Attractions of Rivne district

The massive body of cells of the former Resurrection Monastery stands on a hill in the center of Korets, opposite the Saint Nicholas Church.

It was founded by Prince Bohush Koretsky in 1571 as an Orthodox monastery on the site of an older monastery. The current monastery complex in the late Baroque style was built in 1754-1767 by the Basilian Fathers (according to other sources, by the Franciscans).

Today it is the Resurrection Hermitage of the Holy Trinity Korets Monastery with the Church of the Resurrection of Christ.

The Derman Gymnasium building was built in 1912-1913 for the Saint Fedir Teacher's Seminary, which was transferred to Derman in 1906 from Zhytomyr under the care of the Derman Monastery.

The gymnasium was opened here during the Polish period, and during the Soviet times it was a secondary school. In 1917-1920, the famous Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk studied in a four-grade school at the Derman Seminary. The gymnasium now houses a museum of Samchuk, in which, in particular, some of his personal belongings are presented: glasses, a cane, and a pen.

In addition, there is a room-museum of the poet Borys Ten, who was also born in Derman.

The Eco Farm AlpacaHome (Fluffy Farm) in Horodyshche near Rivne opened for visitors in 2024. It is located on the banks of a large pond 10 kilometers from the city center.

About three dozen South American alpacas now live on the farm. They are accompanied by pygmy goats, sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs and peacocks.

During a visit to the farm, visitors are in the same territory with alpacas, which are completely non-aggressive. You can directly contact the animals, feed them with special food, take pictures with them.

On the territory there are places for relaxation with gazebos, tables, hammocks, canopies, deckchairs.

The price of the visit includes an excursion and a portion of feed for the animals. Pre-registration is required to visit.

The School Ethnographic Museum "Berehynya" was created at the Bila Krynytsia lyceum in 1991. Since 1995, the museum has had the status of "People's Museum".

In the center of the exposition is a panorama of the village with picturesque landscapes. The interior of a traditional Ukrainian home has been recreated: a stove, benches, a table, a chest, a icons, a cradle, a shrine, shelves, basins with dishes, towels, samples of Ukrainian national clothing.

A prominent place among the museum's expositions is occupied by tools used by peasants.

The museum's funds number over 400 exhibits.

The Gallery of European Painting "Euro-Art" opened in Rivne in 2011.

The gallery introduces the art of the 19th–20th centuries. The four halls of the gallery present paintings by Western European and Ukrainian artists with world names: Volodymyr Orlovsky, Albert Bredov, Davyd Burlyuk, Oleksa Novakivsky, Serhiy Shyshko, Fedir Manaylo, Andriy Kotska, Erno Erb, Ernest Kontratovych, Oleksiy Shovkunenko, Tomassyne Dezyre, Teodor Russo, Piter Kalman, Yozef Braks, Leon Delderene, Yaroslav Vyeshyn, Vinchentso Volpe, Yaroslav Kamikh and others.

Art exhibitions are systematically held in the hall of temporary exhibitions "Euro-Art".

The firefighting museum opened in 2020 in the restored premises of the old fire station in the village of Dibrivka in the Rivne region.

The fire station in Dibrivka was built by Czech colonists, who in 1923 founded the first volunteer fire brigade here, which was part of the Association of Voluntary Fire Protection. The number of team members was 22 people. The team went to the fire in a radius of 5 kilometers.

During Soviet times, the building was adapted for economic purposes, and for a long time it stood empty. It was restored by the joint efforts of the Emergency Department of the Rivne region and local patron Roman Stasyuk.

Now the fire station in Dibrivka has an authentic appearance. It houses a museum exposition, which presents firefighting equipment from the beginning of the 20s of the 20th century. There is an information stand nearby.

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.

The building of the main Great Synagogue in Rivne was built at the end of the 19th century.

Before the Bolshevik coup of 1917, a Jewish school operated there.

Since Soviet times, the building of the Great Synagogue has housed the children's and youth sports school "Avangard".

The Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Berehynya" of the Velyki Mezhyrichi Lyceum was established in 1992 on the initiative of the school director Sava Chumak. In 2004, it received the status of "People's Museum".

The museum collection consists of 450 storage units, of which the main collection is 400.

The exhibition is presented in three thematic sections: "History of the village of Velyki Mezhyrichi", "Main occupations and crafts of the villagers" and "Ukrainian embroidery - the soul of the people, its history".

The Church of the Holy Ascension in the village of Verkhiv was built in 1875 on the site of an old wooden church known since 1785 that burned down.

The wooden Church of the Assumption is the oldest building in Rivne. The temple in the Tyutkivskyi suburb 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.

The Assumption Church in Dorohobuzh is one of the oldest in Volyn. It was founded in the 11th century, when Dorohobuzh was the center of a separate principality of the Ryurykovychi princes.

For a long time, an Orthodox monastery operated near the church. In 1577 (according to other sources - in 1582), on the initiative of Prince Vasyl Ostrozky, the Assumption Church was completely rebuilt with the inclusion of fragments of the ancient Rus plinth masonry.

The building is rectangular in plan, single-nave, single-headed, with a rectangular apse strengthened by two corner buttresses.

From 1644 to 1834, the monastery was Basilian (Greek Catholic). During this period, two cell buildings were added to the temple, which have not survived. After the temple was returned to the Orthodox Church, a wooden bell tower was added to it.

The Church of the Assumption is a unique example of Ukrainian architecture of the XI-XVII centuries, in which the traditions of Old Rus architecture are combined with the Baroque style and some later architectural techniques.

The Holy Intercession Cathedral in the city of Rivne is the main temple of the Rivne Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The foundation stone of the building was laid in 1990 by Patriarch Mstyslav. The completion of construction and the consecration of the cathedral by Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv took place in 2001.

The Holy Intercession Cathedral is one of the highest churches in Ukraine - its height is 55 meters. The cathedral was built in the Ukrainian style. The central dome, symbolizing Jesus Christ, is surrounded by 12 smaller apostle domes.

The Church of the Holy Intercession in Shubkiv was founded in 1770 by the owner of the village, Yevheniya Shenshyna, on the site of the old wooden Saint Nicolas Church, which was moved to the cemetery.

After Shenshyna's death, the construction of the church was completed by her brother, Admiral Dmytro Arsenyev. Icons for the church were painted by the artist Vasylyev. A four-tier bell tower was built separately from the temple. There was a clock with chimes.

The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Shubkiv was considered one of the best in the Volyn province. Currently reconstructed.