Attractions of Chervonohrad district

The People's Exemplary Ethnology Museum in Byshiv, Lviv Region, was founded in 1991 at the Byshiv Secondary School. It was created on the initiative of the former director of the school, a researcher of historical and cultural monuments, Volodymyr Koval.

The exposition in five halls tells about the history of Byshiv and neighboring villages, introduces the culture and crafts of the region. Museum funds contain more than 3,000 exhibits.

In the first hall, ancient icons of the 19th and 20th centuries are exhibited. The historical exposition contains documents and old maps of the villages of Byshiv, Zabava, Ordiv and Torky, a collection of old clocks and a large school bell. The tools of weavers, carpenters, coopers, etc. tell about the ancient crafts of the Galician peasantry. A unique attraction is a wooden beehive-log from the 17th century.

In the "Galician Peasant's House" hall, the interior of a donkey is recreated with a stove, ancient pots and plates, and a large wooden chest. The exhibition "From Grandmother's Chest" presents a collection of embroidered women's shirts and suits, spare parts, skirts, towels, shawls.

In the "Weaving shop" exhibition, visitors are offered master classes on working looms.

The Uhniv Historical and Local Lore Museum was opened in 2006 at the Uhniv Agrarian and Construction Lyceum on the initiative of teacher Halyna Hubenya.

The exposition of the museum gives an opportunity to get acquainted with the history of the city, everyday life, traditions and legends, to get acquainted with notable people who were born and lived in the city of Uhniv.

All exhibits are authentic and unique: Uhniv clothing, images, millstones, household items of Uhniv residents, historical documents. In particular, the famous "Uhnivtsi" boots, in which Ivan Franko used to come to the city, are presented.

The Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lopatyn was built in 1772 at the expense of Adam Kholonevsky based on one of the projects previously developed by the Lviv architect Bernard Meretyn.

Before that, there was a wooden church in Lopatyn. The new Catholic church - a replica of the Church of the Holy Cross in Berezdivtsi - was built in a magnificent baroque style and decorated with rich frescoes by Stanislav Stroyinskyi. The consecration took place in 1828.

After the Second World War, the shrine was closed, and the icon of the Mother of God of Lopatyn, which was kept in the church, was taken to Poland.

Today, the Church of the Virgin Mary has been returned to the faithful and restored at the expense of the Polish public.

The "Native Village Museum" was created in the village of Synkiv on July 18, 1999, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the first written mention of the village. The museum is located on the first floor of the Synkiv Lyceum.

The exposition of the museum includes more than 1000 exhibits and presents a collection of ancient icons, books, money, Ukrainian towels, clothes and relics. Of great interest are copies and originals of documents, church metric publications, as well as the layout of the village on the map of 1844, which is a great value of the museum.

The exposition of the museum consists of sections: "From the depths of the ages", "Under the rule of Austria-Hungary and Poland", "Map of the lands of the village of Sinkiv (1844)", "Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin", "From the history of the development of the school", "The village in 20th century".

The museum is constantly replenished with new exhibits and materials, among which the most interesting are the "Chronicle of the School" and an album of excursions.

The museum of the opera singer Oleksandr Myshuha was opened in the village of Novyi Vytkiv, where he was born in 1853.

The outstanding Ukrainian tenor won world recognition at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, performing on the best stages of many European capitals: Paris, Rome, Vienna and others.

According to the will, in 1922 he was buried in his native village.

The Myshuha Museum was opened in the People's House of Novyi Vytkiv. The exposition tells about his life and work, about his relations with outstanding contemporaries - Ivan Franko, Mykola Lysenko, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Modest Mentsynskyi. Visitors can listen to a tape recording of Myshuha.

The Chervonohrad branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion is located in the Potocki Palace, which is an architectural monument of local significance.

Christinopil Castle was built in the 18th century by French architect Pyer Riko de Tirredhelli for members of the powerful Polish landowner Potocki family. In its architecture, the building combines two styles: Baroque and Early Classicism.

The Potocki Palace had about 40 rooms, several salons, a large ballroom, a Chinese study and a library. The architectural complex also included kitchen buildings, breweries, distilleries, barracks, stables and other utility rooms. The current appearance of the palace has changed significantly due to numerous fires and alterations.

