Attractions of Khmelnytskyi region

The Prytulivka grain-rolling mill on the Ushytsia River was built in 1846.

Was active until recently.

Currently, the three-story building of the mill houses a small museum exhibition.

The Museum of Miniatures "Castles of Ukraine" presents miniature models of 21 most famous architectural monuments of Ukraine, including medieval fortresses and aristocratic palaces located in different regions of Ukraine.

The open-air museum gives an opportunity to get acquainted with all at once, learn the details of their history, interesting facts, secrets and legends, as well as appreciate the work of Kyiv masters who accurately conveyed the smallest details of buildings.

Museum of Miniatures "Castles of Ukraine" is a great place for family vacations and spending time with friends.

The monument to Bohdan Khmelnytskyi in the city of Khmelnytskyi is one of the most extravagant monuments to the Ukrainian hetman in the country, the fourth and largest in Khmelnytskyi.

A bronze equestrian monument by sculptor Valentyn Borysenko and architect Mykola Kopyl was erected in 1993 in front of the philharmonic hall, next to the Khmelnytskyi regional administration building.

Despite the fact that the sculpture turned out to be very expressive and pompous, the monument caused many complaints from the people of Khmelnytskyi due to the unnatural posture of the horse and the general disproportion of the figures.

The Department of Antiquities (Archeology) of the Kamyanets-Podilskyi State Historical Museum-Reserve is located in the former palace of the Armenian bishop, which was founded in the 15th century as a trading house.

After the Turkish invasion, the commandant of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Yan de Vitte, settled in the house.

The archeological exposition is based on a collection of antiquities, which began to be collected in the XIX century. The halls of the museum recreate the dwellings of ancient man, exhibit ancient tools, household items of the people who inhabited Podillya from ancient times to the baptism of Rus.

In the courtyard is a lapidary of pagan idols.

The Historical Museum of the Central Railway (formerly South-West) named after Borys Oliynyk was opened in 2001 at the "Derazhnia" railway station.

The station building in Derazhnia was built in 1896.

The exhibition of the Central Railway Museum tells about the development of railway transport from the moment of its inception to the present.

A separate exhibition is dedicated to one of the managers of the Central Railway, Borys Oliynyk, who was born in 1934 in the village of Bozhykivtsi near the city of Derazhnia. Personal things, photos and documents tell about his life and work path.

Interesting models of locomotives and armored trains.

The Museum of Proskuriv underground was opened in 1994 in a century-old building in Khmelnytskyi, where a secret apartment was located during World War II.

The museum exposition tells about the beginning of the German-Soviet war, the occupation of the city, concentration camps in Proskurov, the activities of the Proskuriv district underground guerrilla organization in 1941-1944, members of the underground, guerrilla movement, liberation of the city from the Germans and the return of Soviet occupiers.

The museum's funds contain personal belongings of the undergrounders, photographs, memoirs, letters from the front, correspondence of the undergrounders, characteristics of the leading core of the Proskuriv underground and their awards.

The Museum of Proskuriv underground is a branch of the Khmelnytskyi City History Museum.

The Khmelnytskyi Museum-Studio of Photographic Art opened in 2010 in the three-story building of the Continental Hotel in the Art Nouveau style, built at the beginning of the 20th century by Proskuriv merchant Naftula Vasserman.

To this day, the original plastic forms of the facade, openwork wrought iron balconies, decorative decoration of the walls with colored enamel glass have been preserved.

The photo art museum opened in it is the first museum of this profile in Ukraine. The exposition includes more than 1,500 exhibits (cameras, lenses, enlargers, exposure meters and other accessories), which illustrate the development of photography and photographic technology from the end of the 19th to the end of the 20th century. The collection was assembled by the director of the museum, Khmelnytskyi photographer Kostyantyn Zhdanov.

In the lobby there is a permanent exhibition "Old-New City" with black-and-white and color photographs of Khmelnytskyi sights. Photo exhibitions of the best photo artists from different cities of Ukraine are held.

The National Nature Park "Podilski Tovtry" with its administrative center in the city of Kamyanets-Podilskyi was created in 1996 to preserve the unique natural landscapes of Podillya.

Tovtry (Toltry) is the local name of a mountainous arched ridge, the height of which within the park reaches 401 meters above sea level. The ridge is the remains of an ancient barrier reef that formed 15-25 million years ago in the coastal zone of the Miocene sea. The microclimate of Kamyanetske Transnistria is formed by the Tovtry ridge and the canyons of the Dniester and its tributaries, so there are special conditions for the preservation of rare and relict plants, among which most are medicinal.

