Attractions of Kamin-Kashyrskyi district

Okonsky springs are a geological monument of nature in Volyn near Manevychi.

In the center of a small lake with a depth of 3 meters, two powerful keys strike, forming cup-shaped domes on the surface. Here, karst waters come under pressure to the surface of the earth. The water in Lake Oknyshche never freezes and has a constant temperature of +7-9°С (such lakes have long been called windows (okno). In severe frosts, steam always swirls above them. The Okinka River flows from the lakes.

The spring has very clean and tasty water, but its medicinal properties have not yet been confirmed.

Near the lake there are ponds where trout are bred.

The entrance gate and the landscape park were preserved from the estate founded in Liubeshiv by Mykhaylo Servatsiy Vyshnevetskyi in the 18th century.

Later, the manor belonged to the Zamoyskis, the Mnisheks, until in 1754 it became the property of the Bratslav castellan Yan Antoniy Charnetsky. His descendants owned the manor until the Second World War.

The Charnetsky Palace did not survive the period of Soviet rule. Now you can see only the baroque stone gates and the abandoned park on the banks of the Stohid river, in which 80 species of trees and shrubs grow. The park is part of the protected area of the Prypyat-Stokhid National Nature Park.

The Capuchin monastery in Liubeshiv was founded in 1761 at the expense of the Bratslav castellan Yan Charnetsky, who owned the city. Charnetsky did not live to see the end of construction and was buried with honors within its walls.

The monastery was consecrated only in 1786, but it did not last long. In 1817, the Capuchin monastery completely burned down, and the authorities of tsarist Russia prevented its restoration. Only in 1926, when these territories were again part of Poland, the complex began to be restored. The new monastery in honor of Saint Francis was registered in 1935, but after 4 years it was closed by the Soviet authorities.

Although the premises were not used for many years, the architectural monument has survived to this day. Today it is the parish church of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

The wooden church of the Holy Prophet Ilya in Kamin-Kashyrskyi is an architectural monument of national significance.

The temple is three-timbered, single-headed. The belfry, adjacent to the western facade, gives the composition a landmark of the character of Moscow architecture of the 19th century.

The Museum of Local Lore in the city of Kamin-Kashirskyi was founded in 1980 by the local historian Vasyl Kmetsynsky, and later received the status of a national museum.

The museum exposition is located in the building of the former pedagogical school, built in the 1930s. The museum's funds include more than 4,000 exhibits.

The Kamin-Kashyrskyi Museum of Local Lore is proud of its ethnographic collection, which contains exceptional examples of embroidery of the beginning of the 20th century, objects of daily life and use of Volyn residents of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Fragments of a carved altar from the first half of the 17th century are a unique sacred monument.

A separate exhibition is dedicated to the Kosach family, who often visited the village of Zaprudya, located between Kamin-Kashyrskyi and Kovel, where the aunt of the writer Lesya Ukrayinka lived. In particular, the exposition presents an icon of Saint Nicholas of the 19th century from the Holy Dormition Church in Zaprudya - a memorial icon of the Kosach family.

The floodplain lake Liubyaz is located near the village of Liubyaz.

The length of the lake is 3.8 kilometers, the width is 2.5 kilometers, the area is 5.19 square kilometers, the average depth is 2.1 meters, the largest is 3.8 meters. The hydrological regime depends mainly on the Pripyat River, which flows through the northern part of the lake. The Korostyanka River flows into Lake Liubyaz from the southwest.

The banks are low, sometimes swampy. The shores are overgrown with reeds, there are sandy and clay beaches suitable for swimming. The lake is shallow, so it warms up well in the summer, there is minimal infrastructure for recreation, and it is popular among fishermen.

Manevychi Museum of Local Lore is located in a modern building in the center of the village of Manevychi.

The museum has more than 8,000 exhibits. Exhibitions of nature and archeology, pre-war period, World War II, modernity are presented.

In the ethnographic collection: tools of agriculture and animal husbandry, handicrafts, clothing, utensils.

The medieval Manevychi boat (monoxyl), found on the banks of the Styr River in 2015, is now on display in a separate museum of one exhibit.

The museum of one exhibit "Manevychi boat-monoxyl" opened in 2021 at the Manevychi Museum of Local Lore.

The exhibition presents a medieval boat, found on the banks of the river Styr near the village of Starosillya in 2015. According to experts, the boat dates from 1223-1256. It is the largest and oldest historical and cultural object of underwater archeology in Ukraine. The monoxyl boat is made by hollowing out the core of the trunk of one solid tree, its length is 12 meters.

There are also materials about the history of the find and its restoration.

The 10-meter observation tower is located in the village of Svalovychi at the confluence of the Stokhid River with the Prypyat River on the territory of the Prypyat-Stokhid National Nature Park.

The tower offers an amazing panorama of the valley of two rivers, as well as the village-museum of Svalovychi, which preserves Polissya architecture of the 19th century.

Access to the object is free.

The Collegium in Liubeshiv was established in the 17th century at the monastery of the Catholic Order of Piarists, founded at the expense of Prince Yan-Karol Dolsky.

In 1753-1758, the national hero of the Polish people, Tadeush Kostyushko, studied here.

In 1939, the activity of the collegium was stopped, the church of PR was destroyed.

Currently, the building of the former Collegium of  Piarists houses the education department of the local administration and the newspaper editorial office.

National nature park "Prypyat-Stokhid" combines all protected objects of the former Liubeshiv district in Volyn.

The total area of ​​the park is 39,315.5 hectares. Its northern border borders with Belarus. The structure of the park's land consists of: swamps - 43%, forests - 35%, shrubs - 16%, water fund - 6%.

The nature park got its name from the two rivers flowing through its territory - Prypyat and Stokhid. A characteristic feature of these rivers is the presence of dozens of branches, riverbeds, floodplains, old rivers, among which there are many swampy and sandy islands.

Forty-two species of plants listed in the Red Book of Ukraine grow in the park. There is also a rare fauna - 84 species of red book species of animals.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Manevychi was built in 1933-1937. Before that, a wooden chapel near the station served as a parish church.

The construction of the new church was financed by the parishioners, the priest Boleslav Yastshembsky supervised the construction.

In 1943, the Transfiguration Church was closed by the decision of the Soviet authorities, and the premises began to be used as a warehouse for mineral salt.

In 1992, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord was returned to the Catholic community of Manevychi, restoration is ongoing.