Attractions of Pechenizhyn

The Historical and Local Lore museum of Oleksa Dovbush in Pechenizhyn, the birthplace of the legendary leader of the Opryshkys, was established in 1971.

Since 2004, the exposition has been housed in an adapted room near Saint Michael's Church.

The museum covers the history of the village from ancient times to the present day. There are many household items, tools, folk clothing. The main section is devoted to Oleksa Dovbush, a native of Pechenizhyn, a robber and people's avenger, the most famous leader of the opryshki insurgent movement in the Carpathians of the XVIII-XIX centuries.

Pechenizhyn Museum of Oleksa Dovbush is a branch of the Ivano-Frankivsk Museum of Local Lore.

The monument to national hero Oleksa Dovbush was erected in 1971 at the entrance to the village of Pechenizhyn, where he was born in 1700.

According to legend, the house of his father, shepherd Vasyl Dovbush, was located in the Kalynnyk tract, where another memorial was erected in 1988.

In 1738, Dovbush led a rebel detachment of opryshks, which operated first in the area of Pechenizhyn and the adjacent Yablunivsky Pass, and then in almost the entire territory of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Opryshki terrorized the local nobles and robbed rich landowners, distributing the loot to the peasants, for which they earned the fame of the people's avengers, and the tragic death of Dovbush at the hands of a traitor created for him the halo of a national hero and martyr.

The monument to Oleksa Dovbush was made by the sculptor Valentyn Borysenko in the form of a large bust of the rebel leader with an ax that seems to grow out of his native land.

The Greek-Catholic Church of Saint Archangel Michael in Pechenizhyn was built in 1870. Five-domed, cruciform in plan.

Saint Michael's Church is located in the very center of the village.

The Church of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki in Pechenizhyn dates back to 1629.

Initially, it was a small chapel, built on the site of a temple burned by the Tatars. Later, a large wooden church of Saint Demetrius was added to it, which now belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. It stores ancient church books of the XVII-XVIII centuries, carved and painted icons.

Next to the church, the building of the deacon's school (XVIII century) has been preserved.

The "Freedom" memorial cross was built at the expense of the Pechenizhyn community in 1873 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the abolition of the panchy. Many outstanding people of Pechenizhyn are buried in the church yard.