Attractions of Vinnytsia region

The estate of the former estate of Count Dmytro Heyden is located on the granite banks of the Pivdenny Buh on the outskirts of Sutysky on the Tyvriv side.

It was built in the second half of the 19th century. In the middle of the landscaped park, one of the outbuildings with a high tower in the Neo-Gothic style has been preserved, as well as some farm buildings and an entrance gate with a stylized watchtower.

Now a boarding school is located on the territory of the manor, and there is a dining room in the wing.

The Dunstan Crafts Center is located in the village of Stadnytsia on the northeastern outskirts of Vinnytsia. This is a family and corporate recreation complex with elements of European history and Ukrainian traditions.

The center of the complex is the Glastonbury Museum, which acquaints guests with British mythology – here you can see King Arthur's sword "Escalibur", Saint Dunstan's boat, the Glastonbury field, the state of the Knights of the Round Table, the Chalice Well, and a medieval wood-burning stove.

Saint Dunstan's Museum displays ancient tools, weapons and household items from various European countries.

In the Medieval Amusement Park, guests are offered archery, stilts, a bag fight on a log and other team activities.

"Dunstan" has its own carpentry workshop and various locations for workshops on folk crafts (pottery, blacksmithing, weaving, felting, etc.). It is also offered to prepare and enjoy dishes according to the medieval recipe.

On the territory of the center there is a house for guests and a site for a tent camp. Nearby is the "Na Yaru" recreation center.

The annual "Dunstan" crafts festival is held on the basis of the Dunstan Crafts Center.

The Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art named after Mariya Rudenko in Mohyliv-Podilskyi is located in the premises of the House of Culture.

It is mainly dedicated to Podillya vytynanka - the traditional art of artistic carving. The exhibition is based on the works of local craftswoman Mariya Rudenko, an honored cultural worker of Ukraine, a famous folklorist, artistic director of the folklore and ethnographic ensemble "Horlytsia".

In addition to carvings, the exposition presents over 3,000 folk songs, thousands of proverbs and sayings, fairy tales, legends, tales, incantations, and lamentations.

The museum of the prominent Podillya folklorist and ethnographer Hnat Tansyura was opened in 1990 in his house in Haisyn, where he lived and worked in the middle of the 20th century.

Tansyura became known as a collector of more than 2,500 Ukrainian songs and the author of many printed works, among which the famous "Notes of a Folklore Collector". The samples of oral folk art recorded by him form the basis of the museum collection, which includes more than 4,500 items. Relics of the Tansyura's life tell about the work of an outstanding folklorist. Here you can see personal things, manuscripts, printed publications, photographs, embroideries. A prominent place among the exhibits is the harmonium purchased by Tansyura from the church of Saint John Nepomucen in the village of Kuna. 

The Folklore Museum of Hnat Tansyura is a cultural and educational center for the study and promotion of oral folk art, ethnology, and song richness of the Haisyn region.

The "Steinbruch" Headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the German Air Force, Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering during the Second World War.

It was located 5 kilometers northeast of Kalynivka, next to the military airfield in Hulivtsi.

The construction of the Goering Headquarters began in 1941 at the same time as the Hitler and Himmler Headquarters located nearby. The complex consisted of two underground bunkers connected by a tunnel, a guard barracks, a dining room and several utility rooms. Since Goering was rarely here, the Headquarters was mostly used as a Luftwaffe command post.

In 1944, before the retreat, the Germans blew up the bunkers. Impressive ruins have been preserved.

The building of the Great Synagogue in Chechelnyk was built in the 18th century from limestone. Preserved elements of rich decorative decoration. The main facade of the building overlooks the small Antonishyna Street.

After its closure in 1926, the synagogue was rebuilt as a furniture store, after the restoration of Ukraine's independence, the building was transferred to private ownership. It is in a dilapidated state, the possibility of restoration is being discussed.

"Head of Administration House" in Mohyliv-Podilskyi is called a small building in the Art Nouveau style at the intersection of the former streets of Miyka, Virmenska and Oleksandrivsky avenues.

Built at the end of the 19th century, the house probably belonged to the state councilor Stepan Mikhalevsky, who was a county doctor and one of the honorary justices of the peace of Mohyliv-Podilskyi.

However, the urban legend attributes the house to a certain "Head of Administration Khadzhi", with whom the popular story about the "first in the Russian Empire" monument to Mykola Hohol, erected opposite the building, is connected. Mohyliv-Podilskyi never had a mayor named Khadzhi, although a merchant Khadzhi lived in the city, but in another place - on Kyivska Street.

Now there is a music school in "Head of Administration House".

The Church of the Mother of God of the Holy Scapular in Bratslav was built in 1865-1884 with donations from parishioners. Before that, there were wooden Catholic churches in the city, the first of which is mentioned in the 16th century, but they often burned down.

The new Bratslav church was built of brick in the Baroque style. On both sides of the facade rose two Gothic towers covered with gilded iron, on which two gilded iron crosses were installed. Between the towers of the church there were three stone statues: the Mother of God with the Savior, Saint Joseph and Saint John. In 1889, the church was consecrated by Bishop Kyrylo Lyubovydskyi.

During Soviet times, the shrine was closed, the building housed a cultural center. Today, the Bratslav church is active again.

The Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity is one of the first and largest in Podillya, founded in 1603 in Khmilnyk, which was a significant center of Protestantism at the end of the 16th century.

