Attractions of Brovary district

The ancient burial mound of the Cossack times, described by Taras Shevchenko in the poem "The Plundered Grave", was restored on the outskirts of the city of Berezan in 2007 on the initiative of the modern Cossacks of the Berezan hundred.

The poem "The Plundered Grave" was written by Shevchenko on October 9, 1843 in Berezan, when he was visiting the local landowner Platon Lukashevych. The poet saw a picture of the excavations of the burial mound by Russian soldiers in the fields near Berezan. This metaphorical image of uprooting the historical memory and national self-awareness of the Ukrainian people became the leading one in Shevchenko's most famous anti-imperial poem.

Local expert Halyna Ryh was able to establish the location of the excavated mound in the landing near the railway track based on the stories of old residents. In 1989, on the initiative of the local branch of the People's Movement, the first memorial sign with a memorial plaque was installed here, and later the local Cossacks restored the destroyed mound and installed a stone figure of the Cossack Mamai on it.

The mound "Plundered Grave" (Rozryta Mohyla, Diggered Grave) is located on the eastern outskirts of the city of Berezan, at the exit towards Yagotyn, in the area of the railway crossing, 500 meters to the right of the highway along the railway track.

National Nature Park "Zalissya" offers visitors outdoor recreation, wildlife observation, cycling routes, horseback riding and other activities in a pine-oak forest near Kyiv, 40 kilometers from the center of the capital along the Chernihiv highway.

This protected area on the left bank of the Desna River covers an area of ​​14,836 hectares. Most of it, fenced off, is one giant enclosure, where about 1,500 deer live in semi-free conditions, as well as hundreds of fallow deer, roe deer, elk, wild boars, hares, etc.

The park was created in 1957 as Zalissya State Forestry and Hunting Farm to organize recreation and hunting entertainment for senior state officials and official delegations of foreign countries. Soviet general secretaries Mykyta Khrushchov and Leonid Brezhnyev, as well as the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, had their country residences here. Their houses are located in the closed part of the national park, which is still one of the presidential residences as part of the State Administration of Affairs.

Since 2014, the main territory of the Zalissya National Park has been open to all visitors. Tourist routes and eco-trails for hiking, cycling and car tourism have been laid across its territory. There is an opportunity to visit the Museum of Nature, see the Big and Small Lakes, visit the stables with thoroughbred horses, etc.

But the main attraction of the park is the opportunity to see large herds of wild animals up close. The best conditions for this are in winter, when the animals approach the feeders located along the roads, and the green mass of the undergrowth does not interfere with observations.

The Zalissya National Park remains a restricted object, so visiting it must be agreed with the administration in advance. You can only move around the territory accompanied by a gamekeeper. Visiting the closed territory of the residence is possible only by organized groups according to previously agreed lists.

The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in the village of Hoholiv is mentioned in "Journey of Antiochian Patriarch Macarius to Russia" by Pavlo of Aleppsky (1656), but it has not survived to this day.

The current wooden Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin was built in 1827 on the site of the old Cossack church. The church was rebuilt several times: in 1861, a bell tower was added to the architectural ensemble, in 1880, reconstruction was carried out and the five-part church became a nine-part one.

During the Soviet rule, the church remained active for a long time, it was closed only in the 1960s. In 1988, divine services were resumed, and in 1995, the church was handed over to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Among the features: on the porch from the side of the bell tower, the All-Seeing Eye looks down on the parishioners.

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Peremoha (Yadlivka) was built in 1892 with donations from local residents.

Probably, the church is located on the site of the ancient Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin, which was mentioned by Paul of Aleppo in the 17th century in "Journey of the Antiochian Patriarch Macarius to Russia": "We drove another half a mile and arrived at a small bazaar with a beautiful fortress, named Yadloka (Yadlivka ). It has a beautiful church in the name of the Nativity of the Virgin..."

The temple was pentagonal with a bell tower above the vestibule.

In 1934, the church was closed, its premises were not used for their intended purpose. In August 1944, the village of Yadlivka was completely burned down, the church was the only structure that survived.

