Attractions of Zhytomyr district

The Museum of Ancient Instruments "Craftsman's Yard" in Zhytomyr is located at the Kroshnya railway station.

Every item in the exhibition is an original. The entire collection includes several thousand exhibits, including 115 examples of axes.

Presented are kerosene all-weather lamps for railway workers and policemen with a tricolor semaphore, an ancient manual device for roasting coffee beans while stirring them, a copy of an ancient forge, in which air is supplied by real Austrian bellows from the end of the 19th century.

Also in the collection are tools intended for production, the technology of which is considered lost.

The Roman Catholic Concafedral Church of Saint Sophia with a bell tower 26 meters high is considered one of the main architectural monuments of Zhytomyr thanks to a successful combination of late Renaissance and Baroque styles.

The church was built in the 18th century on Zhytomyr's Castle Square on the initiative of Bishop Samiylo Ozhyha, and was reconstructed in the 19th century using classicism techniques. The thickness of the brick walls reaches 2 meters. The facade is divided into two tiers, the house is topped by towers with sharp spiers. One of the pylons of the building is decorated with a bas-relief created by the famous pianist and composer Yuliush Zarembskyi.

The rich interior decoration - stucco and wall paintings - has been preserved. Currently, it is an active Catholic cathedral of the parish of Saint Sophia.

In 2011, a monument to Pope John Paul II was erected in front of the Saint Sophia Cathedral.

The Franciscan church and monastery in Chudniv was founded in the 17th century by Prince Sangushko, the stone temple was built in 1760 by the vicar bishop of Horchynskyi.

In 1787, the last Polish king, Stanislav Avhust Ponyatovsky, visited the church on his way to Kaniv to meet the Russian empress Catherine II.

In 1832, the monastery was liquidated, and during Soviet times, the church was also badly damaged.

Now the church belongs to the Catholic parish of the Finding of the Holy Cross, restoration is underway.

The building of a water mill on the Myka River on the southern outskirts of Radomyshl was built at the end of the 19th century (according to other sources in 1904) on the foundations of a paper factory founded in 1606 by Archimandrite Yelysey Pletenetsky to provide paper for the printing house of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

The factory was destroyed during the Cossack uprisings. Built on the ruins of a neo-Gothic mill building, it looks like a medieval castle. The building has three wings from 3 to 5 floors, connected by an 8-story tower in the center. A spiral staircase with 158 steps leads to the bell tower.

The mill functioned until the 1960s, then it was abandoned for a long time. In 2011, on the initiative of the Bohomolets-Sheremetyevy family, the historical and cultural complex "Radomysl Castle" was opened in the restored building.

In authentic interiors of the 17th-19th centuries, an exposition of the "Museum of Ukrainian Home Icon" and antiques is exhibited. 5,000 icons of the 17th-21st centuries from all regions of Ukraine from the private collection of Olha Bohomolets are presented, including the works of folk artists who most often gave the images vivid human features and emotions. The pearl of the collection is the icon of Nicholas the Wonderworker carved on stone.

Also in the museum you can see unique old photographs, a collection of old cards in the Dining Hall, a collection of old irons and household utensils, old wooden sculptures, antique chandeliers, paintings and furniture.

In addition, the manual paper-making process has been restored at "Radomysl Castle". The paper factory (paper mill) has all the equipment used by monks in the 17th century, as well as a printing press for applying text to finished sheets. Those who wish can attend a master class and make a sheet of paper with their own hands.

The castle has a 150-seat concert hall, a grand ceremonial hall for celebrations, an ancient refectory with a large castle oven and a 60-liter cauldron on an open fire.

There is a landscape park next to the castle.

The memorial house-museum of Academician Serhiy Korolov in Zhytomyr is a part of the Museum of Cosmonautics named after Korolov, located opposite the main building of the exhibition "Space".

The first museum in the apartment, where the future rocket scientist, a leading designer of Soviet space rockets, was born in 1907, opened in 1970. 7 years later, the memorial part was supplemented by a new exposition about the life and career of the general designer.

The museum recreates the atmosphere of the apartment in which the Korolov family lived at the beginning of the XX century. The exposition includes many materials, documents, personal belongings, which were donated to the museum by relatives and colleagues of Korolov.

Photographs, utensils, interior items belonging to the Queen's family, notes and drawings made by the genius designer, his costume and even a strand of hair from the very first haircut - all this can be seen during a tour of the museum.

The National Museum of Cosmonautics named after Serhiy Korolov was opened in 1970 in Zhytomyr, where in 1907 the future founder of the practical development of outer space was born.

The memorial part of the museum is located in a small house in which the Korolov family lived at the beginning of the 20th century. The interiors were restored according to his mother's memories.

The exposition of the space pavilion, opened in 1991, presents the originals and models of spacecraft, spacesuits and other equipment of astronauts. Among them are a technological sample of the Soyuz spacecraft, a model of the Lunokhod-2, and the original of the Soyuz-27 spacecraft, which has been in space. One of the most valuable exhibits is a capsule with the soil of the Moon, donated by NASA.

The museum actively uses modern museum technologies and innovative methods of working with the audience. In particular, during the children's excursions, a robot-assistant guide Mekkanoid is used, who recognizes voice commands, moves, jokes and even dances. In the museum you can book an interactive tour "Star Aeneas", which uses equipment such as simulators to train professional pilots. With the help of virtual reality glasses, visitors can visit the Moon or Venus.

