Attractions of Obukhiv district

A popular natural photo location between Vasylkiv and the village of Velyka Buhaivka is called "Kazkovy yar" (Fairy Yar) or "Ukrainian Iceland".

This is quite typical for the Vasylkiv region, but an incredibly picturesque truss-beam system with steep slopes, the height of which sometimes reaches 30 meters.

It often serves as a location for filming and professional photo shoots. In particular, Vasylkiv landscapes can be recognized in the films "Toloka" and "Zakhar Berkut", the TV series "And there will be people". Jamala and Pianoboy's music video for the song "Endorphins" was filmed directly in the "Kazkovy yar".

The tract does not have a nature conservation status, but on the slopes of the ravines in some places the typical typchakovo-kovila steppe vegetation has been preserved, wild animals live. The hunting grounds of the Vasylkiv region Hunting and Fishing Club are located on the territory of the "Kazkovy yar".

The location is to the right of the road from Vasylkiv to Velyka Buhaivka, a dirt driveway leads to it.

On the opposite side of the village of Velyka Buhaivka, there is another raft and beam system - the landscape reserve of local importance "Vasylkivski Carpathians", with which the "Kazkovy yar" is often confused.

The Private Local Lore Museum "Zinchenko Manor" was opened in 2021 by the family of Viktor and Lyubov Zinchenko in their native village of Derevyana near Obukhiv. Initially, it was called "Kutok Museum" (Kutok is the part of the village where the museum is located).

The ethnographic exposition is located in the restored country house of Viktor Zinchenko's parents, built in 1934. The interior preserves the atmosphere of a traditional Ukrainian hut of the first half of the 20th century.

A traditional stove painted by a local folk artist occupies a prominent place in the house. Ceramic and wooden dishes are displayed on the bowls. Ancient paintings, icons, and photographs hang on the walls. A large collection of embroidered towels and embroidered towels is presented (some of them are embroidered by the hostess herself). Household items are exhibited in the halls: kerosene lamps, irons, nightstands, scythes, etc.

In winter, the Residence of Saint Nicholas operates on the basis of the "Zinchenko Manor".

The historical and local lore museum "Parent's House" was created in 2016 at the Maslivka Agrarian Vocational College named after Prokip Harkavyi.

The main exposition tells about the stages of creation and development of the educational institution since 1920. Historical documents, old photos, awards, items of clothing, fragments of weapons from the Second World War are presented here.

Other chapters are devoted to the nature of Kyiv region, the ancient agrarian culture of Ukrainians, the history of the village of Maslivka from the the Cossacks time, agricultural technologies of different eras, life and lifestyle of the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, and the peculiarities of traditional Ukrainian cuisine. Ancient embroidery, embroidered towels, handkerchiefs, artistic and decorative products, household items, work tools are exhibited.

The Maslivka Agrarian Institution History Museum "Parent's House" organizes tours and art events.

The Baker Synagogue in Vasylkiv was built at the beginning of the 20th century on the site of a wooden Jewish prayer house.

The two-story brick building of the synagogue has characteristic features of a Jewish religious building, richly decorated using elements of medieval architecture.

In 1927, the "Baker" synagogue was closed, the building was handed over to the South-Western Railway and rebuilt under the "Vasylkiv-2" railway station.

Currently, the building is in communal ownership, until recently several families lived in it.

Divych-hora (Devich-hora, Divocha hora, Divych-Hill) is a high hill above the Dnipro in the center of the village of Trypillia. The name is probably connected with the ancient Slavic cult of a female deity - the progenitor goddess, the goddess Virgo (Diva).

On the top of Divych-hora, a settlement and burial ground of the Zarubinetska culture (II century BC), as well as an ancient Slavic temple (VI century) were discovered. There is an assumption that there was a sanctuary of a pagan virgin goddess. The altar consisted of nine hemispherical recesses in which ritual food was cooked.

From the top of Divych-hora, a wonderful panorama of Trypillia, the Dnipro and the surrounding hills opens up.

Family goat farm with cheese dairy "Dooobra Farm" was founded in 2011 by the family of former advertising artist Taras Lozhenko. It is located in the village of Ivky on the outskirts of Bohuslav. Excursions and tastings are held here.

About 400 goats are kept on the farm, of which 230 are milking. Cheese is cooked three times a week. About 100 kilograms of cheeses are produced in one day. The farm is equipped with a modern technological line.

