Attractions of Vyzhnytsia district

The group of rocks in the Bukovyna Carpathians east of the village of Roztoky, near the Nimchych pass, is called "Pierced Stones".

As a result of weathering, many holes have formed in the 40-meter-high sandstone rocks, they seem to have been perforated.

The most impressive arched rock is Hawkeye - a rare form of karst in the Carpathians. The arch at the top of the rock resembles the shape of eyes, hence the name. At the foot of the rock is a small three-chambered cave.

The museum of Vyzhnytsia College of Arts and Design named after Vasyl Shkriblyak was opened for the 60th anniversary of the educational institution, which bears the name of the famous wood carver, who taught here since 1905.

The exposition includes 23,000 exhibits. The best graduation works of college graduates are presented: woodworking, jewelry, blacksmithing, artistic weaving, embroidery, clothing modeling, and more.

Some works can be purchased.

The "Suchavsky Huk" cascading waterfall is located on the Suchava River near the center of Shepit village.

It is a cascade with three ledges with a total height of 5 meters.

The house of Anna Moskva-Holota, the wife of Mykhaylo Moskva, a lawyer and member of the Austrian Parliament, was built in Vyzhnytsia in the second half of the 19th century.

Anna Moskva-Holota was one of the most educated women of Bukovyna, well versed in politics and culture, knew several foreign languages, knew how to play the piano, graduated from a teachers' gymnasium, was hardened in the fight for women's rights, for the will of Ukraine. Extremely energetic and patriotic, she renovated the People's House in Vyzhnytsia with her own funds (now it is located on the territory of the Vyzhnytsia boarding school) and became the last head of the "Prosvita" (Enlightenment) society in the city.

Moskva's house was a cozy place for rest, peace of mind, communication with creative people over a cup of coffee and rum, those who wanted could use the family's library of rare books. Moskva's house, which the local intelligentsia then called among themselves the "House under the green lantern", in the times of Austria-Hungary became a kind of House of creativity, where cultural figures, writers and scientists were guests. Ivan Franko stopped in Moscow several times - for the first time in 1884 during his expedition to collect materials about the legendary oprysh Oleksa Dovbush and the leader of the peasant uprising Lukyan Kobylytsa. In the summer of 1901, Lesya Ukrayinka, together with her husband, the ethnographer Klyment Kvitka, also stayed at the house of Anna Moskva-Holota, with whom she was friends until her death. At the beginning of the 20th century, the writers Mykhaylo Kotsyubynskyi, Olha Kobylyanska, Hnat Hotkevych, Yuriy Fedkovych and many other prominent Ukrainians visited here.

On the facade of the Moskva`s house, the old sign of the shop, which was kept by the family, has been preserved to this day.

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Franko, on the initiative of the creative intelligentsia and the "Prosvita" society, a bas-relief to Ivan Franko, Lesya Ukrayinka and Olha Kobylyanska was unveiled on the building. The author of the bas-relief is the sculptor Volodymyr Rymar.

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Vashkivtsi at the beginning of the 19th century.

In 1949, the temple was closed by the Soviet authorities, the building was used as a cinema.

Recently, the Church of the Assumption has been returned to believers, and restoration has begun.

The Berehomet Historical Museum was opened at the end of 2012.

This is one of the youngest museums in Bukovyna. The museum is located in the center of Berehomet.

The exposition of the museum is thematically divided into 3 sections and tells about the history, daily life and culture of local residents.

The museum collection includes more than 1,000 exhibits, including materials from archaeological excavations in the territory of the region, household items, historical documents and photographs from the XIX-XX centuries.

The cascade of Bukovyna waterfalls is located on the mountain river Smuhar, which flows into Cheremosh on the outskirts of the village of Roztoky.