Zhytomyr Museum of Cosmonautics provides a high level of accessibility. There is a ramp at the entrance, there are no thresholds and stairs in the exposition rooms, adapted excursions and an inclusive toilet are available.

The majestic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded in 1608 at the expense of Count Adam Olizar, rebuilt in stone in 1779 by Yuzef Olizar.

Baroque architecture uses the style of Louis XIV. The altar was decorated with the painting "Jesus on the Cross" by the Polish artist Frantsysk Smuhlevych. The family crypt of the Olizars was located in the side chapel.

In Soviet times, the temple was used as a granary, and then as a cinema.

In 1991, the building of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was returned to the Catholic community of the city. In 2008, a complete restoration was carried out. The interiors are decorated with the works of Polish woodcarver Furdyna.

A monument to the poet and public figure Hustav Olizar has been erected in front of the church.

The estate of the Orzhevsky nobles was built in the center of Nova Chortoryia at the beginning of the 19th century in the Baroque style and reconstructed in the pseudo-Byzantine style at the end of the 19th century.

Unique mirrors and stained-glass windows of Byzantine masters, hand-made forging, and stained oak decoration have been preserved in the palace. Currently, it is an agricultural technical school.

The church-burial of the Orzhevsky with a painting by the artist Mykhaylo Nesterov has also been preserved. He also wrote images of the iconostasis.

The estate is surrounded by a picturesque park with a pond, where 160-170-year-old trees of local breeds grow.

A picturesque lake at the site of the flooded granite quarry "High stone" (Vysoky Kamin) in the Korostyshiv district.

Many tourists note the similarity of steep rocky shores overgrown with pines and birches to the lakes and rivers of Karelia.

A great place to relax with a tent.

The vertical wall of the granite canyon of the Teteriv River rises 20-25 meters above the shore. It stretches for several kilometers along the river, but is partially hidden by the waters of the reservoir, which was formed in the 1970s as a result of the construction of a dam 2 kilometers upstream from the village of Denyshi.

It is used as a Rock Climbing Wall for training climbers, who are usually based in the nearby "Denyshi" sanatorium. The most picturesque places are in the area of the dam.

On the opposite side of the river is an oak grove with ancient oaks that survived after the felling of the ship forest.

The Museum of Local Lore of the Romaniv Region is located in a separate one-story building in the center of the urban-type village of Romaniv. The entrance to the museum is decorated with a stylized wooden gate.

The exposition in four halls tells about the history of the region from primitive people, Chernyakhiv and Trypillya cultures, Scythians, Kyivan Rus to modern times. The ethnographic collection presents Ukrainian antiquities and ancient household items.

A separate exposition tells about the place in the history of the Romaniv family of the Ilinsky-Stecki counts. In particular, portraits of family members, materials about the Ilinsky-Stecki palace in Romaniv, photocopies of paintings from the palace are presented.

Samples of glass products of the Romaniv glass factory are also widely presented.

The Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Stara Kotelnia was founded in 1783 at the expense of landowner Antoniy Prushynsky. The date and name of the founder are preserved on a stone tablet on the facade of the building.

The church is located on the ramparts of the Old Slavic settlement of Kotelnych. Made in the best traditions of the late baroque. The facade is decorated with pilasters of the Ionic order. Remains of the stone fence have been preserved.

In Soviet times, the church of Saint Anthony of Padua was closed, and has survived to this day in a very poor condition. Today, it is being revived by the efforts of the small Catholic community of Stara Kotelnia.

Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Radomyshl was founded in 1864.

It was built at the same time as Volodymyrsky Cathedral in Kyiv. It was painted by students of the famous artist Viktor Vasnetsov - Pavlo Svedomskyi and Vidhelm Kotarbinskyi, as well as icon painters from Kyiv. It is assumed that the temple is partially painted based on sketches of paintings of the Kyiv Cathedral. It is possible that the Saint Nicolas Church in Radomyshl was used as a kind of creative workshop, in which artistic techniques were practiced, which were later implemented in Kyiv.

During Soviet times, a granary was built in the Saint Nicolas Church, and the bell tower was destroyed.

Currently, the Saint Nicolas Cathedral is active, restoration has been carried out.

The steam mill in Nova Chortoryia is a rare example of industrial architecture of the second half of the 19th century.

The five-story building was erected at the expense of Count Orzhevsky next to the old water mill on the banks of the Sluch River. On the river side, the building has 7 floors.

In Soviet times, the mill was converted into a power plant. Currently, the object belongs to "Nova Chortoryia Mlynzavod" OJSC.

A half-ruined three-tiered tower towers over the ruins of the Tereshchenko Palace in the village of Denyshi, right next to the track, giving the ruins some resemblance to a medieval castle, from which it got its current name.

The palace was built in 1910-1191 according to the project of the architect Pavlo Holandskyi, using progressive architectural and construction methods at that time. Thus, during construction, concrete was widely used, and shaped elements were made with brick plaster. At that time, the estate belonged to Nadiya Tereshchenko, the daughter of a sugar factory, active State Councilor Fedir Tereshchenko.

After the Bolshevik coup of 1917, the Tereshchenko palace was looted. Despite severe destruction, the surviving walls of the palace still retain traces of rich stucco decorations and luxury.