There are many caves within the park, the most famous of which is Atlantis (the village of Zavalne). There is a huge supply of mineral waters. One of the most interesting tour routes runs from the village of Verbka through Verbetska Tovtra to Karmalyukova Mountain.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin was built in Starokostiantyniv in 1807 on the site of a wooden Orthodox church known since 1687.

This is the only cult building of the era of mature classicism that has survived in the city.

During Soviet times, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was the only active one in Starokostiantyniv.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary in Slavuta was built in 1819 at the expense of the parishioners and with the participation of Prince Yevstakhiy Sangushko.

Made in the Ukrainian Baroque style, painted in the image of the Saint Volodymyr Cathedral in Kyiv.

Later, the church was expanded, a priest's house, a psalmist's house, and a prosphora were built nearby.

The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin is the oldest stone building in Khmelnytskyi.

The temple in the style of classicism was built on the site of the first Orthodox church of Proskuriv, founded in the 18th century, which burned down in 1822. The main shrine was a miraculous icon of the Mother of God with a silver crown.

In 1937, the cathedral was closed, the premises were used as a warehouse. Currently, the church is active and belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Netishyn City Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1994.

The exposition of the museum is located in the annex to the first floor of a residential building near the city center and is represented by eighteen exhibition halls, which reflect the main directions of history, ethnography, nature of the region.

The Archeology Hall exhibits materials of the Acheulean epoch from the Paleolithic site on the Spivak hamlet and finds from the burial mounds of the East Bronze Age Bronze Age culture from the Kozatsky Mohyly tract near Netishyn.

In the ethnographic exposition you can see household items, clothes, tools, utensils of different eras. Weaving, cooperage, pottery and weaving from elastic raw materials are presented in the halls of handicrafts and crafts.

Some halls of the museum bring visitors closer to the history of the villages of Netishyn and Dorohoshcha, which reaches deep into the XVI-XVII salt marshes. Here is exhibited one of the first known maps of the Netishyn farm from 1813.

The hall of the same name tells about the recent past of the city of Netishyn and Khmelnitsky NPP, in the center of which is a model of a WWER-1000 nuclear power unit operated at KhNPP.

The exposition is completed by the numismatics and bonistics halls, which reflect the general history of the region's money circulation.

The Museum of History and Local Lore in Nova Ushytsia was opened in 1992.

The museum has about 2,000 exhibits that cover the history of the region from ancient times to the present.

In particular, the exposition presents a diorama of the Ushytsia defense in 1941.

The photo exhibition "Glorious Sons of Ukraine" has been opened, highlighting the participation of the residents of the district in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The Novoplanivsky Bridge in Kamyanets-Podilskyi connects the Old Town with the so-called "Noviy Plan" - the current administrative center of the city.

In the middle of the 19th century, when the provincial center of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, with the growth of the population and the bureaucratic apparatus, became cramped within the medieval walls, the idea of expanding the city beyond the Smotrych Canyon arose. The decision was made in 1859 during the visit of the Russian Emperor Oleksandr II, who was fascinated by the view of the city from the hill near where the Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral is now located. Five years later, construction began, and in 1872, the Novoplaniv bridge with a wooden deck on stone bulls was put into operation.

Simultaneously with the laying of the bridge, the city gardener Severyn Kovalsky laid out a park.

From the bridge over the deep canyon of Smotrych, a breathtaking view of the medieval towers and walls of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, rocks above the ribbon of the river with a natural waterfall and a park with figures of deer on the hills and stones opens up.

The Grand Cathedral of Oleksandr Nevsky is the main Orthodox church in Kamyanets-Podilskyi.

The neo-Byzantine style cathedral was built in 1893 in honor of the 100th anniversary of Podillya "accession" to Russia. The temple was built with public funds collected by the Oleksandr Nevsky Guardianship. The building was impressive in its grandeur and was one of the most beautiful temples in Kamyanets-Podilskyi.

Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral had a large main dome and four semi-domes on the sides, a small bell tower was located above the western entrance. The main altar of the cathedral was dedicated to Saint Oleksandr Nevsky, in memory of Oleksandr III, the southern altar bore the name of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine, the patroness of Catherine II, and the northern altar - Saint Nicholas. The church premises were heated by steam heating.

The Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral was destroyed during the years of Soviet power, but after the restoration of Ukraine's independence, the cathedral was rebuilt.

On April 8, 2023, the residents of Kamyanets-Podilskyi unanimously supported the transfer of the Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. However, the faithful of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate still do not allow the people of Kamyanets-Podilskyi to enter the church.