Attractions of Rivne region

Cultural and archaeological complex "Peresopnytsia" is a three-level constructivist building that resembles a temple.

Here is the Museum of the First Book, dedicated to the history of the creation of the Peresopnytsia Gospel, as well as a conference hall and rooms for archaeologists.

In particular, the exhibition presents a 9-kilogram facsimile copy of the Peresopnytsia Gospel and a model of the ancient Rus settlement of Peresopnytsia.

Nearby is the open-air museum complex "Prince's town": a reconstruction of a residential estate and fortifications of the 12th-13th centuries, when Peresopnytsia was the capital of a separate principality.

There is a permanent archaeological expedition in the village, which students and even tourists can join. The found rarities will complement the exposition of the First Book Museum.

The "Peresopnytsia Gospel" museum is partially adapted for people with disabilities: parking, mnemonic scheme, ramp.

Dubrovytsia Historical and Ethnographic Museum was established in 1957 as the Museum of the Armed Uprising of 1917.

The exposition in 4 halls tells about the origin and development of Dubrovytsia in chronological order: "History of the ancient city", "Life and tools", "Our land during the Second World War", "Modernity".

Among the exhibits are works of art by potter Yevtukh Kulyk, master of folk art Ulyana Kit, photographs of the Counts of Plyater, copies of the pages of the Peresopnytsia Gospel.

The majestic church of John the Baptist in the mature baroque style, which stands in the center of Dubrovytsia, was built at the beginning of the 18th century, after the wooden Catholic church built in 1684 at the expense of Yan Dolsky burned down.

According to other sources, the current church was built in 1695-1702.

After the Second World War, the church was closed by the Soviet authorities, but in 1992, after Ukraine gained independence, it was returned to the Catholic community of Dubrovytsia.

The Church of John the Baptist is an architectural monument of national importance. Restoration has been carried out.

The empire-style palace was built in Volodymyrets in the 18th century by Count Vinsent Yuzef Krasytsky, a representative of the ancient Polish family of the coat of arms of Rohal.

The building is two-story, with a colonnade. In Poland, it was the residence of the manager of Volodymyrets and Horodets distilleries and agricultural affairs. After the Second World War, the building housed an orphanage, then the office of the collective farm.

The palace is currently in a state of disrepair.

Ladomyriia Ethnopark has been under construction since 2019 on the revitalized industrial territory in the town of Radyvyliv, Rivne region.

This is an ethnographic complex, which presents three restored by authentic technologies wooden peasant houses aged about two hundred years, ancient looms and their new copies, elements of national costumes and costumes of different regions of Volyn region.

During the excursions, guests can visit the open-air location, the exhibition hall, which presents reproduced authentic costumes of historic Volyn, a weaving workshop, photo areas. Visitors are offered workshops on weaving and knitting traditional hats.

In 2024, the Museum of Schooling in Historical Volyn was opened in Ladomyria. In an authentic house of the 19th century, the interior of a classroom of a rural school of that time is recreated. Old desks, a blackboard, an abacus, school textbooks, historical documents and photographs are presented.

There is also an Austeria cafe on the territory of Ladomyriia, where you can taste branded catfish dumplings.

The Zdolbuniv Museum of Local Lore opened in 2014 in the historical building of the police station with pre-trial detention cells, which was built in 1903. During the century-long history, local law enforcement agencies were located in this building - from the gendarmerie department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tsarist Russia in 1914 to the district department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Rivne region in 1998-2008.

The exposition of the museum tells about the original history of the region, the period of Tsarist and Polish rule, the events of the First and Second World Wars, the Ukrainian resistance movement, as well as the heroes of the Maidan and the Russian-Ukrainian war. Among the exhibits is a set of surgical instruments from the rebel kryivka-hospital, which was found in the Hurby tract.

The museum has its own church. And in the basements of the building, where the pre-trial detention cells were located, the exhibition "Former Prison" has been opened, which is dedicated to the tragic events of Russian terror and repression in Zdolbuniv region in the first half of the 20th century.

Reserve "Basalt Pillars" is a geological reserve in the center of the Rivne region, a unique "architectural" work of nature.

Dense rows of polyhedron columns impress with their monumentality and geometric perfection.

Basalt pillars are an igneous rock, broken by cracks into characteristic basalt columns separately. In section, the pillars have the shape of tetrahedra or polyhedra, which makes this material convenient for the construction of paving stones. The thickness of the pillars reaches 1.2 meters, the height is up to 30 meters.

Large deposits of basalt were discovered near the village of Berestovets in the 18th century. Industrial extraction is carried out in an open manner. Some quarries are flooded, and in combination with the calm surface of the water, the basalt walls look especially beautiful.

An even more impressive quarry with basalt pillars is located in the Yanova Dolyna tract near the Bazaltove village, 15 kilometers from Berestovets. A small island, called the "Island of Love", was formed in the midst of a flooded quarry.

The road from Berestovets to Bazaltove is broken, a detour through Kostopil is recommended.

Since 1972, the reserve "Basalt Pillars" has the status of a natural monument of local importance, which is used as a recreation area.

The Radyvyliv Historical Museum presents expositions dedicated to the history and ethnography of the Radyvyliv Region.