The temple was damaged during the Liberation War, then it was badly damaged during the Turkish rule at the end of the 17th century. Majorly renovated and expanded at the expense of Mykhaylo Zaleskyi, rededicated in 1728 under the name Beheading of Ioann the Baptist.

The last reconstruction was carried out at the beginning of the 20th century. An oil painting of the early 20th century has been preserved in the interior of the church in the Tuscan Baroque style.

Today it is an active Roman Catholic church of the Holy Trinity of the Kamyanets-Podilskyi diocese.

The Holy Trinity Brailiv Monastery, founded in 1635 in Vinnytsia on the initiative of the magnate Mykhaylo Kropyvnytskyi, has occupied the complex of the former Catholic monastery since the middle of the 19th century.

In 1740, Voivode of Volyn Frantsishek Potocki founded it as a monastery of the Catholic Trinitarian order. The monks of this order, exotic for Ukraine, specialized in the redemption of Christians from Turkish captivity. The first monastery buildings were wooden. The construction of the current architectural ensemble was completed in 1778 by the Podillya magnate Stanislav Potocki. The monastery consisted of a church with a tall baroque tower and cells attached on both sides. In 1787, the Polish king Stanislav Avhust specially visited Brailiv to admire the monastery's paintings by the artist John Prachtel (buried on the territory), which are now partially restored.

After the Polish uprising of 1831, the Trinitarian monastery was closed, and in 1845 the Trinity Convent from Vinnytsia was transferred to it. During the reconstruction, in order to give the church an Orthodox appearance, a tented finish was added to the tower, a small figure of eight was erected over the gable roof, and a gate in the Moscow Baroque style was built in front of the entrance.

The main shrine is the icons of the Brailiv-Pochaiv Mother of God and the Brailiv-Chenstokhova Mother of God.

The Nemyriv Holy Trinity (Saint Nicolas) stauropygny nunnery was founded in 1720 at the expense of Kyiv voivode Yuzef Potoski.

Initially, the monastery was male, but in 1783 it was reconstructed by Vintsent Potocki and became female. The monastery reached its greatest development under the abbess Apollinaria (1845-1903), who launched large-scale construction. The Assumption and Saint Nicolas Churches were reconstructed, a new Holy Trinity Church and two bell towers were built, brick cells, a dormitory, a refectory, a priest's house, and a hotel were built. A school was opened at the Nemyriv monastery, and in 1860 a diocesan school for girls was founded, which in 1902 was transformed into a two-class teacher's school.

During the Soviet era, the monastery was closed, the Church of the Assumption was dismantled, a machine-tractor station, a car company and an orphanage were placed in other premises.

In 1996, the monastery was restored, a boarding school for children with mental retardation is still located on the territory of the diocesan school.

The Museum of the History of the Village of Hopchytsia was created in 1990 on the initiative of Anton Kolisnyk, a history teacher at the Hopchytsia High School, and in 2018 it was awarded the title of People's Museum.

The main funds of the museum include 430 exhibits, which are presented in seven museum halls. The modern exposition tells about the nature and history of the village of Hopchytsia and the entire Pohrebyshche region, in particular about the development of local agriculture. A 3D tour of the museum is presented on the community website.

The estate in Krupoderyntsi was built at the end of the 19th century by Count Mykola Ihnatiev, who settled here after resigning from the position of Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia. Before that, Ignatiev became famous as one of the best Russian diplomats. Thanks to his efforts, in 1878, the San Stefano Peace Treaty was signed with Turkey, beneficial for Russia, which ended the Russian-Turkish war. One of the most important points of the treaty was the restoration of Bulgarian statehood, for which Bulgarians consider Ihnatiev a national hero.

In Krupoderyntsi, the count spent the last years of his life with his family, setting up a model farm. The surviving two-story stone manor house of the Ignatievs is decorated with a carved portico and other wooden details.

After the Bolshevik coup of 1917, the estate housed a local commune, then an orphanage, and now a high school.

In 2011, the Mykola Ihnatiev museum was opened at the school, which presents documents and photographs related to his life.

The church-mausoleum of the Nativity of the Virgin in Krupoderyntsi was built in 1895 by Count Mykola Ihnatiev as a family tomb.

During the design of the temple, the architect Oleksandr Pomerantsev chose as a model the Cathedral of Saint Oleksandr Nevsky in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, where Ignatiev is considered the author of the San Stefano Treaty, which revived Bulgarian statehood.

In terms of architectural style, size and decoration, the church in Krupoderyntsi had no equal in the district. After Ihnatiev's death in 1908, he was buried in the lower part of the mausoleum, and 9 years later his wife rested there.

Divine service in the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was restored in 1944.

In the depth of the churchyard rises a memorial cross on a massive stone block, on the sides of which are four ancient ship anchors. This is a monument to Lieutenant Vasyl Ihnatiev and other sailors who died in the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, erected by the lieutenant's mother and widow for the 10th anniversary of the battle.

Illintsi Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1967 on the initiative of local historians of the district, opened after reconstruction in 2017 on the territory of the local sports and recreation complex, near the stadium "Kolos".

The exposition in five halls tells about the nature, history and culture of the region. In particular, the archeological collection of artifacts of Trypillya culture, ethnographic selection of household items and household goods of the XVII-XX centuries, collections of musical instruments, utensils, ceramics, numismatics are presented.

The art gallery presents works by local artists Valentyna Kohut, Alina Shmyhora, Anatoliy Herovymchuk and others.