Attractions of Bucha district

The wooden temple of the holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica is the central building of the ethnographic complex "Ukrainian Village".

The temple was founded at the expense of People's Deputy Volodymyr Bondarenko at the place where in 2004 an unsuccessful attempt was made on him - his car was pelted with bottles with a flammable mixture. Construction was completed in 2007.

The temple is built from a cylindrical log in the form of an octagonal rotunda. The interior is decorated with a carved iconostasis in the Ukrainian Baroque style. There is a parish school at the church.

The private literary museum of the poet and translator Hryhoriy Kochur in Irpen was opened in 1997 by his son and daughter-in-law Andriy and Mariya Kochur after his death. Mariya Kochur still lives in their Irpin house and personally takes care of the museum.

This building was called the "Irpin University" - during Soviet times, the "sixties" and dissidents often gathered here. Hryhoriy Kochur, who himself went through the GULAG, was their spiritual leader. Among Kochur's guests were Vyacheslav Chornovil, Vasyl Stus, Ivan Dzyuba, Lina Kostenko and other representatives of the opposition-minded creative intelligentsia.

The exposition tells about the life of Ukrainian patriots of the second half of the 20th century. Photographs, personal belongings, notebooks, manuscripts, publications from Kochur's lifetime are presented. His personal library, which helped the poet in his creative pursuits, is of great value.

A separate memorial exhibition is dedicated to Kochur's teacher, outstanding translator Mykola Zerov.

The church in honor of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin was founded in Hostomel on the initiative of the colonel of the Haidamac platoon Semen Paliy.

The construction of the wooden temple, the elements of which have survived to our time, began in 1770 on the site of an older religious building. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Hostomel church underwent several reconstructions. The main construction works were completed in 1890.

In Soviet times, the church was closed and converted into a village club. Reconstruction work began in 1989, during which it was possible to preserve the wooden drum of the central bathhouse from 1890. Currently, the Intercession Church continues to be developed.

In July 2022, after the liberation of Hostomel from the Russian occupation, the residents of the city at a community meeting decided on the transfer of the Holy Intercession Church to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Irpin Historical and Local Lore Museum sheds light on the history of the city of Irpin and the Irpin community, introduces the work of outstanding countrymen - artists, writers, sculptors, and masters of folk art.

The museum was founded in 1977 by the history teacher Oleksiy Perederiy as a local history club of the local school. The city museum in Irpen was officially opened in 1987, and in three years it received its current separate premises.

The exhibition is housed in four halls with modern multimedia equipment. The historical section tells about the formation of Irpin, in particular, about the Irpen dachas and the railway that gave life to the city. In the second hall, you can learn about the most famous artists of the city, including the outstanding kobzar Mykola Budnyk, artists Matviy Dontsov and Volodymyr Sydoruk. There are rare old prints, a collection of inkwells of various writers whose lives and works were connected with Irpin.

A separate exhibition tells about the events of the occupation of Irpen by Russian troops in February-March 2022, when the museum building was damaged. Evidence of the crimes of the Russian army, personal belongings of the occupiers, shot household objects of local residents, mutilated icons, shell casings, projectiles and fragments of military equipment are presented.

Personal exhibitions, presentations, art events are held in the exhibition hall.

The Makariv Historical and Local Lore Museum is located in the Pansky Park on the ramparts of the Makariv Castle in the center of the town of Makariv. It was opened in 1967 on the initiative of local historian and public figure Herman Chereshnyov.

The exposition tells about the history of Makariv since the Middle Ages, about the Haydamak movement in the Kyiv region, about the events of the Ukrainian Revolution and the Second World War, as well as about the post-war life of the town.

A separate exhibition is dedicated to the soldiers of the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Roman the Great, who in February-March 2022 liberated the Makariv hromada from the Russian invaders in fierce battles.

The Memorial Sign "Zhytomyr Region. Homeland of Serhiy Korolov" with a model of the R-11 (SS-1 Scud) combat missile was installed in the village of Nebelytsia at the entrance to the Zhytomyr region on the M-06 highway from the Kyiv side.

The R-11 liquid single-stage ballistic missile was developed by two chief designers, Serhiy Korolov and Mykhaylo Yanhel, in 1953. Short firing range of up to 270 kilometers with the possibility of installing a nuclear warhead.

A training rocket for the monument with a height of about 12 meters was provided by one of the military units of the Sumy region.

There is a rest area opposite the monument, but the track in this place is separated by a solid fence between the lanes, so it is more convenient to stop when traveling in the western direction.

The cemetery chapel in honor of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Hnativka near Bilohorodka was built in 1905 by a local resident, Hvozdyk.

Throughout the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th, the majority of the population of Hnativka consisted of Jews. Due to the small number of the Christian community in Hnativka, a full-fledged church was never built, and its functions were performed and continue to be performed by the cemetery chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin.

A crypt looted during Soviet times has been preserved under the chapel. Currently, the chapel is restored, services are held.

In 2013, a memorial plaque was solemnly installed on the wall of the church commemorating the historical event that took place in Hnativka on February 9, 1918. On this day, in Hnativka, under the leadership of Acting Minister of War Oleksandr Zhukivskyi, the re-formation of all existing troops into the Separate Zaporizhzhia Detachment took place - this is how the first regular armed formation of the Ukrainian People's Republic was formed.

The branch of Oshchabank in Vorzel is located in a one-story brick building with a wooden veranda - the former dacha of the Russian nationalist and monarchist, anti-Semite and Ukrainophobe Vasyl Shulhin, which was built at the beginning of the 20th century.

