Attractions of Khmelnytskyi district

Horodok Museum of Local Lore, founded in 1969, after a complete reconstruction in 2016-2021, became a modern cultural and educational hub and was named Horodok Museum or G-Museum.

On the first floor there is a branch of the Museum of Internal Affairs, on the second - an exposition on the history of Horodochchyna, on the third - a large hall for exhibitions of contemporary artists, on the fourth - a laboratory and a hall with a panorama of the city.

The concept of the museum exposition is based on the figure of the famous scientist-microbiologist, author of fundamental discoveries in natural science of the late XIX - early XX centuries Serhiy Vynohradsky, who was the last landowner of Horodok. Reconstruction of the interior of the study of a scientist and a modern scientific laboratory is presented.

Also in the exhibition you can see the diorama "Sarmatian Sea", learn about the geology and nature of Podolian Tovtry, see a collection of unique objects of Trypillya culture, trace the development of Horodok from XIV to XX century in historical materials, documents, photographs.

Part of the exhibition is an audiovisual installation.

The unique Holy Intercession Church-Fortress in Sutkivtsi is a vivid example of a medieval defense-type temple. It was built in the 14th century as a purely defensive structure on the Kuchman route - one of the routes of Tatar raids. The architecture is reminiscent of Western European Gothic castles.

After Fedir Sutkivetskyi (Sutkivskyi), the owner of these lands, started building a new castle in the 15th century, the old one was rebuilt into the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin. One of the bells shows the date of reconstruction - 1476.

The building is two-story: the temple was located on the first floor, and the battle passages and loopholes on the second. The middle part of the temple was covered with a high Gothic gable roof with a Baroque tower, and a tall wooden belfry rose on the front facade.

Perebudlva at the beginning of the 20th century gave the Church of the Intercession Russian Orthodox forms. In the 2000s, restoration was carried out to restore the original appearance of the temple.

For a long time, the Church of the Intercession belonged to the UOC MP, but in 2024 the church was returned to the state property, services were held in the Ukrainian language.  

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Krasyliv was founded in 1820 at the expense of Colonel Mykola Sapyeha. Decorated at the expense of Kostyantyn Chorba.

The temple was built in a classical style, its facade was decorated with semi-columns.

In 1921, the last rector of the parish, Father Kazymyr Mazur, was shot by the Bolsheviks in front of the church.

During the Soviet period, the shrine was closed (except for a few years during the Second World War), the building first housed a warehouse, then the House of Pioneers.

In 1990, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Krasyliv was transferred to the monastery of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins.

In the square in front of the church there is a memorial to those who died during the Second World War.

The picturesque Starokostiantyniv Castle at the confluence of the Ikopot River with the Sluch was built in 1561 by Volyn Prince Vasyl-Kostyantyn Ostrozky to protect the region from the Tatars (the "Black Path" of Tatar raids passed here).

For some time, the castle served as the main princely residence of Ostrozky. Since 1575, the castle has never been attacked. In particular, in 1618, he withstood the siege of the 30,000-strong Tatar horde.

The castle was surrounded by a defensive rampart, it was separated from the land by a moat connecting the channels of two rivers. The walls were fortified with five towers designed in the Renaissance style. There was an eight-story wooden watchtower-pyramid on the territory.

The semicircular donjon tower, the princely palace, the house church, the lower tier of the gate tower, and fragments of the walls have been preserved. Under the palace there are cellars with wells-chambers leading to the river.

The castle church of the Holy Trinity, which performed defensive functions, has been restored (belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine). Part of the frescoes of the 16th century have been preserved inside, in particular the original coat of arms of Prince Vasyl-Kostyantyn Ostrozky: an eight-pointed star surrounded by a crescent moon.

Archaeological excavations and restoration work are underway on the rest of the complex.

The historical and cultural center-museum "Old Kostiantyniv" was created on the basis of the castle of Princes Ostrozky. Excursions are conducted, additional services can be ordered.

Sutkivtsi Castle today is the only surviving defensive tower of the fortified residence of the Sutkivetskyi family.

The construction of a regular tower castle was started by Fedir Sutkivetskyi in the 15th century on the basis of a 14th century fortification fortified with a stone wall. It became the main point of the southern defense line on the Kuchman road - one of the roads of the Tatar invasion.

The castle, rectangular in plan, had 4 corner towers, the entrance was made through a gate tower, from which a drawbridge was thrown over the moat. In 1567, the building was badly damaged during one of the Tatar assaults. In 1623, the new owner Oleksandr Balaban carried out reconstruction, but by the end of the 17th century, the castle lost its defensive significance and began to gradually collapse.

The pentagonal eastern tower, fragments of walls and ramparts have been preserved to this day. Restoration and creation of a historical and cultural reserve is planned. Access is free.

