Attractions of Chernihiv region

The building of the regimental treasury is the only preserved stone fortification structure of the Pryluky fortress, the oldest civil structure in the city.

A small tenement for storing Cossack valuables, cleynods and weapons was built near his house by the Zaporizhzhia colonel Hnat Galagan, who rose under Hetman Ivan Mazepa, and later in the service of Tsar Peter I.

The rectangular structure with walls one meter thick has deep basements. The ends are crowned with baroque pediments, the facades are decorated with pilasters.

The booty taken by the Cossacks from the campaigns was stored here: expensive weapons, clothes, money, as well as regimental flags.

Nearby is the grave of an unknown Cossack.

The Resurrection Church in Baturyn is the family tomb of the last hetman of Ukraine, Kyrylo Rozumovsky.

The temple in the style of classicism was built at the expense of Rozumovsky in 1803 at the same time as the Hetman's palace. Named in the same way as the wooden church that was located until 1708 on the territory of the Baturyn fortress.

In 1805, over the grave of the hetman, his son Oleksiy Rozumovsky installed a marble tombstone in the shape of a pyramid by the sculptor Ivan Matros. Under the bas-relief with the image of the deceased, the epitaph and family coat of arms of Rozumovsky with the motto: "To multiply glory with deeds" were engraved.

The Resurrection Church was restored and consecrated in 2009.

The Resurrection Church in Sedniv is the family tomb of the Lyzohub Cossack-senior family.

The church was built in 1690 by Yakiv Lyzohub in the Baroque style. The structure resembles Ukrainian wooden log churches. Rebuilt in 1796-1814. At the same time, a two-story belfry over the gate was added.

For centuries, representatives of the Lyzohub family were buried here. In Soviet times, the dungeon-crypts were destroyed, the mummified remains were used for anti-religious propaganda, but later one mummy, miraculously preserved in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, was returned to Sedniv and placed in a crypt.

Restoration was carried out in the 1980s. Today, the Resurrection Church is active.

Nearby is the grave of the local "non-canonized saint" Hryts Zolotyusenky, who is associated with many legends about prophecies and healings.

The Resurrection Church is located in the very center of Ichnia.

The construction of the church at the expense of the parishioners began in 1806, and after 4 years it was consecrated. The temple is cross-shaped, elongated (60 meters), with a wide middle dome. Inside - a gilded single-tiered iconostasis by master Kulahin. The walls and dome are decorated with frescoes.

In 1844, a two-story belfry was built, on which there was a bell weighing 4,272 kilograms, cast in Nizhyn.

Currently, the Church of the Resurrection belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Ripky Historical and Local Lore Museum was opened in 1985 in a one-story building with a carved wooden porch in the center of the village of Ripky.

The museum has more than 7,000 museum items. Numerous documents, photographs, household items, fragments of military weapons reflecting the most important events, the development of the economy and culture of the Ripky region are exhibited in 5 halls. The collection of Cossack pipes of the XVII-XVIII centuries attracts attention in the historical exposition.

The ethnographic and household department recreates the interior of a Ukrainian house of the end of the 19th century. A collection of ceramics by local ceramists is presented.

Contemporary events are also covered: the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident, the Revolution of Dignity, the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Saint George's Monastery was founded in 1654.

Development began in 1708, when monks from the Pochaiv monastery moved here. The Rozumovsky family was directly related to the development of the monastery. In 1741, the construction of the stone Saint George's Cathedral in the Ukrainian Baroque style began at the expense of Vira, the sister of Oleksiy and Kyrylo Rozumovsky, who married Colonel Yukhym Darahan. This is one of the best examples of a three-domed temple.

During the Second World War, the bell tower was destroyed. Until recently, there was a home for the elderly on the territory of the monastery. In 1995, the monastery was reopened, and in 1997 it was presented with an Orthodox shrine - the famous icon "I am with you and no one is against you".

You can enter the territory with pilgrims or during the service (07:00, 16:00). Maximum strictness in clothing should be observed.

The Saint Illya Church in Korop is an unusual defensive-type church that has no analogues on the Left Bank of Ukraine.

According to one of the versions, the foundation of the temple is a tower that was part of the system of city fortifications of the XV-XVI centuries. Other researchers date its construction to the second half of the 17th century, when hetman Demyan Mnohohrishny created a special hetman hundred and artillery yard in Korop.

The Saint Illya Church has powerful walls up to 2 meters thick, narrow loophole windows, a complex layout and a system of secret passages. It is possible that even then it simultaneously performed three functions: religious, military and civil. Food and ammunition were stored on the first floor, religious services were held on the second, and the third was a military one.

In the 18th century, the church-fortress was reconstructed and consecrated in honor of Saint Illya the Thunderer. According to tradition, Cossack cannons installed on the temple were fired during major holidays.

