Attractions of Khmelnytskyi region

The main architectural monument of Staryi Ostropil is the Transfiguration Church - an architectural monument of national significance.

The stone church of the Transfiguration of the Lord is a rotunda with a rectangular vestibule covered by a complex system of vaults resting on four pylons and walls.

Elements of classicism are used in the decorative design of facades and interiors. The upper part has been changed as a result of unscrupulous reconstruction.

Since May 2022, it belongs to the community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

The Turkish bastion is part of the fortification system of the Old City of Kamyanets-Podilskyi. It was part of the system of north-western fortifications, the main element of which was the Polish Gate.

The Turkish bastion got its name after this part of the fortress, which is most suitable for shelling the road leading to the castle, was improved by the Turks during the occupation of Kamyanets in 1672-1699.

The bastion is a large four-story structure with casemate rooms, wood-earth parapets and gun embrasures. In 1753, the commandant of the fortress, military engineer Krystian Dalke, repaired it with the installation of stone parapets on the high, multi-lane arcade.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the stone vaults of the casemates were completely translated and began to be used as warehouses.

A stone column erected during the stay of the Turkish garrison in Medzhibizh (1672-1699) is called a "Turkish Pillar" in the village of Trebukhivtsi.

It is an obelisk pillar, square in plan, gradually narrowing upwards, with a three-slope end. It is located southwest of the Medzhibizh castle, on the opposite bank of the Pivdenniy Buh, near the bridge. At first it stood over the grave of a Turkish military commander, later it served as a chapel.

Another column-chapel is located in the upper part of the Old Town, near the Saint Nicolas Church (turn left after the church).

The defense ramparts of the chronicled ancient Rus city of Tykhomel (Tykhoml) are located on the banks of the Horyn River on the outskirts of Yampil near the modern village of Tykhomel.

According to one of the versions, the fortification was built by order of the Kyiv Prince Volodymyr the Great at the end of the 10th century. The city was first mentioned in 1152 during the war between the Kyiv prince Izyaslav Mstyslavych and the Galician prince Volodymyrko Volodarevych. In 1214, the city was captured by the troops of the Hungarian king, but soon it was repulsed by the Galicia-Volyn prince Danylo Romanovych. Subsequent internecine wars devastated the city, and it soon lost its importance.

In the 16th century, these lands became the property of Vilnius bishop Yanush, who founded the nearby town of Yampil, and the ancient Tykhomel has since disappeared from the maps.

A panorama of the valley of the Horyn river opens from the walls of the fortified settlement. Nearby are the ruins of the only Arian chapel of the 16th century in Ukraine.

The bench on the embankment of the pond on the Utka River in Slavuta, along the Third Dam, has had the title of the longest bench in Ukraine since 2012.

Its length is 213 meters and 12 centimeters. 1,000 schoolchildren were able to sit on it at the same time. They painted part of it with different patterns.

Previously, the "Family Bench" on the Dnipro embankment was considered the longest in Ukraine.

The house of the veterinarian of Count Potoski's stud farm was built in Antoniny at the beginning of the 20th century. The building is in the Art Nouveau style with Western European motifs in the decor.

Currently, the Antoniny Children's Music School is located here.

The Church of the Visitation of Elizabeth by the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kytaihorod was built on a high cliff above the Ternava River in the 18th century.

According to legend, the temple was founded by a local landowner after he miraculously survived when his carriage fell off a cliff. And since his wife was Orthodox, he built a church nearby.

The Church of the Virgin Mary is distinguished by a combination of the plan-volume structure characteristic of the late Renaissance era with facades in the Baroque style. Baroque paintings and altars have been preserved in the interior.

Since 1994, the church belongs to the Catholic community "Mission of the Holy Spirit".

From the viewing platform in front of the church, a stunning panorama of the Ternava River canyon opens, which looks quite full of water, as it flows into the Dniester Reservoir near this place.

Volochysk Historical and Ethnographic Museum is located in the city center. The exposition tells about the history of the region from ancient times to the present day.

The Vrublivetsky forest on the hills at the confluence of the Tarnava River with the Dniester is a state botanical natural monument of local importance.

