Attractions of Selezivka

Polissya nature reserve in the upper reaches of the river. Ubort protects more than 20,000 hectares of marshy forests, typical for the nature of Polissya.

The flora of the Polissya Reserve includes 604 species of higher plants, 139 species of mosses, many lichens, mushrooms and algae. 17 species are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. Rhododendron from the heather family is especially valuable.

Elk, red deer, wild boar, roe deer, muskrat, beaver, otter, wolf, fox, ferret, weasel and others are found in the forest. Sometimes a lynx and a bear are spotted.

The central estate of the Polissya Nature Reserve is located in the village of Selezivka. Tourists can visit the reserve's visitor center, where materials related to its activities are presented. A museum of sacred Drevlyan stones has been created on the territory of the manor: Stone-Throne, Ark, Stone-Love, tracer stones, Stone of the Virgin's tears, sacrificial stone.

The water mill was reconstructed (the log was brought from the resettled village of Dalety). The pagan sanctuary of the city of Nore with 12 stones, a dugout, a winter smokehouse has been restored.

In the museum "Drevlyanske selo" an ethnographic exposition is presented on the basis of a wooden Polissya hut.

Visitors are offered to live in a restored house with a real furnace, to learn about iron smelting from bog ore. A number of tourist water, pedestrian and automobile routes have been created on the outskirts of the Polissya Reserve with visits to holy springs, hundred-year-old oaks, Old Believer sanctuaries and ancient burials (stone crosses).