Attractions of Ternopil region

The ruins of the Church of Saint Stanislav's are located on the opposite bank of the Horyn River from the Vyshnevetskyi Palace and are clearly visible from the palace and park terraces.

The church was built in the 18th century on the territory of Staryi Vyshnivets, near the old castle of the 14th-15th centuries. Destroyed in the 19th century.

The Greek-Catholic Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, the great martyrs and penitents in Staryi Skalat, was built in 1643 on the hill above the center of the village.

Pylyp Kurbas, the grandfather of the outstanding Ukrainian director and theater theorist Les Kurbas, served in this church.

An ancient cemetery is located near the church of Saints Cosmas and Damian. Relatives of Lesya Kurbas are buried here: grandfather and grandmother, father, younger brother Nestor.

The Transfiguration Church in Shumsk was founded as a church of the Franciscan monastery in 1715.

The monastery in Shumsk itself was founded by the Volyn voivode Malynsky back in 1637, and was originally a Basilian (Uniate) monastery. In 1676, one of the voivode's descendants, who converted to Catholicism, handed over the monastery to the Franciscans.

The church was made in the Gothic-Renaissance style, the building had a defensive character. At the end of the 18th century, a three-tier bell tower was added. In 1837, the church was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style and became an Orthodox church.

Above the entrance, the coat of arms of the family of the founders of the Malynsky temple is still preserved.

"Science Center Ternopil" was established in 2017 as a public space of science, education and youth initiatives.

Its main goal is to interest schoolchildren and students in self-education and non-formal education through interactive classes and excursions. The center serves as a museum of science with interactive exhibits, a youth space with quality projects and an improvised laboratory.

30 exhibits clearly demonstrate various phenomena of physics, geography and biology. They allow students to observe natural phenomena, see in practice the physical properties of substances, experiment and explore the world.

There is a room for meetings, round tables, workshops, meetings, thematic projects.

The Semensky-Levytsky estate in Khorostkiv consists of two palaces and service buildings located around the perimeter of a circular square.

The old one-story palace was built at the end of the 18th century by Count Yuzef Kalasantiy Levytsky. It is a rather modest building in the style of classicism with six-column porticoes on the front and park facades.

Nearby in the 19th century, Vilhelm Stanislav Semensky-Levytsky built a new two-story neo-baroque palace designed by an Italian architect. Botochchyni. There are service buildings and a horse arena opposite.

After 1939, the estate was nationalized, now the buildings house the Podillya Research Station of the Ternopil Institute of Agricultural Production of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences. For some time, the Old Palace housed the exposition of the Museum of Nature, but now it is privately owned.

In 1972, a large park on the territory of the manor became the basis of the Khorostkiv Arboretum (14 hectares), where plants from many continents are represented: philodendron (tulip tree), paulownia (Adam tree), peony, ginkgo two-bladed (dinosaur tree), dinosaur tree), various species of sycamores and magnolias, cedars, cypresses and other exotic plants.

The Shumsk Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1985 on the initiative of a local history teacher, Ivan Babiy. It was originally housed in the former house of the baker Stefaniak, built in 1930, when the city was part of Poland. In 2022, the museum moved to the premises of the former lyceum.

On the first floor, guests are greeted by a stone cross, which is the hallmark of Shumsk. It stands on the background of a panoramic photo of the city center. Also on the first floor there is an ethnographic exhibition designed in the form of an old Ukrainian house with a light room and a pantry.

The nature department introduces visitors to the geographical and natural conditions of the region, its flora and fauna. The ancient history department presents materials about the founding of the city in princely times, the participation of residents in the Liberation War, and the creation of the Church of the Transfiguration. A significant part of the exposition of the new history department is devoted to the period of the Second World War and the national liberation struggle of the UPA against the Nazis and Soviet invaders: weapons, photographs, documents, models.

The exhibition "Fight for Independence" tells about the modern Russian-Ukrainian war. Artifacts from the front are presented here: flags of combat brigades, photos of defenders, military formations, casings from spent shells, military trophies. A memorial corner "Heavenly Guardians of our Land" has been decorated.

