Attractions of Fastiv district

The museum of the outstanding Ukrainian artist Mykola Pymonenko was opened in Maliutianka in 1997 at the place where his workshop used to be.

At the age of 11, Mykola helped his father, an icon painter, to paint churches in Maliutianka and neighboring Boiarka.

Pymonenko studied at the icon-painting school at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, then at Mykola Tereshchenko's Kyiv Art School, and in 1882 was enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.

From 1888 to 1911, Mykola Pymonenko and his family spent every summer in Maliutianka, where he created more than 100 of his famous canvases in the style of realism, which are now exhibited in museums in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, St. Petersburg, Paris and other European cities. Among the main ones: "Divination on Christmas Eve", "Home", "Wedding in the Kyiv province", "Matchmakers", "Divination", "On the river", "Ford", "Geese, go home".

Part of the exposition of Mykola Pymonenko's museum was made up of unique exhibits from the family collection, which were given to the museum by the artist's great-grandson.

Today, it is a branch of the Boiarka Museum of Local Lore.

By prior agreement, the Mykola Pymonenko Museum conducts tea-party tours.

The wooden church in honor of Saint Onuphrius the Great in Lypovyi Skytok is the oldest wooden church in Kyiv region that has survived in its original place.

The Church of Saint Onuphrius was built in 1705 at the Saint Onuphrius Monastery, which was revived by Bishop Zachariy Kornilovych on the site of an ancient Rus monastery.

The second monastery church did not survive.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Fastiv was built at the beginning of the 20th century according to the project of the architect Vladyslav Dombrovskyi in the neo-Gothic style at the expense of Countess Branytska.

The main facade is crowned by two different towers, between which the central entrance to the church is located. Above the entrance there is a characteristic round Gothic rose window. The facade features a sculpture of a bishop and a bas-relief composition "Christ Blessing the Children". The interior decoration of the church is quite ascetic, except for the columns with magnificent capitals.

The original asymmetric temple with rich decor is considered a business card of the city.

The building of the Catholic seminary is located nearby. Father Zygmund Kozar, the abbot of the church, thanks to whom the Catholic shrine of Fastiv was revived and restored in the 1990s, is buried on the territory of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church.

The wooden Intercession Church was built in Motovylivka in the middle of the 19th century on the site of a collapsed stone church, but in smaller sizes.

In the 1930s, the temple was closed by the Soviet authorities, the premises were used as a granary. During the German occupation, religious services were resumed and no longer stopped.

Today, the Intercession Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Intercession Church in Fastiv is a masterpiece of Ukrainian wooden architecture in Central Ukraine.

It was built in 1740 on the site of the ancient temple, founded by the famous Fastiv colonel Semen Paliy. The three-log Intercession Church is distinguished by harmonious proportions and completeness of forms. An arcade gallery surrounds the temple along its perimeter.

In 1781, the temple bell tower was built. In Soviet times, a thorough restoration was carried out.

On June 23, 2022, the Intercession Church officially transferred to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Memorial estate-museum of Kyrylo Stetsenko was opened in the village of Vepryk in the Fastiv region, where the composer spent the last years of his life - from 1920 to 1922.

Stetsenko, who turned to the church during the revolution, responded to the invitation of the community of Vepryk, which wanted to have a Ukrainian priest. In the village, the composer created two folk choirs: village and children's. In the spring of 1922, Kyrylo Stetsenko fell ill with typhus and died, just short of his 40th birthday. He was buried in Vepryk, the residents take care of his grave.

The museum stores the composer's belongings, a grand piano, as well as ethnographic and everyday items that help to recreate the environment in which Kyrylo Stetsenko lived and worked.

"Museum on Wheels" is the Museum-railcar of Unification of the UPR with WUPR, located at the "Fastiv" railway station together with the ancient steam locomotive.