Also on display are works by local folk artists: artists, sculptors, carvers.

Ostvytsya Historical Reconstruction Park was founded in 2020 on the shores of Lake Basiv Kut in Rivne, near the Basivkutsk settlement of the 11th-12th centuries.

The park bears the ancient name of the Ustya River and recreates the atmosphere of an ancient Rus settlement. Two piers, two large canopies, an entrance gate and a bridge were built on the territory of almost 2 hectares, paths were arranged, benches were installed and a model of an ancient Rus log house was built. Here you can walk on ancient boats, shoot from a traditional bow, try different crafts, touch the life, life and entertainment of the period of Ancient Rus.

An important area of ​​work of Ostvytsya is the revival and development of ancient shipbuilding. In the warm season we offer water rides on drakes, boats, boats.

The location regularly hosts a number of cultural and artistic events, mainly in the warm season, including festivals, meadow tournaments, concerts on the lake, workshops in various crafts, boat competitions and more.

The school historical and ethnographic museum "Crafts of Volyn" was opened in the village of Oleksandriia on the basis of the Regional Art Lyceum in 2011.

The museum exposition is presented in three thematic sections - "Interior of a Ukrainian house of the late 19th - early 20th centuries", "Crafts and crafts of Volyn and Volyn Polissya of the late 19th - early 20th centuries" and "Modern crafts of Volyn".

The first section presents the internal layout of Ukrainian housing, typical for Volyn in the late 19th - early 20th centuries: a three-part type of hut, a living room and a utility room for storing food, minor repairs and seasonal clothing, a stove.

The department of crafts of this period presents the main and auxiliary crafts of Volhynia and Volyn Polissya: woodworking (copperworking, carpentry, weaving), blacksmithing, weaving, pottery, wrestling and fishing.

Modern crafts of Volyn are represented by products of masters of Rivne and Volyn regions from various types of decorative and applied arts: artistic woodworking, pottery, artistic ceramics, glass painting, leather processing, wood painting, thread printing, artistic embroidery, straw weaving, straw plastic, wickerwork, beadwork, floristry, fine arts, paintings from poplar fluff, folk toys, Easter eggs, blacksmithing, artistic weaving from natural materials, processing of torn flax, non-woven tapestry, author's doll, motanka doll.

The Amber Museum was opened in Rivne on the basis of the Rivne amber factory - the state enterprise "Amber of Ukraine".

The museum is located in the premises of the Rivne House of Scientists - a two-story mansion of the beginning of the 20th century in the Art Nouveau style.

Among the exhibits of the museum are pieces of amber up to 40 million years old, found at different times in the Rivne region, as well as jewelry and works of art made from it. In particular, the oldest amber product in Ukraine is exhibited - a disk-amulet approximately 2.5 thousand years old.

Stones in which ancient insects have crystallized are considered to be the decoration of the museum. A piece of wild amber weighing about 2 kilograms is presented.

The exhibits tell not only about the history of amber mining in the region, but also about the only enterprise in Ukraine that is engaged in its processing.

The Ulas Samchuk Museum is located in the same building.

The Church of the Annunciation in the early Baroque style was founded in Klevan by Yuriy Chartoriyskyi, and served as the burial place of the Chartoriyskyi princes.

During the Soviet period, the temple was closed, the building fell into serious disrepair.

Currently, the Church of the Annunciation has been returned to the Catholic community, and restoration is underway.

The Arsenyev estate in Shubkiv was built in the 19th century. The two-story building was rebuilt in Soviet times and housed the village council.

An outbuilding with an original roof has also been preserved. A giant chestnut tree 26 meters high grows in the yard.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary arose in Ostroh as a result of the development of the Orthodox Church, founded in the 15th century by Prince Fedir Ostrozky.

In 1442, the church was transformed into the church of the Dominican monastery. In those days, it was the main Catholic church in Ostroh, which had a large parish. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the church was repeatedly rebuilt and decorated with magnificent baroque altars.

In 1897, after a big fire, the church was rebuilt again at the expense of Roman Sangushko, this time in the classicist style with the construction of a bathhouse.

After the deportation of the Poles, the church was emptied and closed, services were resumed recently.

Reserve "Basalt Pillars" is a geological reserve in the center of the Rivne region, a unique "architectural" work of nature. Dense rows of polyhedron columns impress with their monumentality and geometric perfection.

Basalt Pillars are an igneous rock broken by cracks into basalt-like columnar individualities. In section, the pillars have the shape of tetrahedra or polyhedra, which makes this material convenient for the construction of paving stones. The thickness of the pillars reaches 1.2 meters, the height - up to 30 meters.

The development of large deposits of basalt in the Yanova Dolyna tract near the current village of Bazaltove has been carried out by the open method since the 18th century. One of the quarries is completely flooded, a small island called the "Island of Love" has formed in the middle of it. In combination with the calm surface of the water, the basalt walls look especially beautiful.

Since 1972, the "Basalt Pillars" reserve has the status of a natural monument of local importance, which is used as a recreation area.

Another flooded quarry is located in the village of Berestovets, 15 kilometers from Bazaltove. The road from Bazaltove to Berestovets is broken, a detour through Kostopil is recommended.