The lower waterfall of the cascade is located within the village, 400 meters from the track. To the largest and most beautiful waterfall Velykiy Huk (18 meters) you need to walk 2.5 kilometers through a gorge along the stream. On the approach to the Velykiy Huk, you will see the waterfalls Kovber (3.5 meters), Sych (10.5 meters), Nizhniy Huk (9 meters), Vorota (3.5 meters) and Seredniy Huk (10.5 meters).

Bukovyna waterfalls are a landscape reserve.

The cave on the top of the mountain above Pidzakharychi is named after the legendary folk hero Oleksa Dovbush.

According to legend, in 1740-1741, the leader of the Opryshkis operated with his squad in the Pidzakharychi and Roztoky area. This cave served as one of the rebel hideouts.

The ten-meter-long cave is a crack in sandstone 1-1.5 meters wide.

The art-memorial museum of the outstanding ornamental artist Heorhiy Haras is located at the entrance to Vashkivtsi from Chortoryia in the artist's family house. The museum was opened on February 27, 1972.

Heorhiy Haras devoted his whole life to the study and improvement of embroidery. The artist created unique works, combining ornaments used in calligraphy and embroidery. Throughout his life, the master created more than two thousand works.

In the museum-manor of Heorhiy Haras, you can see 1035 works of the master, including 150 shirts, 100 towels, 30 pillows, 26 ties, 20 paintings, 10 carpets and 5 portraits, as well as 700 napkins. The museum's exposition impresses with its diversity and demonstrates the originality of the Bukovyna region.

Heorhiy's creative muse was always his wife Yevdokiya, who brought his ideas to life. For a long time, Yevdokiya Haras was the curator of the manor house museum.

The patterns created by the master are extremely popular among embroiderers and hand-made carpet makers, as well as the Ukrainian diaspora abroad.

The historical and local lore museum of Bukovyna was opened in 2020 in his own house by local historian Fedir Chevyuk from Berehomet.

The exposition presents his personal collection of original historical materials that tell about the history of the Bukovyna region. In particular, about religion, education, and the daily life of the people of Bukovyna as part of different states.

Excursions are conducted by appointment.

The wooden Holy Assumption Church in Roztoky was built in 1846. An early example of a three-tiered Bukovyna temple with tall, approximately equal height baths.

The church is painted yellow, the baths are covered with sheet metal.

Examples of carving and painting of the 18th-19th centuries have been preserved in the interior.

The Art and Memorial Museum-Estate of Ivan Mykolaychuk is located in the village of Chortoryia, where the childhood years of the famous Ukrainian actor passed.

Presented are personal belongings, family heirlooms and other objects that preserve the memory of the most important events in the life of Ivan Mykolaychuk.

The wooden church of John Suchavsky in Myhove was built in 1905 on the site of the old church founded in 1873 (where the altar of the old church was, a cross was installed).

The new church is built in the shape of a cross with three domes. It remained valid even in Soviet times. The founders of the temple are listed on the wall of the iconostasis.

Rock "Kamyana Bahachka" ("Petrified Bahachka"), located in the village of Ust-Putyla, is located to the left of the road.

It is a pyramid-shaped geological formation 30 meters high, 12 meters wide at the base.

"Kamyana Bahachka" is a very rare form of weathering in the Carpathians. The rock actually resembles the figure of a man, or rather a woman. Among local residents, her appearance is shrouded in a legend about an evil and wealthy woman who spared a small amount of money for a beggar who was dying of hunger. She was petrified as a punishment for her greed.

The Austrian colonists called the rock "Bishop" because the jagged top of the rock reminded them of a bishop's crown.

The massive three-story building of the Main Synagogue is one of the architectural landmarks of the central square of Vyzhnytsia.

It was one of the 11 Jewish sanctuaries that existed in the city during the Austrian rule.

During the First World War, the temple burned down. In the 1960s, the building was reconstructed as a district cultural center. It was here that the artistic career of the famous singer Nazariy Yaremchuk, whose childhood and youth were spent in Vyzhnytsia, began.

Today, the turquoise building of the former synagogue is a city house of folk creativity and leisure.