Attractions of Rivne district

Cultural and archaeological complex "Peresopnytsia" is a three-level constructivist building that resembles a temple.

Here is the Museum of the First Book, dedicated to the history of the creation of the Peresopnytsia Gospel, as well as a conference hall and rooms for archaeologists.

In particular, the exhibition presents a 9-kilogram facsimile copy of the Peresopnytsia Gospel and a model of the ancient Rus settlement of Peresopnytsia.

Nearby is the open-air museum complex "Prince's town": a reconstruction of a residential estate and fortifications of the 12th-13th centuries, when Peresopnytsia was the capital of a separate principality.

There is a permanent archaeological expedition in the village, which students and even tourists can join. The found rarities will complement the exposition of the First Book Museum.

The "Peresopnytsia Gospel" museum is partially adapted for people with disabilities: parking, mnemonic scheme, ramp.

Reserve "Basalt Pillars" is a geological reserve in the center of the Rivne region, a unique "architectural" work of nature.

Dense rows of polyhedron columns impress with their monumentality and geometric perfection.

Basalt pillars are an igneous rock, broken by cracks into characteristic basalt columns separately. In section, the pillars have the shape of tetrahedra or polyhedra, which makes this material convenient for the construction of paving stones. The thickness of the pillars reaches 1.2 meters, the height is up to 30 meters.

Large deposits of basalt were discovered near the village of Berestovets in the 18th century. Industrial extraction is carried out in an open manner. Some quarries are flooded, and in combination with the calm surface of the water, the basalt walls look especially beautiful.

An even more impressive quarry with basalt pillars is located in the Yanova Dolyna tract near the Bazaltove village, 15 kilometers from Berestovets. A small island, called the "Island of Love", was formed in the midst of a flooded quarry.

The road from Berestovets to Bazaltove is broken, a detour through Kostopil is recommended.

Since 1972, the reserve "Basalt Pillars" has the status of a natural monument of local importance, which is used as a recreation area.

Ostvytsya Historical Reconstruction Park was founded in 2020 on the shores of Lake Basiv Kut in Rivne, near the Basivkutsk settlement of the 11th-12th centuries.

The park bears the ancient name of the Ustya River and recreates the atmosphere of an ancient Rus settlement. Two piers, two large canopies, an entrance gate and a bridge were built on the territory of almost 2 hectares, paths were arranged, benches were installed and a model of an ancient Rus log house was built. Here you can walk on ancient boats, shoot from a traditional bow, try different crafts, touch the life, life and entertainment of the period of Ancient Rus.

An important area of ​​work of Ostvytsya is the revival and development of ancient shipbuilding. In the warm season we offer water rides on drakes, boats, boats.

The location regularly hosts a number of cultural and artistic events, mainly in the warm season, including festivals, meadow tournaments, concerts on the lake, workshops in various crafts, boat competitions and more.

The Amber Museum was opened in Rivne on the basis of the Rivne amber factory - the state enterprise "Amber of Ukraine".

The museum is located in the premises of the Rivne House of Scientists - a two-story mansion of the beginning of the 20th century in the Art Nouveau style.

Among the exhibits of the museum are pieces of amber up to 40 million years old, found at different times in the Rivne region, as well as jewelry and works of art made from it. In particular, the oldest amber product in Ukraine is exhibited - a disk-amulet approximately 2.5 thousand years old.

Stones in which ancient insects have crystallized are considered to be the decoration of the museum. A piece of wild amber weighing about 2 kilograms is presented.

The exhibits tell not only about the history of amber mining in the region, but also about the only enterprise in Ukraine that is engaged in its processing.

The Ulas Samchuk Museum is located in the same building.

The Church of the Annunciation in the early Baroque style was founded in Klevan by Yuriy Chartoriyskyi, and served as the burial place of the Chartoriyskyi princes.

During the Soviet period, the temple was closed, the building fell into serious disrepair.

Currently, the Church of the Annunciation has been returned to the Catholic community, and restoration is underway.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary arose in Ostroh as a result of the development of the Orthodox Church, founded in the 15th century by Prince Fedir Ostrozky.

In 1442, the church was transformed into the church of the Dominican monastery. In those days, it was the main Catholic church in Ostroh, which had a large parish. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the church was repeatedly rebuilt and decorated with magnificent baroque altars.

In 1897, after a big fire, the church was rebuilt again at the expense of Roman Sangushko, this time in the classicist style with the construction of a bathhouse.

After the deportation of the Poles, the church was emptied and closed, services were resumed recently.

The director of Rivne Brewery Maryan Hoda plans to open a Beer and Hop Growing Museum in Rivne.

The museum will be located in the former house of the first director of the Rivne brewery, Hersh Pisyuk, built in 1928 on the plot bordering the territory of the enterprise.