The Saint Illya Church was badly damaged during the Second World War, the upper part was dismantled. At present, the church has been handed over to the Orthodox community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, but restoration has been frozen.

This monumental stone building with a tall, slender bell tower is one of the best architectural structures in Pryluky.

Saint John's Church (Ivanivska Church) was built in 1865 in Kvashentsy (formerly a village, now a district of the city), at the intersection of Kyivska and Ivanivska streets.

The first wooden church at this place was laid in 1708 by hetman Ivan Mazepa, thanks to which it got its name, which has survived to this day, despite the fact that Mazepa was anathema by the Russian church.

The stone temple was built after a strong fire, which destroyed all the churches of the city at the end of the 18th century, except Saint Barbary Church. Currently, the Saint John's Church has been restored in its original form.

The wooden church of Saint Michael in the village of Maksym in the Chernihiv region was built in the 18th century.

It is a rather large wooden structure with one dome and an attached bell tower.

It has remained unchanged to this day.

Saint Michael's Church in Polonky was built in 1777-1779 (according to another version in 1720) at the expense of Oleksandr Shylo, the priest's son.

The influence of the wooden folk architecture of Left Bank Ukraine is very noticeable in the architecture. Initially, the temple was single-domed, then two heads were added to it above the side chambers and stucco molding was added on the facades.

This is one of the most distinctive churches of the Ukrainian Baroque era in Chernihiv Region. The relics of Saint. Dimitry, Metropolitan of Rostov, are preserved in the Saint Michael's Church. Next to the temple is a holy spring, the water from which is attributed healing properties.

Saint Nicholas Cathedral is the main temple of Nizhyn, one of the first examples of Ukrainian Baroque architecture.

The cathedral was built in 1658-1668 by Cossacks of the Nizhyn regiment at the expense of colonels Ivan and Vasyl Zolotarenk on the site of an old wooden temple. It repeats the classic techniques of Ukrainian wooden architecture in stone. A characteristic feature of the architecture of the five-domed temple is "comprehensiveness", that is, it looks the same from all sides. Inside, the carved iconostasis deserves attention.

In 1663, the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Nizhyn became the center of dramatic events associated with the "Black Council" - Ivan Bryukhovetskyi, the basket chieftain of the Zaporizhzhia Sich, was elected hetman of the Left Bank of Ukraine here, which is considered the beginning of the Ruin - the collapse of the hetman state.

According to local legend, in the same temple (still wooden) Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi married Hanna Zolotarenko, the sister of Nizhyn colonels, but in fact their wedding took place in Korsun.

In 1990, the Saint Nicholas Cathedral was restored and handed over to the religious community of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate. The Warm Church of John the Baptist (1842), which was part of the complex, was rebuilt into the House of Culture (Batyuka Streetб 16).

Monuments to Bohdan Khmelnytskyi and Mariya Zankovetska have been installed in the park.

The Saint Nicholas Church in Bilorichytsia is all that remains of the estate of Olena Volkonska-Rakhmanova, the daughter of the Decembrist Serhiy Volkonsky.

The estate belonged to her since 1873. Oleksandr Yuliyovich Yahno lived and worked in the village - an architect, artist and master of artistic ceramics. It was from his hand that all the residential and farm buildings of the manor were built in the Rakhmanov estate. The complex included a palace (1886), a wing for guests (1878), a bakery and a church (1850). The palace was destroyed during the Second World War. The church was already dismantled during the Soviet times - in 1962.

To this day, only the building of the wing for visitors, which now houses the Saint Nicholas Church, has survived. This piece of architecture combines the forms of Russian (XVII-XVIII centuries) and Ukrainian folk architecture.

The Church of Saint Nicholas in Ichnia was built in 1879 according to a typical diocesan project in the so-called modern brick style.

During Soviet times, the church building was destroyed, but the bell tower was preserved - it was used as a fire station.

Since 2007, the Saint Nicholas church-bell tower belongs to the religious community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas in Morivsk was built in the 19th century.

During the Soviet rule, the temple was closed. To this day, the Saint Nicholas Church has been preserved and is functioning again, but the recent reconstruction has completely changed its appearance, and the church has lost its historical appearance.

Saint Nicholas Church in Kozelets was built in 1781-1784 on the site of an old wooden church.

The stone single-domed Saint Nicholas Church is located in the historical center of Kozelets on the banks of the Oster River, not far from the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin. The location of the temple marks the southern border of the Kozelets fortress of the XVII-XVIII centuries.

The church has well preserved its original architectural forms in the late Baroque style, with the exception of the bathhouse, the completion of which was replaced by a spherical dome in 1811.

In 1981-1989, restoration works were carried out and the lost finish of the bath was restored. Recently, a new iconostasis was created, the basis of which was the painting of the Volodymyrsky Cathedral.

Today, the Saint Nicholas Church is a working temple.