Attractions of Kosiv

The multi-functional cultural and creative hub "Carpathian Culture Center" in Kosiv was created in 2023 on the basis of the reconstructed building of the former carpet workshop of the "Hutsulshchyna" Industrial and Artistic Association at the initiative of the "Hutsuliya" Tourist Association.

In the premises of the "Carpathian Culture Center" there are workshops of folk crafts, exhibitions and master classes are held. In particular, the Vandra Rugs weaving studio producing handmade carpets and Serhiy Dutka's ceramic workshop are operating.

The public space "Vilni" functions on the first floor.

The private museum of Hutsul art of the Kornelyuk family was established in the yard of their private house in Kosiv.

The museum presents a large collection of Hutsul hats, towels, ceramic plates, axes and Hutsul household items.

The Museum of the Kosiv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts was founded in 1936 by Oleksiy Solomchenko, the first director of the Kosiv Art and Industrial School.

Currently, the museum's funds include more than 3,000 items. The exposition presents Hutsul folk art of the 19th - first half of the 20th century, works of famous masters of Kosiv region of the second half of the 20th century, diploma works of students of the educational institution from 1975-2009.

In particular, the works of outstanding artists of Hutsul Oblast are presented: Yuriy Shkriblyak, Mark Mehedynyuk, Vasyl Devdyuk and others.

The wooden Orthodox Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist was built in Kosiv in 1912 in the Hutsul style.

It is located in a cemetery where many interesting crypts and tombstones have been preserved. Until the 18th century, there was an ancient monastery with the Church of Saint Nicholas on this place.

The current Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist is known for the fact that in 1990, Patriarch Volodymyr (Romanyuk), who is buried near Sophia of Kyiv, was ordained as a monk.

The museum of the Strynadyuk creative family in Kosiv was opened by the famous Ukrainian master carver Mykola Strynadyuk, who works under the creative pseudonym "Koka", at his creative workroom.

Mykola Strynadyuk was born and grew up in a Kosiv family of artisan carvers, studied at the Kosiv Technical School of Folk Art Crafts, and worked as a master of wood carving and interior design all his life. His sons Bohdan and Zakhar continue the family business. Mykola Strynadyuk's works are distinguished by the author's technique, which combines traditional techniques of carving with toning, application and even embroidery.

The exposition presents more than a hundred of the master's own works. Among them are ornamental icons, plates, paintings, copies of Hutsul hand crosses, traditional zgards and modern decorations. A collection of antique and rare porcelain cups is also presented.

Nearby is the Museum of Sacred Art, where the works of Taras Strynadyuk, Mykola's brother, are presented.

National Nature Park "Hutsulshchyna" is located in the picturesque forest part of the Pokuttya-Bukovyna Carpathians. Its area is more than 32 thousand hectares.

The terrain combines foothills and mountain ranges. Deciduous forests predominate in the lowlands, low mountains are covered with beech-hornbeam forests, and Carpathian spruce (spruce) grows mainly at altitude. 19 species of animals living here are listed in the Red Book.

These places are interesting because ancient crafts, folk crafts, traditions and customs of the Hutsuls have been preserved here.

Many tourist routes pass through the territory of the national park. Ecological educational trails have been laid here, equestrian tourism, rural green tourism, and ethnotourism are developing. Lovers of water recreation are attracted by the rapids and waterfalls of the Lyuchka, Pistynka, and Cheremosh rivers.

The most popular object of the Hutsulshchyna National Nature Park is the Saint Nicholas Estate in the village of Pistyn.

In addition, the Nature Museum operates in the central manor of the national park in Kosovo. Exhibits on geology, zoology, dendrology, medicinal plants, phytotherapy, herbal room, etc. are presented.

Kosiv Bazaar - a traditional Hutsul fair in the city of Kosiv, the largest in Prykarpattya.

Almost all products of Hutsul decorative and applied art are presented here: ceramic dishes, carpets, embroidered clothes, products made of iron, leather, and fur. Souvenir products are offered at wholesale prices.

Previously, the fair was held in the center of Kosiv. Now the market has been moved to the eastern outskirts of the city, to a large shopping area near the Kutsky bridge (Kosiv-Kuty street; 48°18'59''N, 25°6'42''E).

The Great Kosiv Bazaar is open only on Saturdays early in the morning (from 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.).

The rest of the time, branded souvenir pavilions of the best Kosiv folk craftsmen are open in the very center of the city, next to the old Kosiv Bazaar.

