Attractions of Ternopil region

The Greek Catholic Church of the Miracle of Saint Archangel Michael is located near the road in the very center of the village of Nivra in the premises of the former Roman Catholic church, an architectural monument of local importance.

A small Roman Catholic church in Nivre was built in 1937. In Soviet times, it was closed and gradually fell into disrepair. In 2011, the Greek-Catholic community began the restoration of the church, and already in 2013, the consecration of the restored church took place.

Gypsum Mlynky Cave is one of the largest karst caves of Ukraine.

It was discovered at the beginning of the 20th century by local residents who mined gypsum on the outskirts of the Zalissia village. It is named after its location - in the Mlynky farm, where a water mill once worked. The first report in the press appeared in 1960.

Mlynky Cave has a total length of about 40 kilometers. The temperature remains at the level of +11 degrees all year round. Inside the cave there is a small lake with fresh water, where a large colony of bats lives.

The cave is not illuminated and not equipped for visiting, but excursions are conducted accompanied by professional speleologists. To visit, you must have overalls and equipment. Excursions lasting about 3 hours are organized by the Ternopil Tour Club and must be arranged in advance.

The hard-to-reach Monastyrok tract is located in the valley of the Strypa River south of Buchach.

The ruins of an ancient monastery built in 1600-1606 at the expense of Stefan Potoski's wife, Mariya Mohylyanka (daughter of the Moldavian landlord Yeremiy Mohyla, cousin of Kyiv Metropolitan Petro Mohyla) have been preserved in the forest on Mount Fedir.

The tributary flowing into Strypa forms a picturesque waterfall cascade in this place.

A complex of three humorous monuments was opened in the center of Ternopil near the Atrium shopping center in 2010 on the Independence Day of Ukraine.

Two of them are devoted to literary works, and the third to employees of communal services. The monument to the 12th chair is inspired by the satirical book "12 Chairs" by Ilf and Petrov. The monument to the invisible man refers to the novel of the same name by Herbert Wells. The plumber's monument is dedicated to the employees of the Ternopil water supply company.

Conceptually, the monuments are united only by the humor of the author of the idea - a Ternopil philanthropist, owner of a shopping center. The author of the works is Ternopil sculptor Dmytro Mulyarchuk.

The Church of the Mother of God of Tireless Help in Shybalyn was founded in 1925. The funds for the construction were allocated by local noblemen Yakub Potoski and Stanislav Vishnevskyi. The main altar was performed by Yan Voytovych.

The church was consecrated in 1928. However, already in 1945, after the establishment of Soviet power, the church was closed and turned into a warehouse. It still remains abandoned.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Mother of God of the Holy Scapular in Borshchiv was built in 1763 instead of the wooden church destroyed by the Tatars.

The three-tier bell tower was rebuilt from the defense tower of the 17th century castle. Faceted upper tiers have a baroque finish.

Restoration was carried out in 1928-1930. Today the church is active.

The Roman Catholic Church of Mother of God of Perpetual Help in Sorotske was built in 1937. A very interesting example of Neo-Gothic architecture of the early 20th century.

On the wall of the church, a double Polish family coat of arms has been preserved, combining the coats of arms "Prus" and "Swan" (probably the coat of arms of the founders of the church). Stained glass windows have been partially preserved.

Currently, the church is closed and abandoned.

The museum complex "Lemko Village" (Lemkivske selo) is located in the tract "Bychova" near Monastyryska. It consists of several wooden buildings that reflect the life and culture of the Lemko people.

The first exposition house "Lemko living room" (Lemkivska svitlytsia) presents ancient icons of the XIX-XX centuries, embroidered towels, shirts, tablecloths, sacred vestments from the churches of Monastyryska region, old prints, etc.

In the second house "Lemko carpentry" there are machines and tools, as well as living conditions: bed, table, spinning wheel, bambetli.

In the "Potter's House" you can see a pottery kiln, a potter's wheel, potter's tools, as well as an exhibition of pottery.

The "House of Tailors" presents furniture, a sewing machine, as well as an exhibition of dolls in Lemko costumes by master Irena Krynytska.

Nearby is the "Estate of the Lemko Gazda", a chapel, a bell tower, a well.

The museum complex includes the Fire Field, which annually hosts the festival "Bells of Lemko".

The Museum of Political Prisoners "Memorial" named after Vasyl Stus was opened in Buchach in 1990 in the basement of the former KGB building, where the pre-trial detention center was located in Soviet times.

