Attractions of Kosiv district

The private museum of the Opryshky movement history in Kosmach was created in 1988 by local historian and folk craftsman Mykhaylo Yusypchuk-Didyshyn.

He moved the old Hutsul hut of the Dzvinchuk family to his residence, near which, according to legend, in 1745, the leader of the Opryshky, Oleksa Dovbush, died at the hands of a traitor.

The exhibition presents household items, weapons from the time of the Opryshky movement and rare items: bartki, axes, keptars, cheres and much more. One of the most interesting exhibits is an ancient gun with which, according to legend, Oleksa Dovbush was shot.

The museum also has unusual sculptures made of wood and stone, which are created by the owner of the museum.

The Museum-Estate of the Patriarch of Kyiv and all Ruthenia-Ukraine Volodymyr (Vasyl Romanyuk) was founded in 2002 in the village of Khimchyn in Prykarpattia, where one of the founders of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate was born and grew up.

A typical village house of the beginning of the 20th century has been recreated on the site of the Romanyuk manor, with a chapel and a memorial cross on the occasion of the first anniversary of the patriarch's death.

In the first room, the interior of the residence of the Romanyuk family is reproduced, family items are presented: a table, a bed, sofas, a cradle, a chest, a bowl with ceramic dishes, wooden products, traditional clothes, icons.

The exposition of the second room highlights different periods of the life of Patriarch Volodymyr in documents and photographs.

Rushirskyi Waterfall (Rushirskyi Huk), on the southern edge of the village of Liucha, is located on the Rushir River, which flows into Liuchka.

The waterfall with a height of 4 meters was formed at the place where the Rushir River breaks through the fold of Mehura and Tarnitsa.

The Museum of Sacred Art of the Hutsul region was opened in 2016 on its outskirts by the Kosiv artist-carver Taras Strynadyuk - a famous master of plastic wood carving, the author of unique carved icons, a representative of the Strynadyuk creative family.

He has dozens of works to his credit, which impress with the technical execution of the details, the spirituality of the images, and the professional design. He is also involved in the restoration of wooden monuments of Hutsul sacred art and other antiquities.

His collection includes ancient Hutsul wooden crosses, carved icons, decorative plates, ancient carved chests, jugs and jugs, stove tiles, a collection of axes, etc.

The "Koka" Museum-Workroom of the Strynadyuk Family" is located nearby, where the works of Mykola Strynadyuk, brother of Taras, are presented.

The wooden church of Saint Basil the Great (Moskalivka Church) is located in Kosovo in the Moskalivka district on the opposite bank of the Rybnytsia from the city center.

The original temple was built in 1895 in the traditional Hutsul style. In the same year, a wooden belfry was built.

In 2009, Saint Basil the Great Church completely burned down, but two years later it was restored in its original form.

In 1997, a monument to the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine (sculptor Ivan Andriykanych) was erected near the church of Saint Basil the Great, which includes a list of 1,186 residents of Kosiv region who died in 1939-1952.

The Chapel of Saint Nicholas is currently the only structure built as part of the "Mansion of Saint Nicholas" project, which is being implemented by the Kosov city government in the village of Cherhanivka.

The project envisages the creation of a large-scale cultural-spiritual tourist-creative complex, where adults and children can spend their time in an interesting and informative way. So far, the complex exists only in sketches.

Meanwhile, in the neighboring village of Pistyn, an alternative facility has been operating for several years - "Saint Nicholas Estate".

The Sheep Breeding Museum in Kosmach was opened in 2013 on the territory of the "Kosmatska Pysanka" hotel complex. The current exhibition is housed in a Staya hut (dairy), which consists of a production room with tools and a living apartment, where the household items of sheep herders are presented.

The excursion visually introduces visitors to the work of Carpathian shepherds, the process of milk processing and the technology of making traditional polonyna cheeses.

The museum also holds workshops on wool processing, starting with sheep shearing and ending with the production of woolen products.

The monument to Dmytro Nehrych "Moroz", the first centurion of the Bereziv Hundred of the UPA, was opened in 2003 in the center of the village of Vyzhnii Bereziv, near the village council.

It was in this village that the legendary UPA commander was born, who heroically died in 1945 in a battle with units of the NKVD.

The UPA Kryivka-Museum on the outskirts of Pistyn village was opened in 2015 on the Fatherland Fatherland Day on the feast of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God on the initiative of the local community and with the support of the Kuty Forestry State Enterprise.

It was at this place that the Kosiv foresters found the remains of an underground shelter of soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) with an archive of documents that tell about the armed struggle of Kosoiv rebels against the Soviet invaders in 1946-1951.

The museum complex consists of three kryivkas (hideouts), reconstructed in their original form (residential kryivka, armory hideout, hospital kryivka), between which the tourist route "Paths of the UPA's Battle Glory" is laid. Information stands introduce the history of the creation of the complex and the main milestones of the formation and activity of the UPA in the territory of the Kosiv district.

Near the UPA Kryivka-Museum, the infrastructure of a recreation area with the possibility of camping has been arranged.

The Vasyl Strypko ceramics family museum is located in Kosiv in the house where the honored master of folk art himself lives with his family.

The exposition presents original works of the ceramist with traditional Kosiv ornaments.

By agreement with the owner, you can visit his workshop, sit at the potter's wheel, and make a ceramic souvenir as a keepsake.