Attractions of Bolekhiv

The city hall of Bolekhiv in its current form was built in 1863, although it was laid back in the 18th century.

Bolekhiv had the Magdeburg right since 1603 according to the privilege granted by the Polish king Sigismund III.

The city magistrate was stationed here on the corner of the central square. The small, elegant building of the Bolekhiv City Hall has a clock tower with a figured top.

Recently, the town hall was restored, new chimes of the work of modern Lviv master Oleksiy Burnaev were installed on the clock tower.

To this day, the town hall is used for its intended purpose - it houses the Bolekhiv City Council.

The Bolekhiv City History Museum named after Roman Skvoriy is located in a small old building in the central part of the city, which is an architectural monument of local importance.

The museum is named after Bolekhiv local historian Roman Skvoriy, who founded this institution in 1967 (a memorial plaque has been installed).The basis of the exposition was the collection of objects collected by Skvoriy, related to the life and social activities of the well-known resident of Bolekhiv, activist of the gender movement Nataliya Kobrynska (since 2005, this selection is presented in a separate museum of Nataliya Kobrynska).

Currently, the museum's exposition consists of six sections: "History of the Bolekhiv city", "Boykos Room", "Development of industry, education and culture in the 20-30s of the 20th century", "Second World War, victims of Nazi and Bolshevik occupation", "National and spiritual revival of our region", "The struggle of the Ukrainian people for the establishment of their statehood".

Among the exhibits: fragments of handwritten liturgical books of the 17th century, a series of photographs of sculptor Mykhaylo Chereshnevsky and Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, notes of Taras Bobrynsky with Nataliya Kobrynska's own stamp, etc.

A monument to ukrainian sich riflemen, artist, sculptor and poet Mykhaylo Havrylko was erected near the museum.

The Museum of the Ukrainian writer Nataliya Kobrynska is a branch of the Bolekhiv City History Museum.

The initiative for its creation belongs to Bolekhiv local historian Roman Skvoriy, who for a long time collected materials about the life and social activities of this famous activist of the gender movement, the founder of the Society of Ruthenian Women.

Nataliya Kobrynska lived in Bolekhiv for the last 30 years of her life. Here she wrote most of her literary and critical works on current topics of those times, as well as several works for the future collection "Tales".

The museum is located in the former building of the synagogue. The following sections are presented in the exposition: "Beleluya", "Bolekhiv during the time of Nataliya Kobrynska", "Nataliya Kobrynska in the circle of contemporaries", "Memorial corner", "Bolekhiv honors the memory of the writer", "Nataliya Kobrynska and Ukrainian Sich Riflemens", "Nataliya Kobrynska and Ivan Franko".

A monument to Nataliya Kobrynska was erected in front of the museum.