Starokostiantyniv Museum of Local History presents an exposition dedicated to all stages of the city's development.

The museum is located in a two-story building of the XIX century, which until 1917 housed the gendarmerie, then Starokostiantyniv Revolutionary Committee, the headquarters of the Bohunsky Regiment of the First Ukrainian Red Division and other bodies.

The exposition presents more than 5 thousand exhibits.

The Literary Memorial Museum of Anna Akhmatova in Slobidka-Shelekhivska was opened in 1989 "in a house near a road with no traffic," as the poet herself described the house of her aunt Anna Vakar.

Akhmatova repeatedly visited her relatives in Podillya, often visited Slobidka-Shelekhivska, and wrote several poems there. In the 1920s, Akhmatova's mother Inna Horenko also settled here, where she lived until the end of her life.

The grave of Akhmatova's mother, her aunt and her husband have been preserved in the village cemetery.

In front of the museum, the first monument to Anna Akhmatova by Viktor Zayko, as well as two cast-iron benches and a street lamp from St. Petersburg, was installed in Ukraine.

The Literary Memorial Museum of Anna Akhmatova is a department of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Literary Museum.

The Art Nouveau building, which currently houses various administrative organizations and shops, was built in Starokostiantyniv in the middle of the 19th century.

The modern two-story volume of the building is composed of several separate buildings placed close to each other, forming a single building - a square with an inner courtyard.

In 1917-1919, the headquarters of various military formations fighting in the district, in particular the Bohun Brigade of the Shchors Division, were located here at various times.

The Spring of Baal Shem Tov is located on the outskirts of the village of Trebuhivtsi near Medzhybizh.

According to legend, the founder of Hasidism, the Baal Shem Tov, often prayed here, after which he washed his hands in the spring. A Jewish mikvah (bath) is arranged above the spring.

The only surviving synagogue in Medzhybizh is the Beit Midrash (house of learning) of Rabbi Abraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta. It is called the Apta Synagogue or simply the Old Synagogue.

It was built in 1814, when Heschel settled in Medzhybizh. The synagogue had two floors. The rabbi himself lived in the neighboring house.

During the Soviet rule, the building was used for various purposes. In particular, there was a fire station in it.

Restoration was carried out in 2010. Today, a large Jewish library has been organized in the Old Synagogue.

The Baal Shem Tov Synagogue was reconstructed on the same site where the first Medzhybizh Synagogue was founded in 1442. The founder of Hasidism, the Baal Shem Tov (Besht), chose it as a place of worship when he came to Medzhybizh in 1740.

The synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis during World War II. Accurately reproduced in 2000-2004 based on old photographs and drawings by the efforts of Rabbi Israel Meir Habay. Nearby is the foundation of the Bach Synagogue.

The stylish mansion, which now houses the Antoninivsk Town Council, was built at the beginning of the 20th century according to the project of the Viennese architect Ferdinand Fellner, the author of the Odesa Opera.

This is one of the few surviving pre-revolutionary buildings in the Art Nouveau style with the use of half-timbered timbers, which were used to build the square in front of the front gate of the Sangushko-Potocki palace. The Potocki garage for 9 cars and a workshop were located here.

Today, the restored mansion is one of the most visible and attractive architectural monuments of the village.

The church of John the Baptist of the monastery of the Capuchin order is located in the current administrative center of the city of Starokostiantyniv, although when the monastery was founded in 1750, Prince Yanush Sangushko allocated land outside the city walls.

The Catholic Church of John the Baptist was built in the strict late baroque style by the famous Italian master Paolo Fontana. The construction of the entire complex lasted until 1778, but the church was finished much earlier.

In Soviet times it was closed, now it is valid.

The Renaissance city gate of Sataniv is part of the fortification system of the medieval city. Protected the southern entrance to Sataniv.

The gate was built in the 15th century at the confluence of the Zbruch River with an unnamed stream. In the 16th century, it was rebuilt and became part of the general system of defensive walls of the city, connecting with the castle. In 1724, Adam Senyavsky restored the damaged gate by building a toothed decorative parapet on white stone consoles.

The thickness of the walls of the stone square structure reaches 2.2 meters. The walls have loopholes with cheeks that expand in both directions. Remains of white stone decoration in the Baroque style have been preserved.

The Central Department of Registration of Civil Status Acts (RCSA) of Khmelnytskyi is located in the former mansion of one of the Proskuriv doctors, built in 1903.

From July 19, 1914, the headquarters of the 8th Army of the South-Western Front under the command of General Oleksiy Brusylov was based in this building. In the 1960s and 1970s, a city children's hospital operated here. Since 2001, it has been a palace of ceremonial events.