Attractions of Kharkiv region

The Verkhnii Byshkyn Museum of Local Lore in the Kharkiv Region was founded in 1968.

The exposition of the museum tells about the nature of the region and the history of the village of Verkhnii Byshkyn from ancient times to the present.

The museum has an interesting ethnographic collection.

Thematic exhibitions are held regularly to commemorative dates.

The five-headed church of the Volodymyr icon of the Mother of God in the village of Kochetok was built between 1825 and 1854 on the site of an old wooden church, next to a miraculous spring.

The icon, in honor of which the church is named, was popularly called the "Revealed Icon". Later, a bell tower was added to the church.

In 1934, the church was closed, and it gradually fell into disrepair. In 1989, on the day of St. Nicholas, the church was opened again. It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The unique Water Museum was created in 1983. on the basis of the Kochetok water station (today PUVKG "Donets") on the initiative of the talented engineer Serhiy Komar.

More than 2,000 exhibits tell about the history of the Siverskyi Donets River, the construction of a water supply station and the role of water in people's lives in general.

The schemes of the Siverskyi Donets river basin with collections of archaeological finds and samples of minerals are of great interest to visitors.

The water museum is located in the building of the public and cultural center of PUVKG "Donets".

Zmiiv Museum of Local Lore was established in 1991. The museum is located in an old two-story building.

The exposition is based on archeological finds made in the Zmiiv region - more than 10 thousand exhibits. In particular, the tools of the Stone Age, weapons and chain mail from the times of Kiyvan Rus, household items of the XIX century, among which the most interesting are the loom and the primitive sawmill.

The art gallery features the most interesting works by local artists depicting the crash of the royal train and the Spasiv Hermitage, the legendary Kozacha Hill, based on this site.