In 1917, Shulhin was a member of the Temporary Committee of the State Duma, accepted the abdication of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. He was one of the ideologues of the creation of the White Guard, one of the founders of the Volunteer Army, as well as the author of memoirs "Days", "1920", "Three capitals", "Letters to emigrants" and others.

The interior of Shulhin's house is partially preserved.

The ruins of the palace of the Nemishaieve Osten-Saken's estate are located in the park next to the Nemishaieve plant of biochemical preparations in Nemishaieve, on the outskirts of the village of Myrotske.

It is not known for sure who built the palace and when. Perhaps it existed already in the middle of the 19th century, when the estate was owned by the Counts of Osten-Saken from Courland. The one-story building with towers is made in the Renaissance-Neo-Gothic style, has rich decor and resembles a fairy-tale castle. From the end of the 19th century, the estate belonged to Count Vorontsov-Dashkov, then to the rich landowner Andriy Kulyk.

In Soviet times, the building housed a factory club, which burned down during a fire. Since then, the palace has not been restored, it was partially dismantled for building materials. In 2007, the ruins were leased to the local community of the UOC MP for the creation of a temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Divine services are occasionally held in the surrounding area, but restoration has not yet begun.

Since May 2018, the ruins of the Osten-Saken`s palace have been returned to the communal property of the Nemishaieve hromada.

One of the most interesting structures of the Kyiv Fortified District (KyUR) is the multi-story Pillbox (DOT) 402, located on the steep bank of the river Irpin.

Pillbox No. 402 was built according to an individual project and has three levels: ground level (classical with two machine-gun casemates and an entrance), the first underground and the main, lower underground level with an extensive system of underground communications 500 meters long.

On July 12, 1941, during the German offensive on Kyiv, after an unsuccessful attempt to immediately advance in the direction of Zhytomyr, General von Kleist, who commanded Army Group "South", tried to break through to the south of Bilohorodka. Its units were met by the 402nd Pillbox KyUR. Having suffered significant losses, the Germans retreated. The offensive of the aggressors was delayed until the departure of the main forces of the Red Army from Kyiv.

Episodes of the movie "The Tunnel" were filmed in Pillbox No. 402.

The complex of buildings of the stagecoach post station has been preserved in Kalynivka since the time of the Russian Empire in almost its original form.

It was built according to the model project "Houses of the II category with a hotel", a characteristic feature of which is the arrow windows in the Neo-Gothic style. Such stations were massively built in the country in the middle of the 19th century, in particular on the postal route that passed through Kyiv on the Brest-Lytovske highway (now it is the international highway E40). The complex includes a coach house, a carriage house, and a stable.

The main building is still used for its intended purpose - it houses the post office. The other premises are occupied by the office of the road maintenance service.

The complex of buildings of the stagecoach post station has been preserved in Liubymivka since the time of the Russian Empire in almost its original form.

It was built according to the exemplary project "Houses of the II class with a hotel", a characteristic feature of which are arrow windows in the neo-Gothic style. Such stations were massively built in the country in the middle of the 19th century, in particular on the postal route that passed through Kyiv on the Brest-Litovsk highway (now it is the international highway E40). The complex includes a coach house, a carriage house, and a stable.

The buildings of the post office in Liubymivka are still used for their intended purpose - they house a roadside hotel and restaurant complex with a sauna.

The railway station in Bucha was opened in 1901. Since those times, the station building has been preserved, which is now the main architectural landmark of the city.

The building, built in an eclectic style with elements of Romanesque and Gothic, is decorated with towers and arched windows, which makes it look like a small castle.

The station was restored for the centenary of the city, and a commemorative plaque appeared on its facade on this occasion. The station still has a functioning steam locomotive hydraulic column, which is also a local rarity.

The Saint Nicholas Church in the village of Lubyanka is the only surviving pre-revolutionary church in the former Borodyanka district.

The first wooden church in the village was built in 1758. In 1812, it was replaced by a new one, but at the end of the 19th century, due to the strong dilapidation of the building, it was decided to build a new church.

The project of the temple was developed by academician of architecture Volodymyr Nikolayev, the author of the projects of the Intercession Monastery, the Kyiv Philharmonic, the refectory church of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, and others. The architecture of the Saint Nicholas Church is quite restrained and practically devoid of decor. The only exception is the complex 10-column entrance portico, which has survived to this day.

During the years of Bolshevism, the dome was dismantled, and the church was closed. Divine service was resumed in 1941 during the German-fascist occupation. Since then, the temple has not been closed.

In 2014, the Saint Nicholas Church received a protective status. In the same year, the new priest carried out an arbitrary reconstruction of the temple - the decor of the entrance group was knocked down, four concrete pillars were placed in the central cross and a bulbous crown on top, the temple was painted, due to which it lost its authenticity.

The brick church of Saint Simeon Stovpnyk was built in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in 1909 on the site of the old wooden church of 1755, built at the expense of the community.

Due to the rapid growth of the population in 1908, it was decided to build a new church. The contract for the construction of the church was given to Petro Temko, a peasant from Dymer, who had good recommendations after building churches in the village of Svaromia, Chernihiv province, and Boiarka, Kyiv district.

According to the project of the diocesan architect Yermakov, the church is two-story, 5-domed with a faceted aspid. It had three entrances - central and two side. The parish library was located on the second floor. The facades are made in eclectic forms of the "neo-Rus" style, and the decoration of the upper part of the church walls, parapet and decorative elements are taken from wooden architecture. The middle of the church was plastered and painted.