Attractions of Obukhiv district

The Archaeological and Local Lore Museum of the Kopachiv village is a branch of the Kyiv Regional Archaeological Museum. It is located in two halls on the second floor of the former Kopachiv village council.

The first hall of the museum presents local archaeological finds: mammoth bones, ceramics of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture, fragments of Kyivan Rus' dishes. The gem of this exhibition is the Trypillia binocular vessel.

In the second hall, a fragment of the interior of a traditional Ukrainian house is reproduced. Local antiquities and other exhibits representing the history, life, and art of Kopachiv from the past to the present are presented here.

The wooden Michael's Church in Pidhirtsi near Kyiv was built in 1742 on the initiative of the abbess of the Frolivsky Monastery on the site of the destroyed Peter and Paul Church in honor of the Miracle of Archangel Michael. A bell tower was added in the 19th century.

Due to the almost identical dimensions of the log cabins united under a common roof, the church resembles the oldest Klitschian type of wooden temples, characteristic of the princely era. The main feature of this is the location at the base of the building of the simplest wooden structure - a cage, that is, a log cabin formed by crowns of logs laid one on top of another.

Paintings and carvings of the 19th century have been preserved in the interior of Church in honor of the Miracle of Archangel Michael. The ensemble of the church and bell tower is a typical example of Ukrainian wooden architecture of the 19th century, an architectural monument of national importance.

The history of the Church of Saint Archangel Michael in Shandra dates back to 1755, when a wooden Greek-Catholic church was built here.

In 1768, during the Koliyivshchyna, priest Andriy Kuschevych supported the Haydamaks and converted to Orthodoxy, for which he was executed.

In 1811, the wooden Michael Church burned down. In its place, the current stone was laid in 20 years.

The Church of Archangel Michael is cruciform in plan, has one large dome on an octagonal drum and an attached bell tower. From the hill where the church stands, there are wonderful views: on one side a deep gully, on the other - the valley of the Shevelyuha River with a pond overgrown with reeds and willows.

The wooden Church of the Assumption in Vilkhovets was built in the 19th century on the site of the old Saint Michael's Church, known since 1700.

The church is nine-rubble five-headed, with a complex composition of volumes, which is rare for the Kyiv region. The top is made in the pseudo-Byzantine style, which makes the church similar to the temples of the princely period. Ancient paintings in the interior have been partially preserved.

On the territory is the grave of Kolotnovska, the wife of a local priest.

The Church of the Assumption of Saint Anna in the center of the village of Sloboda was built in 1852 by Major General Andriy Troshchynskyi, the heir of the Minister of Justice Dmytro Troshchynskyi.

The temple in the style of late classicism is cruciform in plan, crowned with a hemispherical dome on a cylindrical drum. There are large semicircular windows on the western, northern and southern facades. The facades are finished with triangular gables.

Remains of the thematic paintings of the 19th century have been preserved in the interior.

The Burty Village Local Lore Museum was opened in 1977 in the premises of the old school. The exposition in 5 rooms tells about the history of the village and the daily life of its inhabitants.

The ethnographic section presents household items, clothes, embroidered towels, work tools (loom, spinning wheel). The historical exhibition tells about the events of the Ukrainian revolution, collectivization and the Holodomor, the participation of the villagers in the Second World War, post-war reconstruction, the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war.

A separate exposition is devoted to the development of education in Burty.

Castle Hill in Lisnyky is one of the hills above the village on which a medieval castle was located in the 16th century.

It was built by Prince Yukhym Koretsky, who in 1596 bought Foresters from Adam Bohohval. The prosperity of the village is connected with the activities of the prince and his wife Anna. The further fate of the castle is unknown, but ruins were still visible on the mountain in the 19th century.

Until recently, Castle Hill was a wasteland. Currently, the plateau is being actively built up with private cottages. A memorial sign in the form of a cross is installed at the entrance.

The Cathedral of Anthony and Theodosius in Vasylkiv is an example of Ukrainian Baroque architecture.

The cathedral in honor of Saints Anthony and Theodosius was built in the middle of the 18th century by the serf of the Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra, Stepan Kovnir, by order of the Lavra Archimandrite (according to legend, an underground passage was laid from the Vasylkiv Cathedral to the Lavra).

From the outside, it resembles the Kozelets Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin. Gables with cornices of double curvature are considered a characteristic detail of architecture (sculptor Talyanets).

Paintings by Vasyl Bibibkov have been preserved in the interior. The main shrine is the miraculous icon of the Three-Handed Mother of God.

