Attractions of Zhytomyr district

The Museum of Precious and Decorative Stones in Khoroshiv was created in 1996 on the basis of the collection of minerals and rocks of the local enterprise "Kvartssamotsvity", which has been engaged in industrial quartz mining in Khoroshiv since the 1930s.

The museum collects unique minerals from Volyn chamber pegmatites, samples of minerals and rocks from Ukraine, CIS countries, Europe, America, Africa. In total, there are 1.7 thousand exhibits. In particular, unique crystals of quartz, topaz and beryl from the Volyn Morion deposit are presented.

In 2001, the museum was granted the status of "Scientific object, which is the national property of Ukraine".

"Shoduarivsky" Park of Culture and Recreation is the most popular recreation area for Zhytomyr residents.

It was created in the 19th century by a well-known patron and researcher in Volyn, Baron De Shoduar.

The park covers an area of 36 hectares, a large part of it is located on the slopes of the banks of the Teteriv River. 80 species of trees and shrubs grow on the territory, some imported from different parts of the world. In front of the central entrance there is a beautiful cascade of fountains, behind the entrance - observation decks. There is a descent from the park to the boat station on the river.

The most picturesque place is the suspension pedestrian bridge (350 meters) across the Teteriv River.

The half-ruined cell building of the Jesuit monastery is the oldest architectural monument of Zhytomyr.

The monastery on Castle Hill was built in the 18th century by Jesuit monks, who were invited to the city by the castellan of Kyiv, Yan Kazymyr Stetskyi. Possible architects include Pavlo Hizhytskyi, Paolo Fontana, Domeniko Fontana.

A three-class school operated at the monastery. The Polish king Avhust II, by his privilege, transferred the adjacent lands under the jurisdiction of the monastery, excluding the Jesuit Jurisdiction, a kind of "city within a city", from the control of the city self-government.

The Jesuit church was destroyed by Russian hussars and Don Cossacks in 1769. From the entire monastery complex, only the ruins of the two-story cell building have survived to this day. Restoration is planned.

Museum of Local Lore in Radomyshl was founded in 1959. It contains exhibits, documents, and photographs reflecting the daily life and political life of Radomyshl residents against the backdrop of world events of the 17th-20th centuries.

The first room presents ancient bones, tusks of a mammoth, a skull of a deer, horns of a red deer (in 1963, the site of primitive people was investigated in Radomyshl, and a monument was erected).

Then there are stands from the period of the Cossacks, Radomyshl at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, the Second World War and the events of recent history.

The park "Horoshki Castle" in Khoroshiv was laid out in the 18th century on the high bank of the Irsha River on the site of the medieval castle of the Lithuanian princely family Sapieha (defensive earthen ramparts and ditches have been preserved).

The estate in Horoshki belonged to the commander Mykhaylo Kutuzov from 1796, he visited it in 1802-1805. In the 19th century, there was a palace in the center of the park that belonged to Kutuzov, and then to his descendants (it burned down in 1919).

About 60 ancient oaks have been preserved.

The building was built in 1897 for the Zhytomyr Regional Court according to the project of the architect Volodymyr Bezsmertny.

Currently, it is one of the buildings of the Agroecological University.

It is an architectural monument of local importance.

The Pulyny People's Art Museum "Pulyny Paints" was opened in 2012 on the initiative of the group of artists "Pulyny Community". It is located in the Center of Culture and Leisure of the Pulyny Settlement Council.

The basis of the exposition is the works of local artists, including Volodymyr Dzyubenko, Leonid Fesenko, Valentyn Voytenko and others.

Also, in 2023, the ethnographic exposition "Ukrainian house - guardian of the family" was opened in the Center of Culture and Leisure.

"Chatsky's Head" in Zhytomyr is called a rock of a bizarre shape above the Teteriv River (30 meters), a geological monument of state importance.

According to legend, the Polish nobleman Chatsky, who was being pursued by the Cossacks, threw himself into the river from here. According to another version, the name is related to the surname of the founder of Kremenets Lyceum, Tadeush Chatskyi.

