Attractions of Chernivtsi region

Mount Tsetsyno on the western outskirts of Chernivtsi is the highest point of the Chernivtsi highlands (378 meters).

In the Middle Ages, the Moldavian fortress of Tsetsyno stood on the top of the mountain, probably founded by the Halician princes, and then fortified by Peter I Mushat, the master of the Moldavian principality. It was mentioned in the Old Rus chronicles of 1388-1394 as the Wallachian city of Chechun.

In the second half of the 15th century, the Tsetsyno fortress was destroyed. The ruins of the castle, which survived until the middle of the 20th century, were destroyed in 1961 during the construction of a television tower.

A beech reserve with an area of 430 hectares is located on the slopes of Tsetsyno. The Tsetsynsky landscape park was created here in 1974. There are oaks, sharp-leaved maples, sycamores, hornbeams and other rare plants, as well as "red book" animals: roe deer, wild boars, foxes, martens, squirrels, weasels, ermines.

The Bukovynian Diaspora Museum was founded in Chernivtsi in 1992 on the occasion of the anniversary of Ukraine's Independence.

This is the first museum in Ukraine dedicated to emigration from Bukovyna as a phenomenon that began at the end of the 19th century and took place in four waves throughout the 20th century. The museum is designed to preserve the memory of Bukovynians who left their native land at different times and for different reasons.

The Bukovynian Diaspora Museum existed as a separate institution until 2003 and was reorganized into a department of the Chernivtsi Regional Museum of Local Lore. The exhibition presents more than four thousand exhibits that reveal various aspects of the life of Bukovynians abroad. Having found a new homeland for themselves, Bukovynians always tried to maintain ties with their native land and perceived themselves as a single national community. The latter is clearly evidenced by exhibits that tell about the life and creative path of world-famous Bukovynians who found themselves in a foreign land – Mykola Bidnyak, Yaroslav Palladius, Vasyl Kurylik, Rosa Auslender, Paul Celan, Georg Drozdovsky, Ervin Charhaff, Oleksandr Vaysman, Temistokle Virsta, Vasyl and Kseniya Kolotylo and many others.

The Local Lore museum complex named after Ivan Topalo in Staryi Vovchynets is the largest peoples local history museum in the region.

The village museum was founded in 1957 by Ivan Topalo, a resident of Staryi Vovchynets, a local school history teacher.

For more than half a century of existence, the museum has collected a rich collection - more than 8,000 exhibits reflecting the nature and history of the village. In particular, the reconstruction of a Bukovyna hut of the first half of the 20th century, peasant tools, earthenware, samples of Bukovyna embroidery are presented.

Of particular interest is the rich collection of Bukovyna Easter eggs - more than 3,000 copies.

The Museum of Nature of the Vyzhnytsky National Nature Park in the village of Zeleniv has been housed since 1986 in an old building built in the early 20th century for a local priest.

The museum has nine departments that tell about the geography, climate, geology and nature of Zeleniv and other neighboring villages of the right bank of the Prypruttya. In particular, a geographical map of the relief is exhibited: the terrain is hilly, some parts of the territory are located at an altitude of up to 400 meters above sea level and are densely cut by a network of ravines, valleys and swamps.

Most of the natural exhibits are stuffed animals, fish and birds that are found in the region.

In the yard in front of the house grow both ordinary bushes and flowers, and exotic - ball-shaped thuja, juniper, Pissardii plum, evergreen myrtle, tulip tree, sycamore, etc.

The beautiful building of the Chernivtsi Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Olha Kobylyanska was built according to the project of Viennese architects Ferdynand Felner and Herman Helmer.

The facade is decorated with sculptural compositions based on ancient Greek mythology, and marble busts of outstanding figures of world and Ukrainian culture are installed in the side niches. Above is a statue of Melpomene. The interiors are made in a neobaric style.

The grand opening of the theater took place on October 3, 1905 with a performance of Frants Shontan's play "Mariya Tereziya". Since then, operas, operettas, dramatic and comedic performances of Ukrainian and Western European classics have been demonstrated on the stage. Great masters of the European opera and drama scene performed here: Enriko Karuzo, Fedir Shalyapin, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Oleksandr Moissi and many others.

National Nature Park "Khotynskyi" was created in 2011 with the aim of preserving natural and historical-cultural complexes and objects in the Dniester River basin on the territory of the Dnistrovskyi district of the Chernivtsi region.

The park covers an area of ​​9,432 hectares. Its relief is mainly formed by the Dniester canyon. There are 520 species of plants in the park. Among the rare animals and birds are the forest cat, the black stork.

Near the village of Hryniachka is the highest waterfall in Bukovyna (30 meters), which originates from a powerful karst spring.

The Vyzhnytsky National Natural Park was created in 1995 to preserve, reproduce and rationally use the natural landscapes of the Bukovyna Carpathians with unique historical and cultural complexes.