The exhibition presents documents, photographs and personal belongings related to the events of the OUN-UPA liberation struggle and Stalinist repressions. It was established that more than 1,500 residents of the district died at the hands of Stalin's executioners in those years. Some of the dead were buried in the basements of the Intercession Church.

The museum room of the Terebovlia Vocational College of Culture and Arts was opened in 1982.

The exposition consists of three chapters that tell about the history of the city of Terebovlia, the founding of the school in 1940, its famous graduates.

Documents, photos, books, dissertations of students are presented.

The Kopychyntsi Theater Museum of Ternopil region was founded in 1968 on the initiative of Orest Savka, the director of the Bohdan Lepky Kopychynsky People's Amateur Drama Theater.

His collection of materials about the history of the theater life of the region became the basis of the exposition, which is located in 7 halls of the House of Culture. The exhibition tells about the origins of the birth of Ukrainian theater from the depths of the centuries, about the "Rus Conversation" theater society in Galicia from 1864-1924, about "Ternopil Theater Evenings" - the first professional stationary Ukrainian theater in Ternopil from 1915-1917, about the Kopychyna People's Drama Theater named after Bohdan Lepky.

Photographs, pictorial and graphic paintings, dolls, posters, sketches of scenery and costumes, models of scenery, theatrical costumes, furniture, etc. are presented.

There is a theater cafe at the museum.

The castle in Mykulyntsi is known as the only residential medieval castle in Ukraine.

The first wooden fortifications on the hill near the Seret River existed here even in princely times. The stone castle was built in 1550-1555 by the mistress of the Mykulyntsi, Anna Yordan (Yordanova) from the Senyavsky family, the wife of Spytko Yordan, the castellan of Kraków. Later, the Mykulyntsi Castle belonged to the Zborovsky and Konetspolsky magnates.

After being damaged during the Liberation War of 1648-1657, the castle was improved and expanded. In 1672, the fortress was taken by the Turks after a 15-day siege. Then they destroyed the entire male population of Mykulyntsi.

Later, the fortress belonged to the Lyubomyrsky, Mnishek, and Potocki. It was then that it lost its defensive significance, and the palace built next to it began to perform representative functions. In the 19th century, Baron Yan Konopka converted it into a cloth factory.

The building is quadrangular in plan, two of the four corner towers have been preserved. Around the perimeter of the inner yard were built residential and commercial buildings, some of which have also been preserved.

At the beginning of the 20th century, when Mykulyntsi belonged to Countess Yuzefa Rey, her beloved servant Anna settled in the castle. She continued to live there even after the arrival of Soviet power, when the countess died and her son died. Currently, the housekeeper's daughter Stefaniya Baloy remains the owner of the residential premises of the architectural monument.

Mykulyntsi Castle is part of the Ternopil Castles National Reserve, but access to the territory is closed.

The National Liberation OUP-UPA Struggle Museum named after Yakiv Busel in the village of Byshky is a department of the National Liberation Struggle Museum of the Ternopil region.

The museum at the Byshky Gymnasium was opened in 1999 in the building where the headquarters of the OUN-UPA Branch was located in 1943-1945. UPA Corporal Roman Shukhevych, head of the UPA security service Mykola Arsenych, head of combat reference Dmytro Hrytsai and other leaders of the organization worked here.

The museum bears the name of one of the ideologues of the UPA, Yakiv Busel, who died in Byshky during a battle with a unit of the internal troops of the NKVD.

The museum exhibits personal belongings of the rebels, weapons, photographs, documents, models. The rebel hideout has been reconstructed.

The monument "Fighters for the freedom of Ukraine" was installed.

The Museum of the National Liberation Struggle of Ternopil Region was established in 2019 and unites other museums of the region related to the history of liberation struggles in the region.

The exposition reveals the history of Ukraine's struggle for independence, in particular during the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The exhibition "People of Freedom", developed by the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, tells about 26 public figures of the last century, thanks to whose struggle it was possible to restore Ukraine's independence.

The department of the Ternopil Region National Liberation Struggle Museum is the National Liberation OUP-UPA Struggle Museum named after Yakiv Busel in the village of Byshky.

The Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in the village of Stinka was founded in 1797.

In 1921, a stone church was built on the site of the wooden temple.

A cross was erected in the church yard to mark the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus.

The temple belongs to the community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.