The rock is clearly visible from the observation deck at the dam of the Teteriv reservoir and from the hill near the Glory Monument. Opposite - the "Four Brothers" rock.

"Chatsky's Head" rock is a popular summer vacation spot for residents of Zhytomyr.

The Museum of Local Lore in Cherniakhiv was founded in 1967.

The exposition is located in six halls and tells about the nature and history of Cherniakhiv region from the Paleolithic to today. It has 6 thematic sections: "Nature", "Archaeology", "Ethnography", "Soviet period", "Second World War" and "Modern history".

The building of the two-class city school in Radomyshl was built in 1890-1893. The men's and women's departments of the school were staffed with children of wealthy strata of the population: merchants, breeders, and county landowners.

In 1913, the Radomyshl two-class city school was reorganized into a Higher Primary School, and after the Bolshevik coup of 1917 - into a labor school, then into a secondary school.

Currently, the building of the former city school houses the Radomyshl Lyceum No. 3. It is one of the oldest educational institutions of the district, which throughout its existence has never changed its profile and has been preserved in its original form.

The People's Museum of the Composer Borys Lyatoshynsky was opened in 2013 in the premises of the Zhytomyr Music School No. 1, which bears the name of this classic of Ukrainian music of the 20th century, who was born in Zhytomyr in 1894.

The exhibition contains materials about the life and work of the artist and his family, which had Polish roots. Personal belongings of the composer, family photos, archival documents are presented.

A separate exhibition is devoted to the history of the Zhytomyr Music School since 1905 and its outstanding graduates.

The monument to the memory of the participants of "Koliyivshchyna", executed in Kodnia, is erected at the exit from the village in the direction of Andrushivka.

In 1768, a mass punishment of captured Ukrainian rebels who fought against Polish rule during the Cossack-peasant uprising led by Maksym Zaliznyak and Ivan Gonta took place at this place. Russian troops suppressed the uprising together with the Poles. About 300 people were executed in Kodnia. Under the leadership of the Polish military commander Yuzef-Habriel Stempkovskyi, the rebels were beheaded, impaled, quartered.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the tragedy, a memorial monument to the participants of the "Koliyivshchyna" was erected on the Cossack mound-grave, surrounded by a dense ring of trees.

On the track, the turn is marked with the sign "Cossack grave".

The Palace in Stavky was built in the 18th century by Count Stanisłav Dunin-Vonsovych, a brigadier general of the Polish Army who participated in the Napoleonic Wars of 1812.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the premises of the palace were used as an agricultural school.

Now the building houses the exhibition hall of the Stavky Art Manor. Art and photo screenings are held here, in which famous Ukrainian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and photographers participate. Openings and creative meetings regularly take place in the halls of the palace.

The monument of Eternal Glory in honor of the soldiers who liberated Zhytomyr was installed on one of the highest points of the city and is visible from afar.

The monument is a tall massive cylindrical column carved from Zhytomyr labradorite, on which a sculptural composition is installed - a soldier of the Soviet Army, a partisan and a patriot woman. A flag flies above them. The sculptural composition is cast from bronze. The names of the units of the Soviet Army, partisan units and units, underground organizations, names of military commanders, partisan commanders, leaders of the party underground are carved on the granite pedestal. The Eternal Flame burns near the monument.

From the foot of the monument there is a wonderful view of the city, its surrounding forests, the dam that forms the Zhytomyr Reservoir.

The two-story baroque mansion on the southern outskirts of Zhytomyr belonged to Zhytomyr notary, lawyer Ivan Filipov.

Originally, the house, built in 1886, was wooden. Filipov reconstructed it in 1903, turning it into a luxurious mansion.

Currently, the building houses 3 state organizations: the Department of Justice, the Department of Culture, and the Palace of Happiness.

Filipov's mansion is an architectural monument of local importance, one of the little-known architectural gems of Zhytomyr.