The territory of the reserve occupies 89 hectares.

This is a forest area of natural origin, covered with hornbeam and oak trees. There is a relict species - white sedge (carex alba), on steep hills (tovtras) an ordinary orchid grows, which does not have green leaves and can provide its nutrition only in symbiosis with woody plants.

The high six-level brick watchtower over the Sluch River, clearly visible from the route, is considered a symbol of Starokostiantyniv.

The 35-meter-high square tower-donjon in the Gothic style was built in the 16th century under Prince Kostyantyn Ostrozky and was part of the system of city fortifications. Later (according to other sources, at the same time as the construction), the Orthodox Church of the Ascension of the Cross was added to it, which Yanush Ostrozky handed over to the Catholics in 1612.

The tower became the belfry of the Church of the Mother of God Hromnycha of the Dominican monastery located here. In the 18th century, reconstruction was carried out (architect Ernest Zhiber), the tower received a Renaissance design. In 1853, the church was rededicated as the Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and 20 years later it was rebuilt in the pseudo-Rus style.

During Soviet times, the temple was closed and destroyed, the tower lost its ceiling. The monastery premises were occupied by structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Currently, the premises are used by the Exaltation of the Cross Men's Monastery of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

On one of the walls of the temple, you can see the contours of the faces of the saints that appeared through the plaster (perhaps the Holy Mother of God and Princess Olha).

The beautiful five-story building of the water mill made of red brick is clearly visible from the castle of Ostrozki in Starokostiantyniv on the opposite bank of the river.

The Red Mill was built in 1905 on the isthmus at the confluence of the Ikopot River with Sluch by the order of the sugar factory Dubasov, then it became the property of his widow, the last mistress of the Starokostiantyniv Castle.

The monumentality of the architectural image, the expressive decorative design of the facades, the successful location - all this makes the Old Kostiantyn mill one of the most striking monuments of industrial architecture of the modern era in Ukraine. Restoration is underway.

The water mill was built in Netishyn in 1905 on the site of an old wooden mill, built without a single nail, which burned down at the beginning of the 20th century.

Cement for its construction was produced in the village of Siltse. The strength of the cement was phenomenal. The mill milled up to seven varieties of flour, which was exported to Germany until 1917.

In the 1930s, a hydroelectric power station began operating in the complex with the mill, which resumed its activity in the post-war period. In 1972, the mill was closed due to a lack of grain. All equipment was dismantled and taken away. The premises of the mill were originally supposed to be converted into a dormitory for the builders of the Burshtyn HRES, but the work was stopped due to fire safety conditions. The mill has been empty since then.

Currently, the water mill in Netishyn has been bought by a local entrepreneur and is renting out separate premises.

The Kupyn water mill on the Smotrych River is the oldest such structure preserved in Ukraine.

It was built in 1455, as evidenced by the inscription on the facade. For the mill, a place with the largest drop in the river level was chosen, next to the largest waterfall in Khmelnytskyi region. The last reconstruction was carried out at the end of the 19th century, when Baroness fon Hildenbadt owned Kupyn. Since that time, the Swiss equipment has survived and is still functioning.

The water mill on the Sluch River next to the manor in Samchyky was built at the beginning of the 18th century by the landowners Khoyetsky.

The mill was turned by a wooden vertical wheel of the lower operation with a diameter of 6 meters. Under the landowner Ivan Uhrimov, the mill produced 10 types of flour. In 1904-1905, the last owner of the estate, Mykhaylo Shestakov, reconstructed the mill, adding a second floor.

In Soviet times, the mill was converted into a hydroelectric power station.

The nursery for breeding wild boars is located in a picturesque forest on the road between the villages of Liutarka and Komyny.

The main activity of the nursery is the breeding of wild pigs in the natural environment with the aim of increasing the population. Today, there are more than 100 individuals of various ages in the herd. The nursery belongs to Liutarka Forestry.

Also functions in mini-zoo mode. Visitors are provided with communication with piglets, feeding, recreation in nature. It is planned to create a full-fledged recreation area.