Attractions of Boryslav

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Boryslav was built in 1929.

It is located at the exit from the city in the direction of Skhidnytsia (then it was the village of Mraznytsia).

The temple, according to the project of architects Serhiy Tymoshenko and Oleksandr Pezhanskyi, is built on a high plinth made of Ternopil stone, the floor is paved with Czech tiles, the main throne is made of white Carrara marble. The church is decorated with four entrance columns made of white stone, the domes of the church are covered with copper sheet. Artistic stained glass windows were executed by the famous impressionist artist Petro Kholodnyi under the supervision of the poet and artist Bohdan Lepkyi.

In 1962, the Church of the Assumption in Boryslav was closed by the Soviet authorities.

Reborn in 1991 as Greek Catholic.

The Boryslav History and Local Lore Museum was founded in 1987 on the initiative of the local local historian Mykola Kryzhanovsky.

It is located in the building of the former department of the NKVD, where victims of repression were shot during the establishment of Soviet power in the region.

The museum's funds include more than 5,000 exhibits. Minerals, flora and fauna of Prykarpattya are presented in the nature department.

The most interesting exhibits of the historical department: fragments of an ancient Rus bracelet and a silver hryvnia, a wooden grain barrel made of solid wood, a fire pump of the end of the 19th century, tools and personal belongings of oil miners, a painting by the German artist Romuald Volkel "Old Boryslav" (1918).

Paintings by modern artists are exhibited.

The pharmacy-museum of the world-famous inventor of industrial oil refining Johann Zeg opened in 2021 in the city park of culture and recreation of Boryslav, is still a leading center of the oil industry of Galicia. Here is one of the largest deposits of ozokerite, ie mountain paraffin, which has medicinal properties.

The exposition of the museum acquaints visitors with the history of Galician pharmaceuticals, experiments on oil distillation, extraction and use of ozokerite, prominent figures of Boryslav and the life of Johann Zeg.

In particular, a model of a distiller is presented - a device for dividing oil into fractions, as well as a collection of pharmacy bars and kerosene lamps of different eras.

The wooden church of John the Baptist in Boryslav was built in 1879.

Previously, the wooden church of the Resurrection, which has been known since the 15th century, stood on this place.

The church is cruciform in plan, one-story, surrounded by a canopy. In the lower part, the original beams of the log house are visible (the rest of the walls are covered with wooden lining). The wooden iconostasis of the 19th century has been preserved in the interior.

There is an old three-tiered wooden bell tower nearby, as well as a new stone one. To the left of the entrance gate is a tall monument to John the Baptist, covered with a roof on columns.

The Museum of the History of Oil, Ozokerite and Gas Processing Industry was founded in Boryslav in 1972 at the Palace of Culture of Oil Workers.

In 2003, the updated exposition was opened in the administrative building of Boryslavnaftogaz NSU (5th floor). The exposition of the museum room acquaints visitors with the history of the development of Boryslav oil production - the oldest oil industry in Ukraine.

The museum presents work tools, industrial equipment, samples of raw materials and products, household items, numismatic materials (coins, medals, orders, badges), photos of old Boryslav.

An interesting collection of kerosene and oil lamps, working models of drilling rigs.

The Greek Catholic Church of Saint Anna on Volyanka Street in Boryslav was built in 1900 and consecrated in 1902 as the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Barbara.

The temple is made of brick with the use of natural stone in the neo-Gothic style with elements of the neo-Romanesque style. The height with the cross is 37 meters. The perimeter of the walls is supported by buttresses.

The temple is decorated with large windows with figured stained glass. The main altar houses the image of Saint Barbara by the famous artist and sculptor Anton Popel. In 1930-1931, the church was painted by masters under the direction of the Kraków artist Antoniy Protsaylovych.

In 1963, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities, and in 1989 it was opened as the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Anna.

Now it is a unique pilgrimage center where the relics of more than 500 saints are kept. They were collected from all over the world by the abbot of the temple, Father Roman. On major holidays, you can see a reliquary in which 54 relics related to the life and death of Jesus Christ are collected. It is believed that the relics of saints can cure all diseases. Many cases of recovery of incurable patients have already been recorded.