Today, "Doobra Farm" produces 12 different types of cheese. In particular, 4 types of goat's cheese: soft cream cheese, semi-hard "Yangol", aged "Bikoz" and "Shedevr" with white mold. From cow's milk, the cheeses "Rankovy", "Legend", "Seven Tastes", "Starets", "Kosychka", "Suluhuni" and others are produced. The farm also offers cheese, sweet and salty cottage cheese, butter, cream, kefir, meat products and honey.

The farm hosts the Cheese Museum, which exhibits items related to cheese production, collected by the farm's owners during their travels in Europe. In particular, samples of rare European cheeses, advertising leaflets of Ukrainian cheeses from 1961 in French, records of unique cheese recipes, an engraving of the oldest cheese market in Holland, a collection of cheese knives are presented.

The excursion program includes a tour of the goat farm and tea plantation, a detailed story about the cheese factory, a visit to the Cheese Museum and a cheese tasting.

The Cheese Museum in Kyiv also operates as a branch of the family cheese factory "Dooobra Farm".

Only the remains of the park and wonderful views of the Dnipro remained from the "Lypky" manor of the Dolhoruky-Fadyeyevs family estate in Rzhyshchiv.

In the 18th century, the manor belonged to Lieutenant General Adolphe Franzovich de Bandre du Plessis. His daughter Henrietta de Brande y Plessis married Major General Prince Pavlo Dolhoruky, who retired at the beginning of the reign of Paul I. After the Franco-Russian war in 1812, the future Decembrists Bestuzhev-Ryumin, the Muravyov-Apostol brothers, Prince Trubetsky visited the Rzhyshchiv estate of the Dolhorukys.

Princess Olena Dolhorukova, who married Andriy Fadyeyev, was born here. For some time they lived in Rzhyshchiv. Their grandchildren are the statesman Serhii Witte and the writer-theosophist Olena Blavatska (Blavatsky's mother, the writer Olena Fadyeyeva-Han, was born in Rzhyshchiv).

On a high cliff above the Dnipro, a part of the manor park "Lypky" with an old linden avenue has been preserved. This place is great for picnics.

During the creation of the Kaniv Reservoir in 1972, several villages on the outskirts of Rzhyshchiv were flooded. On the site of the former village of Husyntsi, the half-flooded Transfiguration Church with a bell tower has been preserved.

It was built by the local landowner Husynskyi in 1812 (according to other data, in 1822). The temple in the Ukrainian Baroque style stood on a hill that turned into an island. It could only be reached by water in summer, and in winter it was possible to approach it on ice from the opposite bank of the Dnipro from Rzhyshchiv (difficult access through the forest).

For a long time, the church remained dilapidated. In 2009, shore strengthening works, raising the level of the island and reconstruction of the temple began. A long bridge connects the island with the shore, where the Nicholas monastery-hermitage was recently founded. In the summer, you can organize a trip to the island by boat from the Rzhyshchiv pier.

Bohuslav granite outcropping is a geological monument of nature. Rocks 10-12 meters high are located along the bed of the Ros River in the central part of Bohuslav.

In the valley of the river, granite blocks embedded in the ground are spectacularly scattered along its slopes. The age of the Bohuslav granites is 2 billion years. Picturesque rapids are formed in the place where Ros washes the granite island with two branches.

One such place with a deep bath overhanging a high rock is called "The Yama" by the locals.

The wooden Church of the Holy Intercession was built in Krenychi in 1761 by order of the abbess of the Theological Convent of Ksanfiya Protanska.

The simple and archaic architecture of the temple goes back to the oldest examples of Ukrainian wooden architecture of the "house" type. The three-log church on a stone foundation is covered with a pitched roof with a barely protruding dome above the center. Nearby is the same archaic two-story bell tower.

Around the Intercession Church is a picturesque area reminiscent of mountains.

The Holy Trinity Church was built in Bohuslav in the 19th century on the site of an old church. Most of the funds for the construction were allocated by Oleksandra Branytska.

The temple is made in the style of late classicism. An architectural monument of national importance.

Belongs to the community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The landscape reserve of local significance "Vasylkivski Carpathians" is located east of Vasylkiv, between the villages of Velyka Buhaivka and Roslavychi. It got its name due to the steep hilly relief, reminiscent of Carpathian landscapes.