Until recently, the two-story building was occupied by the Rivne City Center for Student Youth Creativity. After the restoration, the building became part of the complex of buildings of the "Maidan Bergshloss" Historic Quarter with a hotel and a fairground.

The museum exposition will tell about the history of brewing in Volyn. The basis of the exposition is the personal collection of Maryan Hoda: beer bottles, mugs, elements of brewing equipment, historical documents and photos.

The Berezne Museum of Local Lore is located in the former house of landowner Mykhaylo Malynsky, built in 1902-1903 in the classicism style.

5 thousand exhibits tell about the history of Berezne region from the earliest times. In particular, an iron sword and an arrowhead of the XIV-XV centuries, objects of the Cossack era, are presented.

The interwar period is characterized by documents, photographs, household items, books that belonged to the destroyed Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, icons from the Roman Catholic Church.

One of the halls is dedicated to modern decorative and applied art.

The Bereznivsky State Dendrological Park was established in 1979 at the Berezne Forestry College.

Currently, about 900 species of trees and shrubs from many parts of the world grow here on an area of 30 hectares. Representatives of flora from Central Asia and the Caucasus, the Carpathians and the Crimea, North America, Siberia and the Far East, Japan and China have taken root in Polissya.

Walking paths have been laid in the park, a cascade of ponds has been built, gazebos and observation decks have been equipped. There is a separate area of ornamental plants, a birch grove (more than 40 species of birch), jasmine gardens, and a rose garden.

Excursions are conducted.

The Lutsk Tower in Ostroh was a key defensive element of the lower city, also serving as the entrance gate to Lutsk. This is one of the two surviving towers of the outer city fortifications.

Currently, the room is adapted for the exposition of the Book and Printing Museum (in 1580 Ivan Fedorov created a printing house in Ostroh, which published the first "Reading Book" and the first complete Slavic Ostroh Bible). There are also temporary exhibitions.

Saint Anthony's Church is the oldest church in the city of Korets. Founded by Prince Karol Koretsky in 1533 (according to other sources - in 1633), named after Saint Anthony of Padua.

In 1706, a new stone church in the Baroque style was built on the site of the wooden church. During the reconstruction in 1916, an additional nave was added.

During the Soviet rule, a chemical warehouse was located here.

In 1990, the church was returned to the Catholic community of Korets, consecrated in 1904 as the church of Saint Anthony.

Fragments of wall paintings have been preserved, and restoration has been carried out.

The Forest Museum near Kostopil was opened in 2011 on the basis of the Kostopil Forestry.

The exposition covers the work of each of the 16 forestries of the region. In particular, one of the stands tells about the 250-year-old Kostopil oak.

Among the exhibits of the forest museum are a stuffed animal of 50 species of birds, wild boars, martens, badgers and bison. Another exposition tells about the peculiarities of wooden architecture and life of Polishchuks.

Around the museum is the creation of a forest park with a cascade of ponds and labyrinths of forests. Lawn and flower beds were laid out, paths were equipped, gazebos for recreation and a playground with wooden figures of fairy-tale heroes were installed, a chapel was built.

There is a souvenir shop.

Built in Ostroh in the 16th century, the defensive Great Synagogue was at one time one of the largest centers of Jewish culture in Europe, with a higher school of rabbis.

It was destroyed during the War of Liberation.

After the Second World War, the Jewish community of the city was never restored, the synagogue building was used as a warehouse.

Until 2016, it was in a state of disrepair, gradually collapsing. In 2016, the restoration of the synagogue began at the expense of patrons.

Ostroh Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy is the first higher educational institution in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

It was founded in 1576 by Prince Vasyl-Kostyantyn Ostrozky and Princess Halshka Ostrozka (a memorial sign has been erected in Shevchenko Park next to the castle where the academy was originally located). The first printer Ivan Fedorov opened a printing house there in 1580, where the first "Bukvar" and the famous "Ostroh Bible" were published.

The first rector of the academy was Herasym Smotrytsky. Among the graduates are Hetman Petro Sahaydachny, the Nalyvayko brothers and others.

In 1624, after the founding of the Jesuit College in Ostroh, funding for the academy ceased, and in 1636 it was disbanded. Revived in 1994 as a state university. Today it occupies the premises of the former Capuchin monastery with the Trinity Church (1778, architects Paolo Fontana).

There is a museum of history of the National University "Ostroh Academy", excursions to the dungeon of the monastery, where crypts with burials of monks were found.

The wooden Church of the Assumption is the oldest building in Rivne. The temple in the Tyutkivskyi suburb of the city was built in 1756 at the expense of the parishioners. The church is single-domed, the iconostasis was completed in 1784.

According to legend, Ivan Honta, the leader of the Haidamac movement, prayed in the Assumption Church before the battle with the Polish nobility.

The belfry and the "chain of moral foundations" to which ungodly parishioners were chained in the 18th century for public atonement have been preserved.