The old synagogue was built in Skalat in the 18th century. A special feature of the architecture is the T-shaped layout.

In Soviet times, the building was used as an electrical substation. The building is currently in a state of disrepair.

The memorial museum-estate of Solomiya Krushelnytska was opened in 1963 in one of the houses of the Krushelnytsky estate in the village of Bila near Ternopil (now the territory of Biletska Secondary School).

The outstanding Ukrainian opera singer and teacher Solomiya Krushelnytska spent her childhood and adolescence here, and she visited her parents and sisters many times.

The museum exposition tells in chronological order about the life and work of the actress. The personal documents of the singer, posters, programs, invitations, letters, manuscripts of memoirs of contemporaries, stage decorations, clothes, household items and furniture are presented. In particular, you can see the original record of Columbia (USA) with a recording of Ukrainian folk songs performed by Solomiya Krushelnytska, as well as hear the voice of the singer on the first recording, made electrically using a microphone.

Sorotsky Source on the western outskirts of the village of Sorotske is a hydrological monument of nature.

According to legend, the Mother of God appeared here in 1949. Back then, a small chapel was built near the spring. And in 2011, the consecration of the new chapel of the Mother of God took place.

The remains of the oldest defensive structure of Zbarazh are located on the southwestern outskirts of the city, on the banks of the Hnizna River.

On the opposite bank, on Babina Hill, there was an ancient Rus settlement of the 9th-12th centuries. The stone fortification was built on the site of the wooden fortress by the Siversky prince Dmytro Korybut. The new owners became the princes of Nesvytsky, who were called Zbarazky after that. In 1477, the castle was destroyed by the Mongols, but was soon restored, and in the 16th century it withstood 4 Tatar sieges. Only the fifth siege in 1598 was fatal for the castle - the fortress was completely destroyed and was never rebuilt, and the princely residence was moved to a place in Zbarazh.

Fragments of the foundations of the Starozbarazka Fortress have been preserved, and a memorial sign has been installed.

The People's Museum of the History of the Village of Stizhok was opened in 1982. It received the status of "People's Museum" in 1993.

From the beginning, the museum occupied one room in the local school. In 1985, a new cultural center was built in the village, into which the museum exposition was moved.

Carefully selected exhibits, carefully designed stands, and the overwhelming number of original items in the museum tell the story of Styzhok, starting from the time of settlement of this area and up to the present day.

A separate exposition highlights the events of modern Ukrainian history.

Stupkyvske spring is a hydrological natural landmark of local importance.

The source of drinking water in the village of Stupky near Ternopil has been known since ancient times, as it was located on a busy trade route. And now the E-50 (M-12) highway "Ternopil - Khmelnytskyi" passes next to it.

The water in the spring is clean and cold, pleasant to the taste.

In 2009, the chapel of the Holy Mother of God was built over the spring, and the area around it was improved. Local residents willingly use the water of the Stupkyvske Source for drinking and cooking.

The synagogue in Strusiv was built in the 19th century. It is located near the castle.

The building of the Jewish prayer house has quite large dimensions, which indicates the size of the Jewish community at that time. It has two floors and arched windows. To the right of the main entrance to the synagogue, the remains of the annex for women's prayers, which was dismantled during Soviet times, have been preserved. The same external extension was on the left - for men.

The main entrance is decorated with a white stone portal. There is a plaque with an inscription in Hebrew. The north-western corner of the temple has a rounded shape, and the south and south-eastern corners are made in the form of columns decorated with white stone.

Now it is used as a utility room, but it is gradually falling into disrepair. An architectural monument of local importance.

The ruins of the synagogue in Hrymailiv are located in the center of the village, a little off the main road.

The defense temple with walls up to 1 meter thick, built in the 17th century, was part of the system of city fortifications of Hrymailiv.

An aron a-kodesh (an ark for scrolls) has been preserved inside, and in some of the windows there are bars with stars of David.

A monument to Taras Shevchenko by sculptor Mykola Neveselyi was erected in Ternopil in 1982 near the regional drama theater named after the poet.

Located in the square to the right of the Ternopil Academic Regional Drama Theater named after Taras Shevchenko.