The reserve with an area of ​​226.8 hectares was created in 1999 on the basis of a large stream with adjacent ravines, at the bottom of which flows the Krushynka River and several nameless streams flowing into the Buhaivka River. The fragmented log-beam landscape has artificial pine plantations in the upper reaches and natural broad-leaved forest in the lower part, including a floodplain aspen forest. Some pine trees have been preserved on the slopes of the stream.

The main value of the "Vasylkivski Carpathians" is the natural meadow-steppe herbage preserved on the slopes of the ravines, which have never been used by humans for agricultural purposes. In summer, the slopes are full of flowers, filling the air with honeyed aromas of wild chicory, meadow sage, alpine clover and other meadow herbs. Among the rare plants there is hard fiber flax and half-moon bunchgrass (key-grass), which is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine.

According to the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, the "Vasylkivski Carpathians" are home to deer, roe deer, roe deer, wild boars, hares, partridges, and moose, which is listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. More than 30 species of birds nest.

You can enter the territory of the reserve from the T-1006 road on a dirt road that starts opposite the turn to the Gvozdoff ski complex. There is a place for picnics.

On the opposite side of the village of Velyka Buhaivka, there is another truss-beam system "Kazkovy yar", which is often confused with the "Vasylkivski Carpathians".

The manor-museum of the writer Marko Vovchok is a branch of the Museum of the History of Bohulavshchyna.

Prominent Ukrainian writer Mariya Vilinska, who entered the literature under the pseudonym Marko Vovchok, lived in the Bohuslav region for almost 8 years (first in the city, and then in the house of Count Branytsky in neighboring Khokhitva). She came here with a man who was appointed forester. The story "Sly Khayimka" was written on Bohuslav motives.

The only museum in Ukraine, Marko Vovchok, was opened in half of the house where she lived. In the exposition - original things of the writer, embroidery, letters.

The memorial in honor of the heroes of the military offensive operation "Bukryn bridgehead" (1943), built on the site of the ancient Rus settlement of Chuchyn, which was first mentioned in chronicles in the 11th century.

In princely times, there was a fortress here that controlled the surroundings, and a port on the Dnipro. Remains of shafts up to 4 meters high have been preserved, partial reconstruction has been carried out. A monument to Boyan - the author of "Words about Igor's campaign" was erected.

In 1943, during the operation to liberate Kyiv, the Soviet troops, at the cost of terrible losses, forced the Dnipro in this area and captured an 11-kilometer bridgehead, twice tried to launch an attack on Kyiv, but failed both times. The conditions of the terrain, which complicated the offensive actions of the troops, especially the tank army, were not taken into account. Losses in manpower were colossal.

According to the most modest estimates, 250 thousand soldiers of the Soviet Army died. This episode is considered one of the bloodiest in the entire Second World War.

The most famous and most visited tourist object of Vytachiv is Mohyla Mountain, better known recently as Knyazhyi Shpyl (Prince's Spire) or Horodyshche. It is located in the south-eastern part of the village. This is one of the highest Dnipro cliffs (190 meters above sea level), which has become the hallmark of the village of Vytachiv thanks to stunning panoramas, modern legends and developed tourist infrastructure.

Data from archeological researches indicate that a 12th century barrow gravedigger is located at this place. Some local historians believe that it was at this place that the historic Vytychiv snem (congress of ancient Rus princes) took place, at which peace was concluded between Svyatopolk Izyaslavych, Volodymyr Monomakh, David and Oleh Svyatoslavych.

Mohyla Mountain does not have a protected status, although in some sources this place is mistakenly called the National Scientific and Cultural Reserve "Novhorod Svyatopolchyi Settlement" or "Vytych Settlement".

In 1991, Ukrainian writer and philosopher Oles Berdnyk laid the cornerstone of the future Church of Ukraine-Mother at this place during the Second Congress of the Ukrainian Spiritual Republic. Before the third congress held in Vytachiv the following year, a wooden windmill and a chapel designed by Taras Shevchenko were erected. The Berdnyk chapel appears in the film "Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytskyi" (2004). On the lower terrace of the mountain, the remains of the scenery of Orysya's hut from the film "The Guide" (2014) have been preserved.

The "Vytach" wood-fired craft bakery offers sourdough bread near the windmill. There is a car parking lot, places for rest with tables and barbecues, a public toilet. A stylized private estate also attracts attention.