the building.

It was burned in August 1941 during German bombing. Restored in the post-war years with a 3rd floor superstructure over the former chapel.

An example of neo-Rus style architecture, common at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Since 1964, the Philharmonic Hall has been located in the building.

The Church of the Holy Martyrs of Chernihiv Prince Michael and his Boyar Fedir is located on the banks of the Stryzhen River, on the site of the estate of the famous Colonel Pavlo Polubotko.

Before the revolution, there was a theological seminary near the church - one of the oldest educational institutions in pre-revolutionary Chernihiv. Now the buildings of the military hospital are located here.

In the world, only three churches bear the name of the holy martyrs of Chernihiv prince Mykhaylo Vsevolodovych and his boyar Fedir, who refused to bow to the Mongol idols during the invasion of Batiy and were brutally executed by the Mongols. There are such temples in Chernihiv, Moscow and a small Canadian town.

Belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The wooden church of Dmitry Rostovsky was built in Chornotychi in 1910. The temple is single-domed, with an attached bell tower. The church is well maintained and visited.

In Soviet times, it was not closed, so the rich interior decoration was preserved - at one time, church utensils and icons from the surrounding churches were brought here.

The temple with two high and three low domes has three thrones: the central throne of Dmitry Rostovskyi, the side left throne of Saint Theodosius and the side throne of the Protection of the Mother of God.

The height of the church is 35 meters.

The wooden palace of the Dolynskyi landowners in the village of Pekariv in the Chernihiv region was built in 1834 in the style of classicism. This is a rare example of wooden manor construction of the Left Bank of Ukraine, preserved from the 19th century.

The regimental osavul Hryhoriy Karpovych Dolynskyi received the village of Pekariv from hetman Kyrylo Rozumovskyi in 1762. His grandson Hryhoriy Hryhorovych Dolynskyi built a new palace on the site of his grandfather's estate. Its last resident was the landowner Sofiya Dolynska.

The two-story building is made in the style of early classicism with baroque elements. The main and park facades are decorated with four-column porticoes of the Tuscan order. The walls are decorated with wood carvings. A spiral staircase leads to the second floor.

During Soviet times, the Dolynskyi estate housed a school, thanks to which the building has survived to this day. The palace has been empty since 2001. Activists plan restoration.

The private ecopark "Dereville" was created in 2009 on the basis of a former hunting farm near the territory of the Mizhrichynskyi Regional Landscape Park. It is 380 hectares of pine forest, meadows, lakes and swamps, where about 600 wild animals live. Among them are deer, fallow deer, Indian buffalo, Scottish cows, mouflons, llamas and Przhevalsky's horses.

Guests of the ecopark are offered safaris on off-road vehicles accompanied by a gamekeeper. Visitors are taken along a special route that allows you to see dozens and even hundreds of wild animals up close in just an hour. All of them are accustomed to local transport and the presence of people, so they are allowed to get quite close, and some can even be petted.

The ecopark has a comfortable recreation area with a hotel, separate cottages and a restaurant with a wine room and a hookah bar. There is also a bathhouse with spa treatments, a beach and fishing on the lake, a mini-zoo with domestic animals and camels.

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Maherka (former suburb of Nizhyn) was built in 1775 on the site of an old wooden church as a burial place for Colonel Petro Razumovskyi at the expense of his wife.

The church is tetraconch with four apses.

In 1860, a warm church with a two-story bell tower was completed from the west, connected to the main volume by a long hall, according to the project of the Falovych county surveyor.

In Soviet times, the temple premises were used as a cinema hall and film storage. In 1991, the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross was handed over to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The original brick building of the Female Gymnasium was built according to the project of the architect Feinberg in 1912.

The gymnasium itself was opened in Novhorod-Siverskyi back in 1875. Female graduates had the right to teach in Zemstvo schools.

In 1920, a single labor school was created on the basis of the gymnasium, which was later reorganized into secondary school No. 1. The status of a gymnasium was returned to it in 1999. In 2023, the gymnasium was renamed Novhorod-Siverskyi Lyceum No. 1.

The estate of Petro Galagan in Dihtiari was built in 1825-1832 according to the project of the architect Pavlo Dubrovskyi, who was also involved in the construction of the Galagan Palace in the neighboring village of Sokyryntsi.

The central two-story building is connected to the two wings by arched passages. The park is laid out under the leadership of gardener Yohann Bisterfeld. The huge manor house with a wonderful garden and huge greenhouses was called one of the best manors of the Chernihiv region.

After Galagan's death in 1876, according to his will, the estate was transferred to the Poltava Provincial Zemstvo for the establishment of an educational institution. In 1877-1882, the architect Fedir Verbytsky rebuilt the palace to organize a Zemstvo craft school in it, and the palace building retains this profile to this day. In particular, after the Second World War, a vocational school was opened in the palace of the Galagan manor in Dihtiari. Today it is the Dihtiari Vocational Agrarian Lyceum, which houses the ethnographic museum of Ukrainian life "Berehinya" with 5 exhibition sections.

The majestic palace and park complex in Sokyryntsi was created in the early 19th century by Pavlo Galagan, designed by architect Pavlo Dubrovsky and gardener Iohann Ernst Bisterfeld.

The age-old oak grove has been transformed into a beautiful park with a lake, lawns and alleys. The park has a rotunda, a Gothic bridge, an antique gazebo.

The Empire-style palace with 60 enfilades is connected to two two-storey outbuildings. At the end of the 19th century, the estate was owned by Hryhoriy Galagan, the last representative of the nobility, a public figure and a patron. He gathered a rich art collection in the palace, which he later donated to the Chernihiv Museum.

Galagan assisted the local kobzar Ostap Veresay, Taras Shevchenko, Panteleymon Kulish, Pavlo Chubynsky visited him.

Now the palace is occupied by an agricultural lyceum, a room-museum of Veresay is opened, a monument is installed in the yard.

Excursions should be booked in advance.

The stone bridge in the Gothic style is one of the few surviving small architectural forms of the Sokyryntsi palace and park complex.

It was built according to the project of the architect Pavlo Dubrovsky together with the rest of the objects of the complex before 1830. The bridge is three-arched, with pointed arches and four three-tiered pylons.

It has remained in ruins to this day.

The complex of religious and civil buildings of the Greek community of Nizhyn is located to the left of the Saint Nicholas Cathedral.

The Greek churches of All Saints (1782), Saint Michael (1719-1729) and Trinity (1733) are located next to each other here. All three churches have been restored, services are held.

Next to them are the buildings of the former Greek Magistrate (1785), the Oleksandrivskyi College (1817) and the Women's Gymnasium (19th century). Opposite the bazaar is the oldest pharmacy in the city, founded in 1777 by a retired doctor of the Izyum hussar regiment, a Greek from Nizhyn Mykhaylo Lihda (active).

Many other public and residential buildings of the community have survived in the Greek Quarter of Nizhyn, some of which still bear inscriptions in Greek.

The "Avangard" health center in Desnianske was founded in the 1970s as a collective farm worker's house.

In the late 1990s, the recreation complex was completely reconstructed. A neo-baroque palace was built instead of the old building. Halls for solemn events are located on the first floor, and recreation rooms are located on the second floor. During his visits to Chernihiv Region, the President of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, stayed here several times, thanks to which the informal name "Kuchma`s Dacha " was fixed behind the palace.

The gazebo on the high bank of the Desna offers a wonderful view of the river, flooded meadows and forests of the Mezyn National Nature Park.