Attractions of Sniatyn

The wooden Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Sniatyn was built in 1838 (according to other data, in 1784).

The iconostasis of 1894 has been preserved.

Natalya Kobrynska, a well-known writer and activist of the gender movement, was the wife of the abbot of the temple Teofil Kobrynskyi.

The parish of the Holy Ascension Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Sniatyn Liberation Struggles Museum is named after OUN-UPA Colonel Vasyl Andrusiak (Gregit-Rizun), who was born in Snyatin in 1915. Even in his youth, he became the founder of the OUN branch in the Sniatyn gymnasium, and in 1941 he headed the district leadership of the OUN in Sniatyn.

The Andrusiak Museum was founded in 1995. It is located on the second floor of the Sniatyn town hall.

The museum exposition highlights the theme of the national liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people of the 20th century and the state-building processes on the territory of the Pokuttia region. In particular, here you can find out about the activities of the public association "Sich", about the events of the First World War and the participation of the inhabitants of the region in the ranks of the USSR and UGA, about the social life of the inhabitants of the region during the Polish, Bolshevik and German occupations, about the armed struggle of the OUN-UPA with the German and Russian invaders.

A separate exhibition is devoted to the life and exploits of OUN-UPA colonel Vasyl Andrusiak (pseudonyms "Gregit", "Rizun", "Rizbyar", etc.), who was originally from Sniatyn.

The Sniatyn Literary and Memorial Museum of Marko Cheremshyna was opened in 1949 in the house where the writer lived in 1912-1927.

He bought this classicist villa from Sniatyn lawyer Solomon Markuszon. The exposition includes about 4,000 objects.

The writer's personal belongings and books, his photographs, articles and lifetime editions of his works, as well as a personal library, are stored in eight exhibition rooms.

The interior of the writer's office, where he worked and received visitors, has been preserved – a wardrobe, a table, writing utensils, a kerosene lamp. In the living room there is the most rare exhibit – an old Viennese grand piano, which was played by the writer's wife Nataliya Semanyuk.

Since 1999, the creative club named after Marko Cheremshyna has been operating at the museum.

The Greek-Catholic Church of the Miracle of Saint Archangel Michael was built in the center of Sniatyn in 1880-1886 on the initiative of the local priest Teofil Kobrynskyi, the husband of the famous writer and activist of the gender movement Nataliya Kobrynska.

The Church of the Mother of God of the Holy Scapular was built in 1721.

The Roman Catholic parish in Sniatyn was founded in the 15th-16th centuries. Initially, the temple was wooden, rebuilt several times. In its current form, it was rebuilt and consecrated in 1857.

Restoration was carried out in 1928-1935.

In 1946, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities, and the monks left for Poland, taking with them the icon of the Mother of God of the saint. Scapulary.

Since 1993, the church has been operating again.

The Sniatyn City Hall is considered one of the most beautiful in Ukraine, along with Buchach.

Construction began in 1861. The author of the project is Chernivtsi architect Yosyp Shreyber.

The city hall building was rebuilt several times, the last reconstruction was carried out in 1909 (this date can be seen on the weather vane).

The three-story building in the style of classicism is decorated with a 50-meter clock tower, which combines different architectural styles. It was used as a fire bell. The mechanism of the chimes is made by the watchmaker Mikhel Mensovych from Krosno (Poland). The coats of arms of Sniatyn are placed under the dials.

The balcony of the town hall can be climbed by 252 steps.

Before the Second World War, the city hall housed a magistrate. Currently, the building is used as an administrative building. Restoration has been carried out.

The Vasyl Kasiyan Memorial Art Museum in Sniatyn was opened in 1982 in a one-story building with an original wooden terrace near the city center.

The exhibition is dedicated to the outstanding Ukrainian graphic artist, the founder of the 20th century Ukrainian school of graphics, Vasyl Kasiyan, who was born in 1896 in the village of Mykulyntsi on the outskirts of Sniatyn.

In three museum rooms, there is a permanent exhibition that acquaints museum visitors with the life and creative path of the artist. The best graphic works of Vasyl Kasiyan and his students, a linocut machine, books of the artist-art critic, his personal library, manuscripts, photographs, clothes and other items used by the artist are presented here.

In other halls of the museum, exhibitions of famous painters, photographers, young novice artists, masters of decorative and applied arts are held.

A monument to Vasyl Kasiyan has been installed in front of the museum.