The Cherniakhiv Museum of Local Lore was opened on the initiative of local educators in 2023 - almost half a century after its predecessor ceased to exist. It is located in the premises of the Cherniakhiv Village House of Culture.

The exposition tells about the ancient history of Cherniakhiv, the modern life of the village and its prominent residents. In particular, the archaeological section presents items of the Cherniakhiv culture from the stock of the Kaharlyk Museum of History and Local Lore.

The interior of a Ukrainian house of the 19th century has been recreated, where you can see ancient agricultural and household relics, embroidery, ceramics, vine and wood products. In the corner of household items of the mid-20th century, old radios, record players and typewriters are exhibited.

The oldest administrative building of Vasylkiv is the County Present Place, built at the beginning of the 19th century. The headquarters of the Chernihiv regiment, which on January 10, 1826, joined the Decembrist uprising against the Russian autocracy and for the abolition of serfdom, was located here.

The uprising of the Chernihiv regiment, organized by the Southern Society of Decembrists, was led by lieutenant colonel Serhii Muravyov-Apostol and battalion commander Mykhailo Bestuzhev-Ryumin. The uprising was crushed within a week, and the organizers were later convicted and executed. A monument to the Decembrists was erected on the square opposite the building.

The building of the headquarters of the Chernihiv regiment is two-story, brick, plastered. The facade is typical of Russian classicism. The building was rebuilt several times. It housed the places of attendance, then the district police headquarters.

The local history department of the "Decembrists in Vasylkiv region" museum, which covered the activities of the Vasylkiv administration of the Southern Society (now under renovation), still worked in the two rooms. In particular, the cell in which Serhii Muravyov-Apostol and Mykhailo Bestuzhev-Ryumin were kept after the arrest was preserved.

The Museum of Cossack Era in Hermanivka is located in the building of the manufacturing bench, erected in 1904, next to the Picture Gallery.

The museum illuminates the historical and socio-political processes of the development of the village of Hermanivka in the context of the general history of Ukraine through archaeological and ethnographic monuments of antiquity from the Bronze Age to the present.

The museum is divided into two halls. Exhibits from the Bronze Age to the end of the 19th century are exhibited in the first hall, and exhibits from the beginning of the 20th century are displayed in the second hall.

The Cossack Era Museum Museum and the Picture Gallery in Hermanivka are branches of the Kyiv Regional Archaeological Museum.

The tombstone on the grave of the local priest Fedir Hrushevsky in Lisnyky was installed in 1894 by his grandson Mykhaylo Hrushevsky, a great historian and public figure.

Fedir Hrushevskyi served in the local Transfiguration Church, he founded a high school in Lisnyky. After World War II, the tombstone was used to decorate the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kruhlyk. Returned to the site in 2001.

A monument to Mykhaylo Hrushevsky was erected next to the school. You can get acquainted with the history of the village in the school lobby, where there is a local history exhibition.

The Art gallery in the village of Hermanivka is located in the former store building, built in 1904 by the entrepreneur Patlakh, next to the Cossack Era Museum.

The official opening of the art gallery took place in 2005.

The museum presents paintings by artists whose lives were connected with Hermanivka, as well as works of art by the inhabitants of the village.

The Cossack Era Museum Museum and the Picture Gallery in Hermanivka are branches of the Kyiv Regional Archaeological Museum.

The Karapyshi Village Historical and Local Lore Museum was founded in 1984 on the initiative of local activists-historians Oleksiy Hura and Mykhaylo Peretyatko. They were helped by their fellow villagers in collecting local material.

The exposition in five halls tells about the history of the village of Karapyshi from the earliest records to the present day, as well as about the culture and lifestyle of its inhabitants.

In particular, the "Certificate of Settlements" signed on April 25, 1896, when Karapyshi belonged to the Kyiv Governorate of Kaniv County, is presented. Also on display are samples of men's and women's clothing of the beginning of the 20th century, an ancient loom and other tools, peasant household items, and weapons from the Second World War.

The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God in Makedony was founded in 1729.

At first it was wooden. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was dismantled, and a new stone Intercession Church was built on the same place. The church was built with the assistance of priest Victor Solukha, who was a member of the State Duma for a while. In 1911, the church was consecrated in honor of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God. The temple was built in the then fashionable "brick" style.

Services were held until 1964, after which the church was closed and turned into a warehouse. In the 1970s, the dome collapsed and was never restored. The temple is still in poor condition, but restoration has begun.