The landscape diversity of its territory is impressive: there are steep slopes, picturesque rocks, waterfalls and gorges, and fir-beech forests occupy almost the entire territory of the park (in some places they reach a height of 40 meters and 70-90 centimeters in diameter). This is one of the two places in Ukraine where a rare orchid grows - the leafless chinstrap. There are a large number of springs of mineral water: "Chereshenka", "Vyzhnytsia", "Luzhayky".

The territory of the Vyzhnytsky National Park has routes for active hiking tourism, ecological educational trails. Green tourism is developing.

The park administration operates an ecological and educational center.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Halytsivka is considered the oldest monument of wooden architecture in the Bukovyna Carpathians.

It was built by folk craftsmen in 1630 without a single nail. The church has a disproportionately oblong nave, a faceted altar part and an octagonal nave above which rises an octagonal pyramidal top. The pitched roof with a high overhang and the dome of the church are covered with aluminum sheet, the walls are horizontally lined with wood.

No less interesting is the bell tower, which was built in the 18th century. It clearly stands out among the majority of Bukovyna bell towers due to its octagonal shape and its unusual silhouette, which is more reminiscent of a watchtower or even a space rocket.

The Natural History Museum of the Yuriy Fedkovych National University of Chernivtsi was established in 2012 on the basis of the collections of zoological and geological-geographical museums of the university, which began to be collected in 1876.

The unique exhibits include 19,000 specimens of animals, most of which are of historical value. In particular, a collection of tropical butterflies collected during expeditions of the late XIX - early XX centuries. Also on display is a 27-meter blue whale skeleton, a New Zealand gutter, a helmet-bearing cassowary, an African ostrich skeleton, a bison, a gray lizard, a Bukovynian blind, an Aesculapian snake, a protopterus, and more.

Collections of minerals and petrographic specimens are collected from regions around the globe, and some of extraterrestrial origin, there are many unique specimens and nuggets.

The manor-museum of the People's Artist of Ukraine Nazariy Yaremchuk is located in Vyzhnytsia in the village of Rivne.

The small "spruce house" in which the famous singer spent his childhood and youth was turned into a museum by his sister Kateryna.

In the museum, you can see family heirlooms of the Yaremchuk family, stage costumes, photos and personal letters of the maestro, magazine and newspaper articles collected by friends, fellow students, teachers and musicians, which tell about the life path of Nazariy Yaremchuk.

An amazing Orthodox church in terms of architecture, outwardly reminiscent of romantic castles.

The residents of the village of Toporivtsi received permission to build a new Saint Illya Church from Emperor Frants-Yosyf in 1911, when the old Saint Illya Church ceased to accommodate all parishioners.

It was built in 1914 under the direction of German and Czech architects in traditional Romanian architectural forms. A clock is installed on one of the towers.

Currently, the New Saint Illya Church belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Novodnistrovsk Historical Museum was founded in 2007. It is located on the second floor of the secondary school No. 1.

On a total area of ​​almost 300 square meters, there are several exhibition departments: "History of the city and the construction of the Dniester cascade of hydroelectric power plants and hydroelectric power plants", the ethnographic exhibition "Antiquities of the native land", the "Hall of Military Glory", the "Gallery of the History of the Development of Education in Novodnistrovsk" and the exhibition hall "Art and Folk Art".

The museum complex of Old Believers in Bila Krynytsia was opened in 2011.

The exhibition, located on the second floor of the wooden cottage, includes household items of Bukovyna Old Believers, traditional clothes of different times, old photos with views of the village, books and magazines about Old Believers.

The complex also includes living rooms where the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Old Believer Church stays during his visits to the Bila Krynytsia, a refectory kitchen.

The Olha Kobylyanska Literary Memorial Museum in Chernivtsi was opened in the house where the writer lived for more than 10 years.

The exposition is located in five halls. Three of them reveal Kobylyanska's life and creative path, and two of them recreate the situation that existed during her life (study and bedroom).

The cozy historical street of Olha Kobylyanska in the center of Chernivtsi is the main city promenade – a walking area for citizens and tourists.

The street originated in the middle of the 18th century as a road from Chernivtsi to the village of Molodiya, but its main construction dates back to the 19th century, when it was named Panska. In those days, the street was considered one of the most prestigious in the city, which fully justified its name. State institutions, commercial banks, expensive restaurants and residences of wealthy citizens were located here.

In 1940, the Soviet authorities renamed the street in honor of the prominent Bukovyna writer Olha Kobylyanska.

By the 600th anniversary of the city, which Chernivtsi celebrated in 2008, many old buildings were restored, the street took on a modern European look. The houses here have mainly two to four floors. They are built in the styles of classicism, modernism and eclecticism. Shops, cafes and restaurants are located on the first floors.

The authentic cobbled paving has been preserved on the street. Globular maples are planted along it and benches are installed. Popular photo locations are the wrought-iron carriage, the sculpture "The Janitor with Roses" and the "Monument to the Unknown Corruptor".

Every Saturday with the first dusk, the theatrical event "The Light of Panska Street" is held, during which lanternists light the first lantern.