In a similar headquarters railcar of the Directory of the UPR at the end of 1918, negotiations took place between the leaders of the Ukrainian People's Republic Volodymyr Vynnychenko and Simon Petliura on the one hand and the delegation of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic led by Kost Levitsky and Lonhin Tsehelsky.

It was here on December 1, 1918 "pre-entry" agreement on the intention to unite the population and territories of the UPR and WUPR into a single state. The Act of Unification was solemnly proclaimed a month and a half later, on January 19, 1919, on Sophia Square in Kyiv.

The exposition of the "Museum on Wheels" presents documents and photographs that tell about these events, money and postage stamps of those times. The interior and atmosphere of Petliura's staff car were recreated.

You can visit the museum only by prior arrangement. Every year on the Day of Reunification, ceremonial events are held near the museum in Fastiv.

The wooden church of Saint Archangel Michael in Boiarka was built in 1901 on the ramparts of the Slavic settlement "Transformation", which is also called the Budayivka settlement after the old name of Boiarka - Budayivka.

From 1756 to 1894, the churches of Saint Joan the Myrrh-bearing, Resurrection of Christ, and Archangel Michael were located on this site, which were later destroyed. After the opening of the railway station "Boiarka" and with the growth of the village, the project of the wooden church by the architect Mykola Hordenin was approved.

With the advent of Soviet power, the Saint Michael's Church was closed, but remained intact, and during the Second World War it became active again.

The church houses the icon of the Savior, which is associated with a miracle - in 2005, an imprint of its outline appeared on the glass covering the icon.

Near Saint Michael's Church, there is an ancient church cemetery where the Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Samiylenko is buried.

The building of the Boiarka Secondary School No. 2 was built in 1911 as an orphanage at the expense of patron Flavian Vasylevskyi. It was one of the first brick buildings in the then country village of Boiarka.

The red brick building is made in the Art Nouveau style according to the project of the architect Dorohanevskyi. Thanks to its decoration and high tower, the building looks like a fairy-tale terem, a medieval castle, and a majestic cathedral at the same time.

In November-December 1918, the headquarters of the Ukrainian snipers under the command of Yevhen Konovalets was located in the school (a memorial plaque was installed).

In 1921, when the railway school was located in the building, it was home to a brigade of Komsomol members building the boyar narrow-gauge railway, and among them was the future writer Mykola Ostrovskyi, who later described these events in the novel "How Steel Was Tempered". In this connection, Soviet propaganda positioned Boyarka as a "city of Komsomol glory", a monument to Pavka Korchagin, the hero of the novel, was erected in front of the school building. In 2018, the monument was moved to the neighboring territory of the Boiarka Museum of Local Lore. and in 2024 it was dismantled.

Family ecopark "Yasnohorodka" near Kyiv is a large recreation and entertainment complex operating on the basis of the largest breeding ostrich farm in Ukraine "Ostriches Valley". The complex on a green area with a stream and ponds offers a variety of entertainment for children and adults.

The first 36 ostriches were brought to Yasnohorodka back in 2001. Now, more than 400 birds live on the territory of about 20 hectares. Among them are Nandu white ostriches from South America, Australian Emus and African ostriches. Adult ostriches live in families: one male and several females, and adolescent birds live together in separate enclosures. Visiting the farm is provided with a guided tour, which lasts about half an hour.

The Yasnohorodka ostrich farm is combined with a zoo, which has deer, llamas, alpacas, camels, wild pigs, raccoons, rabbits, sheep, goats and many birds. Animals can be fed with feed that is sold on site. The contact zone allows you to communicate more closely with domestic animals.

For active recreation with children, the "Yasnohrai" amusement park is equipped with a mine-labyrinth, trampolines, high-speed descent on a zip line, electric cars, football. Animators work on weekends.

Ecopark has a winery that produces wines from its own vineyards, a large cellar with a museum and a tasting room. On the territory there is a restaurant called Ferma, which offers signature dishes from organic products grown on the farm. In the spring and summer, the Grill&Chill Park outdoor barbecue area with a stage for band performances is open. In the souvenir shop, you can buy farm cheeses and meat products, author's wine, souvenirs made of leather, eggs and ostrich feathers, medicinal cosmetics.