The Museum of Religion has been located there since 1990. The main exposition tells about the history of Christinopol in the XVII-XIX centuries and its founders.

There is also a collection of embroideries and other clothes of the former Sokal County, antique household items, a model of the palace complex.

In the basement there are samples of bricks used during the construction of the palace.

The Museum of History and Local Lore of the Radekhiv region began its work in 2004 in the premises of an ancient villa in the center of the city of Radekhiv.

More than 1,500 exhibits are housed in six halls. The exposition is divided into several sections: "On the history of the creation of the Ukrainian state", "Archaeological monuments and ethnography of the region", "Education and the history of school Radekhiv region", "Flora and fauna of the region", "Prominent people of Radekhiv region", "National liberation struggle in Radekhiv region".

Each room in the museum reproduces the family and social life of the region. Interesting is the interior of a peasant house with clothes, samples of pottery, ancient coins, tools, a model of a hiding place and Ihor Bilozir's corner.

The monastery and the church of Saint George were founded in Chervonohrad by the Belz voivode Frantsishek Saleziy Potocki in 1763 for the Greek-Catholic order of the Basilians.

In 1771-1776, a stone church and cells were built on the site of the wooden buildings according to the project of the architect Yohan Kasper Zelner. The architecture combines features of late baroque and classicism.

The monastery was liquidated in 1946 by the Polish authorities. In 1980, a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism was opened in the church building, and an art gallery was opened in the cells. In 1989, the museum was moved to the Potocki Palace, and the temple complex was handed over to the Greek Catholic community.

The Cathedral of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Volodymyr was built in Chervonohrad at the beginning of the 18th century in the Baroque style as the Catholic Church of the Sending of the Holy Spirit in the Bernardine monastery complex.

It is the oldest building in the city, the most visible building in Chervonohrad.

It was founded in 1692 together with the monastery of the Roman Catholic order of Bernardines. After a fire that destroyed the wooden structures, the complex was rebuilt in stone in 1760 at the expense of Józef-Felician Potocki. The interiors were painted by Giuseppe Balzani and Stanislav Stroinski.

In 1951, the temple was closed. In 1988, the building was handed over to the Orthodox community, rebuilt as an Orthodox church and rededicated as the Orthodox Church of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Volodymyr.

Art Museum "Human. Earth. "Universe" in Sokal was created in 1985 by the efforts of the family of Anatoliy ta Nataliya Pokotyuk, as well as Hryhoriy Kostyuchenko.

In 1990, the museum became a branch of the National Museum in Lviv, and since 1995 - a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion.

In ten museum halls, exposition exhibitions were opened: "Man and the Universe", "Holy Ukraine", "Jesus Christ - the greatest of the sons of mankind", "Under the protection of the Mother of God", "What is the truth", "In search of the truth", "Cosmic art", "Teaching of life - a call to the future", "Taras Shevchenko - an apostle of truth and a beacon of spirit", "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy".

The museum holds documents from the history of the Sokal region of the 17th-19th centuries, rare materials about the famous Ukrainian composer Viktor Matyuk (from the village of Tudorkovychi in the Sokal region), materials about the history of the churches of the Sokal region, spiritual educators and cultural figures, ceramics of the famous 19th century master Vasyl Shostopalets , samples of unique Sokal embroidery, household items of the 19th-20th centuries.

The Sokalshchyna Museum was opened in 1981 to mark the 30th anniversary of Chervonohrad's accession to Ukraine.

About 1000 exhibits: a unique collection of works of folk art, household items, antique furniture. The specificity of the museum's exposition is that it presents the folk art of Sokalshchyna region, very original and original, which testifies to the sophistication and talent of Sokalshchyna residents.

The exposition includes "Dobryachyn" black-and-white embroidered shirts, bouquets of spring flowers on "Zavyshenski" shirts. Sokalshchyna is famous for its masters of embroidery: black embroidery is a rarity of the museum, each shirt is an exclusive product, and no ornament is repeated. Samples of wedding costumes impress with their sophistication - in one shirt the master used 6-7 different techniques.

The pride of the museum is an exhibition of unique samples of black ceramics and unique Easter eggs by Taras Horodetsky. Also interesting is the interior of Sokalshchyna okal housing in the late XIX - early XX centuries.