Attractions of Slovechne

The Museum of Partisan Glory of Polissya was founded in 1961 in the village of Slovechne, which during the Second World War was the center of the partisan movement and the location of large partisan units.

The Slovechne Museum was created by enthusiasts by the "folk" method, and in 1962 the exhibition was opened to visitors. One of the halls is decorated in the form of a guerrilla dugout.

Guerrilla weapons, radio equipment, guerrilla press, instruments of the medical service of the "forest front", materials about punitive expeditions in the Ovruch region are presented.

In 1995, the Burned Villages Memorial Complex was opened, where the tragic events of 1942-1943 were recorded.

Slovechansko-Ovrutsky ridge - a height in the north of Zhytomyr region, a remnant of ancient mountain ridges.

The ridge stretches for almost 60 kilometers from west to east from the village of Chervonka to the town of Ovruch. The width of the ridge is from 5 to 14-20 kilometers. The highest point (316 meters) is located east of the village of Horodets. The southern slopes of the ridge are steep, the northern slopes are gentler. The surface is hilly, dissected by ravines up to 20-25 meters deep.

The stone (rare red and pink quartzites and sandstones) quarried here was used in the construction of Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, and the Golden Gate in Kyiv.

Many hillforts and barrows were investigated on the territory. Among the vegetation, there are dark-barked birch, rock oak, evergreen ivy, Karelian birch, Pontic azalea, which is considered endemic. Similar species in Ukraine occur only in the Crimea.

A dirt road runs along the entire ridge, sometimes between very deep ravines. The ravines are incredibly picturesque, the road is mostly gravel.