In 1992, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was handed over to the church community of the village. On January 21, 2019, the parish community decided to join the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

An architectural monument of local importance.

The wooden church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in Bziv was built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the site of the older Nicolas church.

In July 2023, after a heavy downpour, the central dome of the Church of Saint Nicholas collapsed due to old age.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The wooden church of Saint Great Martyr George was built in the village of Selyshche in 1910-1914 at the expense of Cossack landowners.

A sample of Cossack cult architecture of the beginning of the 20th century. Five domes give the unusual strength and fundamentality of the building, and the four auxiliary ones are almost as large as the main one.

In Soviet times, a granary was located here. Officially, the Church of Saint George does not belong to the monuments of architecture.

The Savior and Transfiguration Monastery in Kniazhychi was founded in the 12th century by Saint Mykola Svyatosha, Prince of Chernihiv.

Soon the monastery was burned by the Tatars. It was later restored, but in 1917 it was again destroyed by the Bolsheviks. In the 1980s, the restoration of the temple began, monastic life was restored.

In the monastery there are icons of the Mother of God of Pochaiv and All Sorrowful Joys.

There are two monuments on the territory of the monastery: to the liberating soldiers and to the villagers who died in 1942-1943.

The Transfiguration Monastery is part of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

A new format of recreation and training is offered by the Cultural and Educational Center "Svitlytsya" in Brovary.

It was created in 2019 to acquaint visitors with interesting facts from the life and work of Taras Shevchenko, as well as with the history of Brovary city. This uses modern computer technology, including augmented and virtual reality.

There are also workshops for children, parties, literary and musical evenings, activities, competitions and quests.

The Taras Shevchenko Literary Museum in Baryshivka was created in 1987 on the initiative of Ukrainian historian, writer and statesman Vasyl Kostenko. It was his private collection of various editions of the works of the outstanding Ukrainian poet that formed the basis of the museum exposition.

The reason for founding the museum was the fact that Taras Shevchenko was in Baryshivka, which he mentions in the story "A walk with pleasure and not without morals". Here Shevchenko visited the family of Tymofiy Boryspolets, the father of Platon Boryspolets, his fellow student at the Academy of Arts. According to various sources, he could visit Baryshivka one or more times between 1843 and 1846. It was during this period that the poet visited the nearby Berezan, where he wrote the well-known poem "The Plundered Grave".

The main part of the collection consists of more than 500 editions of "Kobzar", including contemporary editions. Drawings and illustrations of the poet's works with gift inscriptions by artists, a collection of stamps, commemorative badges, ceramics with a portrait of Kobzar are presented. One of the four posthumous masks of Taras Shevchenko is kept in the museum.

VIP Ostrich Farm was opened near Kyiv in 2001. The main activity of the farm is the breeding of African ostriches for the further sale of young animals and the breeding of an adult herd. Technologies of ostrich farms in the USA and Canada are used, which are adapted to Ukrainian conditions.

According to previous agreements, informative and entertaining tours of the farm territory are held. You can also buy commemorative souvenirs made of feathers and eggshells of African ostriches, take pictures with the birds and get a commemorative photo of the ostrich.

The building of the former Zemsky school of the late 19th and early 20th centuries is located in the central part of the village of Hostroluchchia, next to the ruins of the Holy Trinity Church.

Today, a village secondary school is located in the premises of the former Zemsky school.

A monument of garden and park art, the Zhurivsky Arboretum was created in the 19th century by Kyiv vice-governor Arkadiy Kochubey for his wife Sofiya Vyazemska.

The manor had a 40-room palace with a hall of mirrors and a library. A picturesque avenue led from the palace to the pond. 382 species of trees and shrubs grew in the park. In particular, cedar, larch, oak, and Manchurian walnut were imported from East and South Asia.

Currently, 150 species of trees remain, including larch, thuja, suga, rubber tree. A 400-year-old giant oak and an age-old black pine in the form of a lyre, as well as a trident pine, have been preserved. Of the manor buildings, only the kennel building has survived.