Attractions of Zhytomyr region

The Kmytiv Museum of Fine Arts named after Yosyp Bukhanchuk presents a unique collection of paintings in the style of socialist realism.

Opened in 1974 on the initiative of art critic and collector Yosyp Buhanchuk, who taught in the 1960s at the Leningrad Art Institute.

The museum building was designed in 1985 under the leadership of Professor Ihor Fomin. Bukhanchuk provided the museum with his own painting collection, which included 600 exhibits. In the future, the collection was replenished from state funds, many Soviet artists donated their works to the museum, and soon the collection already included 3 thousand originals.

In particular, the paintings of national artists of Ukraine Tetyana Yablonska, Mykola Hlushchenko, Mykola Maksimenko are presented. The works of St. Peterburg sculptor Nikiforova are fascinating with the filigree technique.

Photography in the halls is prohibited.

The estate of the Myezentsev family in Zviahel is located on the right bank of the Sluch River, opposite the ruins of the Zviahel fortress.

In 1865, the Myezentsevs became owners of Novy Zviahel, which was then a suburb of Zviahel. At the end of the 19th century, colonel Serhiy Myezentsev began the reconstruction of the manor, which previously belonged to the Lubomyrskyi princes, then to the Uvarovs. The construction was completed in 1903 by the colonel's son Boris Myezentsev. Perhaps the architect was Oleksandr Palshau.

The palace was built in the then fashionable historicism style, representing an eclectic mix of Renaissance, Baroque and Classicism forms. In the stylized form of the building with two towers, the image of the palace of the medieval castle is romantically interpreted. The layout of the main forms of the palace coincides with the outline of the north-eastern wall of the Zviahel castle.

A large arboretum was laid by the Uvarovs at the beginning of the 19th century.

In the 1920s, the Myezentsev palace housed an agricultural technical school. Then the manor passed into the hands of the military, the fortifications of the "Stalin Line" were placed on the territory of the park. Currently, it is the headquarters of the 30th separate mechanized brigade. Access to the territory is closed.

The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, which is also called the Saint Olha's Church, rises above the Uzh River on the outskirts of "Drevlyanskyi Park" in Korosten.

The name is connected with the legend of how Princess Olha, who burned Iskorosten in revenge for the death of her husband, repented of what she had done and, after accepting Christianity, built a temple on the burnt area, where she came to pray for her sins.

The parish of Saint Olha was founded in Korosten in 1990.

A hundred-year-old oak with spreading branches in the forest near Vyshpol is called the Oak "Chudodiy" (Miracle Oak).

According to legend, the "Chudodiy Oak" has the miraculous power to heal those who touch it with the words: "I touch you, I gain health."

Located at the entrance to Chudodiyevo Park Hotel.

The complex of buildings of the 19th century post office in Zhytomyr includes the main building, a hotel wing and a stable, surrounded by a fence. Taras Shevchenko stayed here in 1846.

Regular postal service between St. Petersburg, Kyiv and Radyvilov began to be established after the royal decree of 1827. In the 1840s, several postal stations were built on the route between Kyiv and Zhytomyr at a distance of about 20 kilometers from each other (several of them have survived).

All of them were built according to a typical project, the characteristic feature of which are the arrow windows in the Neo-Gothic style.

Fragments of the fortress walls and the reconstructed defense tower of the Zviahel fortress are located on the high bank of the Sluch River in the very center of the city.

The construction of the castle was started in the 16th century by Prince Kostyantyn Ostrozky on the eastern borders of his Volyn domains. In 1600, a church was built nearby (now the Palace of Culture named after Lesya Ukrayinka is in its place). The castle was destroyed in 1648 during the Liberation War of the Ukrainian people.

During Soviet times, the territory of the castle was turned into a recreation area, the reconstructed fragments of defensive structures have nothing to do with the original. The foundations of the preserved walls can be seen from the river side.

The Catholic Church of Saint Barbara was built in Berdychiv in 1826 according to the project of the architect Antoniy Prushynskyi on the site of the old wooden church built by the Radzyvill princes in 1759.

In 1850, the famous French writer Onore de Balzak married Evelina Hanska, Countess of Verkhivnya, in the church of Saint Barbara (a memorial plaque is installed on the facade).

In addition, the church of Saint Barbara is known for the fact that in 1824-1825, while staying at the court of the Radzivill princes, the young Fryderyk Shopen played and learned to play stringed instruments in the church from Professor Zhyvniy.

Next to the church is the grotto of the Virgin Mary.

In Soviet times, the church premises were used as a gym.

Now the temple is active.

A beautiful neo-Renaissance manor house with Gothic elements in Turchynivka belonged to the Tereshchenko family of rich sugar millers and patrons.

The construction was started in 1899 by Fedir Tereshchenko, as the date on the facade reminds us. The construction was completed in 1901 by Nataliya, the daughter of a sugar factory, who married Count Serhiy Uvarov, a leader of the Berdychiv County nobility.

The building is made of terracotta bricks, almost all decorative elements are also brick. The facade is decorated with the coat of arms of the Uvarov family with the letter U. The interiors are decorated with moldings.

The palace is located in an old park on the bank of a pond (XIX century), which remained from the previous owners of the estate. Nearby is a utility building with an elegant tower.

Since Soviet times, the palace has housed the Turchynivka Vocational Lyceum, thanks to which the building is kept in good condition.

Zhytomyr State University named after Ivan Franko is located in the center of the city in a complex of buildings of the former male gymnasium.

Construction of a gymnasium for boys began in Zhytomyr in 1862. For many years, it was the largest and most authoritative educational institution not only in Zhytomyr, but also in the whole of Volyn. First, the main building was built, later two auxiliary buildings were added on the sides - for the gymnasium teachers' apartments and for the library. In front of the main entrance was a front garden with rare trees and a fountain in the center. A large garden adjoined the houses.

Until now, the complex has been completely preserved, but the educational building of the gymnasium was reconstructed after a pedagogical institute was opened in it in 1919.

Today it is Zhytomyr State University named after Ivan Franko.

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.

For many years, the enterprise "Korosten Porcelain Factory" was one of the largest manufacturers of porcelain tableware in Ukraine.

The Korosten Porcelain Factory was founded in 1904 by the Polish entrepreneur Tymofiy Przhybylskyi. During the Second World War, the plant was destroyed, it was put into operation again in 1944.

In Soviet times, the company specialized in the production of porcelain products for cultural and household purposes: dining, tea, and coffee sets, headsets of various configurations, custom-made souvenirs.

The exhibition of the best samples of the plant's products could still be seen in the lobby of the main building. The company is currently closed. Part of the exposition is presented at the porcelain exhibition in the Korosten House of Culture.

The Museum of the Locomotive Depot of the Korosten Station tells about the history of the development of railway transport and the construction of the Kyiv-Kovel Railway.

Construction of the Korosten station began in 1902. Today, this complex railway junction is one of the most important in the country.

The collection of rarities for the Locomotive Depot Museum was collected by enthusiasts from among its employees.

The continuation of the exposition can be considered a complex of production facilities.

The Monument to Derun was opened in Korosten in 2009, during the Second International Derun Festival.

Deruns (potato fritters) are considered a traditional dish of Polissya.

The monument is located in Drevlyanskyi Park in the center of Korosten. It is a basket with straws, installed on a pedestal made of gray and red granite quarried in the Korosten district. The author of the monument is Korosten artist Volodymyr Kozyrenko.