On the territory of the ecopark, you can spend the night in a comfortable glamping with dome-type tents, which has a covered lounge area and a place for an evening bonfire. A full-fledged hotel will open in 2024. In summer, there is a large family pool complex, which includes 6 separate pools: 2 for children and 4 for adults. There is a food court near the pools with ostrich specialties, pizza, burgers and cocktails.

Every fall, the "Family Winemaker" festival is held, during which you can taste the author's wines of the eco-farm and press the grapes into your own author's wine under the supervision of a professional winemaker. Also, the ecopark holds the Family Masnytsia in Yasnohorodka every year.

Fastiv Museum of Local Lore is located in the historic building of the bank (late XIX century), which is an example of the so-called borderless architecture in "brick" style.

The museum was founded in 1990, although its collection began to be created in the 1970s. The current exhibition is based on the results of archaeological research, ethnographic expeditions, searches in the archives.

Among the materials of the historical department there are rare archival and photographic materials, as well as historical objects that tell about the stay in the Fastiv Directory of the UPR, the battle near Motovylivka, the Unification of the UNR and WUPR and other events.

Of particular interest is the current model of the railway and other exhibits about the one and a half century history of the Fastiv railway.

The Saint John's Monastery in Mala Soltanivka was founded in 2004 at the expense of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad in honor of John of Kronshtadt. Part of this church united with the Moscow Patriarchate in 2007, but the monastery in Mala Soltanivka is being built by the part that does not recognize this union.

The Saint John's Monastery is the largest monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCOR) in the world. After the construction is completed, it will be the largest in Ukraine. Currently, there are 6 churches here, as well as a male and female hermitage. The monastery is modern and everything is modern in it: building materials, furniture, and computers.

Currently, the Security Service of Ukraine, at the request of a deputy, is conducting a pre-trial investigation into the high treason of the Saint John's Monastery in Mala Soltanivka.

The Antiquities Museum in the village of Danylivka was opened in 2010 in the premises of the old school, which later housed the village council. The initiator of the creation was the head of the village Lyubov Bondarenko, who headed the museum.

The exposition includes about 1,000 ancient items that were given to the museum by local residents: furniture, clothes, dishes, work tools, icons. Many embroidered shirts from different regions of Ukraine, women's scarves, and a collection of musical instruments are presented.

The Boiarka Local Lore Museum was opened in 1974 as the Mykola Ostrovsky Literary Memorial Museum in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Soviet writer-propagandist. Its collection includes more than 15,000 objects that constitute the historical and cultural heritage of the region..

The museum is located in a separate building on the territory of the local school, in the building of which Ostrovsky lived in 1921 among the Komsomol brigade of boyar narrow gauge construction workers.

Although in 1992 the museum was repurposed as a museum of local history, the basis of its exposition is still made up of things related to Ostrovsky's work: documents, photographs, personal belongings, first editions of his book "How Steel Was Tempered", etc.

A significant place in the exposition is occupied by the works of artists Poliakova and Hryhoryev. The museum holds more than a thousand original works by these artists.

The Fastiv Brewery was founded in 1906 by the burgher Yulius Zibert and the Prussian subject Herman Saalman.

A picturesque place on the banks of the Unava River in Zarichchya, next to the Intercession Church, was chosen for the construction of the plant. Beer production was adjusted by German specialists. At the time of its launch, the Fastiv Brewery could produce about 50,000 dal of beer per year. The enterprise was not damaged during both world wars.

A large-scale reconstruction with a complete update of technology was carried out in 2008. Currently, the capacity of the enterprise, which is part of the "Obolon" association, is 12 million deciliters of beer per year.

Tours with tastings are held every Thursday at "Zibert Brewery" (pre-registration is preferred). A branded store is open.