The Kosiv Museum of Hutsul Region Folk Art and Life presents a rich collection of folk crafts: wood carving, pottery, artistic weaving, embroidery.

The exposition introduces the folk decorative and applied art of the XIX-XX centuries.

Of special artistic value is the collection of works of the Shkryblyak family of carvers from the village of Yavoriv.

The Kosiv Museum of Hutsul Region Folk Art and Life is a branch of the National Museum of Hutsulshchyna & Pokuttia Folk Art in Kolomyia.

The museum of the creative family of Hennadiy and Anastasiya Malyavsky was created at the Kosiv Children's School of Arts.

The artist Hennadiy Malyavsky was from Ternopil region, graduated from the Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, and taught at the Kosiv School of Applied Arts since 1961. Here he met his future wife Anastasiya Yusypchuk, who also became his partner on the artistic path.

The best examples of Malyavsky's painting include works made in the genres of landscape and portrait. Some of them are presented in the Malyavsky Family Museum. Among them are works in oil, tempera, graphics.

The Mykhaylo Strutynsky Folk Art Museum also operates at the Kosiv Children's School of Arts.

The "Diedyk" Museum was created in their own yard in Kosovo by the family of the Ukrainian poet and writer Bohdan Radysh, dedicating the exhibition to his memory.

Bohdan Radysh's memorial office is located on the first floor of the museum. In two rooms on the second floor, the works of the writer's son, craftsman Myroslav Radysh (boclages, plates, handmade crosses, candlesticks, bowls, etc.) are presented, as well as a selection of old clothes collected by his grandson, collector Eduard Radysh.

For now, the museum works unofficially, but already accepts visitors by prior arrangement.

The Kosiv Museum of the Liberation Struggle of the Prykapattya Region is dedicated to the historical events of 1920-1954, when the struggle of the Ukrainian people for independence took place in Ukraine, in particular in Prykapattya.

The exposition covers the heroic struggle of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the struggle of civilians against the occupation regimes, repressions against patriots.

The interior of the guerrilla shelter has been recreated.

he Kosiv Museum of the Liberation Struggle of the Prykapattya Region is a branch of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Museum of the Liberation Struggle named after Stepan Bandera.

The Mykhaylo Strutynsky Folk Art Museum occupies 2 large halls of the Kosiv School of Arts, where he taught for 30 years.

Since 1961, he has been collecting samples of Ukrainian embroidery, household items of the Hutsul Region, artistic works of painting.

The exposition presents various types of folk art of Podillya, Bukovyna, Hutsul Region, Pokuttya, Boyki Region and Opillya: ancient icons of the XVIII-XIX centuries, objects of sacred art, embroidery, ceramics, folk clothes, etc.

The art collection presents the works of masters from Kalush, Dolyna, Nadvirna, Rozhniativ, Kolomyia, and Ivano-Frankivsk.

The Malyavsky Family Museum also operates at the Kosiv Children's School of Arts.

The Museum of Sacred Art of the Hutsul region was opened in 2016 on its outskirts by the Kosiv artist-carver Taras Strynadyuk - a famous master of plastic wood carving, the author of unique carved icons, a representative of the Strynadyuk creative family.

He has dozens of works to his credit, which impress with the technical execution of the details, the spirituality of the images, and the professional design. He is also involved in the restoration of wooden monuments of Hutsul sacred art and other antiquities.

His collection includes ancient Hutsul wooden crosses, carved icons, decorative plates, ancient carved chests, jugs and jugs, stove tiles, a collection of axes, etc.

The "Koka" Museum-Workroom of the Strynadyuk Family" is located nearby, where the works of Mykola Strynadyuk, brother of Taras, are presented.

The wooden church of Saint Basil the Great (Moskalivka Church) is located in Kosovo in the Moskalivka district on the opposite bank of the Rybnytsia from the city center.

The original temple was built in 1895 in the traditional Hutsul style. In the same year, a wooden belfry was built.

In 2009, Saint Basil the Great Church completely burned down, but two years later it was restored in its original form.

In 1997, a monument to the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine (sculptor Ivan Andriykanych) was erected near the church of Saint Basil the Great, which includes a list of 1,186 residents of Kosiv region who died in 1939-1952.

The Vasyl Strypko ceramics family museum is located in Kosiv in the house where the honored master of folk art himself lives with his family.

The exposition presents original works of the ceramist with traditional Kosiv ornaments.

By agreement with the owner, you can visit his workshop, sit at the potter's wheel, and make a ceramic souvenir as a keepsake.