Attractions of Zhytomyr region

A half-ruined three-tiered tower towers over the ruins of the Tereshchenko Palace in the village of Denyshi, right next to the track, giving the ruins some resemblance to a medieval castle, from which it got its current name.

The Tereshchenko palace in Denyshi was built in 1910-1191 according to the project of the architect Pavlo Holandskyi, using progressive architectural and construction methods at that time. Thus, during construction, concrete was widely used, and shaped elements were made with brick plaster. At that time, the estate belonged to Nadiya Tereshchenko, the daughter of a sugar factory, active State Councilor Fedir Tereshchenko.

After the Bolshevik coup of 1917, the Tereshchenko palace was looted. Despite severe destruction, the surviving walls of the palace still retain traces of rich stucco decorations and luxury.

The Tereshchenko family palace in the village of Chervone near Berdychiv is one of the most interesting architectural monuments of the Zhytomyr region. A large, albeit badly dilapidated, three-story neo-Gothic house with two towers contrasts sharply with the surrounding agricultural landscape of the village.

The palace with pointed windows and other Gothic elements was built by the magnate Adolf Norbert Erasmus Grocholski, who owned Chervone in the 18th-19th centuries.

At the end of the 19th century, the estate was purchased from Princess Wanda Radziwill by the sugar manufacturer Mykola Tereshchenko, who later sold (or transferred) it to his brother Fedir Tereshchenko, who reconstructed the palace and the sugar factory located next door. His son Fedir Tereshchenko Jr. opened an aircraft workshop at the factory at the beginning of the 20th century, where in 1913 the production of airplanes for the military department was established. Now the plant has a small museum dedicated to the history of aircraft construction and the Tereshchenko family.

In Soviet times, the palace housed a vocational school, and the outbuildings housed production workshops. Later, for a long time, the dilapidated building belonged to the Zhytomyr diocese of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Chervonensky Convent of the Nativity of Christ was opened in it, but no restoration work was carried out.

In 2024, the Tereshchenko palace in Chervone was returned to state ownership. The building is now under the care of the public organization "Chervone Touristic", the Grocholski Art Space is open in the premises, and emergency and conservation work is being carried out.

On the territory you can see a non-working fountain, which used to be decorated with four fish. Another fountain with a unique cast-iron sculpture "Three Graces", which Tereshchenko ordered from France, is now standing on the square in front of the building of culture.

A monument to the Trident, the coat of arms of Ukraine, was installed in a small square at the Korosten railway station.

It was here in 1918, in the headquarters car of the government train of the heads of the Ukrainian People's Republic, that the trident - the coat of arms of Prince Volodymyr the Great - was approved as the national emblem of the country.

The author of the trident project was the artist and architect Vasyl Krychevskyi, who was commissioned by the Chairman of the Central Council, Mykhaylo Hrushevskyi, to develop the state symbols.

The Trident Monument was built at the expense of local businessman Volodymyr Kozarenko. On the granite ceiling is a plaque with the inscription: "Here on February 12, 1918, the Small Council (Presidium of the Central Council of Ukraine) in the city of Korosten approved the trident as the coat of arms of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the basis of the modern coat of arms of Ukraine."

The complex of buildings of the Uniate consistory was built in Radomyshl after the metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Atanasiy Sheptytskyi, chose the city as the metropolitan residence and the administrative center of the Kyiv diocese in 1746.

Governing, administrative and judicial bodies were located here, a theological seminary operated, church meetings and synods were held, and hundreds of delegations from all dioceses gathered here. The consistory operated until 1795.

The Metropolitan Chambers have been preserved to this day in a rebuilt form - since Soviet times, it has housed the comprehensive school No. 5. The Radomyshl Tower, built in the 19th century as a water tower, rises in the school yard, which is now considered an informal symbol of the city.

The modernized Gothic water tower is one of the symbols of old Zhytomyr.

It was built in 1898 according to the project of architect Arnold Ensh.

After the commissioning of the new "Vodokanal" complex, the need to use separate water towers disappeared.

Currently, it is an architectural monument of local importance.

The ancient mansion built in the 19th century on Castle Square for the head of the Zhytomyr Catholic Diocese is called the Bishop's House in Zhytomyr.

Currently, the Zhytomyr Regional Local Lore Museum is located here, founded back in 1865, when Volyn Governor Mykhaylo Chortkov exhibited his collection of samples of 48 minerals and rocks in the public library.

Then the exhibition was supplemented by the coin collection of the leader of the Zhytomyr nobility, Symonych, materials of the Volyn Diocesan Antiquities, nationalized art collections of Counts Ilinsky-Stetsky from Romanov and Baron Ivan de Shoduar from Zhytomyr.

Currently, the funds of the Zhytomyr Museum of Local Lore include 150,000 monuments of history and culture, but the exposition presents only a small part, which relates to the historical events of the first half of the 20th century. The main exhibition space is occupied by the art department of the museum, where a unique collection of works of fine art by Italian, Dutch, French, Polish and Russian masters of the 16th-20th centuries is presented.

The historical exposition of the Zhytomyr Regional Museum of Local Lore is planned to be opened in the magistrate's house.

The building of the regional state philharmonic named after Svyatoslav Richter was built in Zhytomyr in 1858 as a city theater on the initiative of the Polish playwright and public figure Yuzef Ihnatsiy Krashevski, who was also the theater's artistic director.

At that time, the theater building was considered one of the best in Ukraine.

Currently, the Zhytomyr Philharmonic Hall is an architectural monument of local importance.

The Hillfort of the historic Drevlyany city of Zviahel (Vzviahel, Vozviahel) is located 5 kilometers north of the current center of Zviahel, next to the road bridge over the Sluch River, 500 meters north of the highway.

Vozviahel was first mentioned in 1257 in the Ipatiyiv Chronicle in connection with the campaign of Prince Danylo Halytskyi on the Bolokhiv land controlled by the Tatars. The city was then completely destroyed, and a new settlement later arose on the site of the current center of the city of Zviahel.

The northern hillfort is an oval earthen fortification with ditches and ramparts on the steep bank of the Sluch River.

Castle Hill in Zhytomyr is located on the banks of the Kamyanka River. A stone castle surrounded by moats stood here until the 19th century.

The castle was probably founded in the 9th century by a retainer of the Kyiv princes Askold and Dir, but then it could have been located in another place. Zhytomyr Castle was first mentioned in written annals in 1392, when it was captured by the Grand Duke Vitovt of Lithuania. Subsequently, it was repeatedly destroyed and restored. The last castle buildings were demolished in 1852.

Currently, a city square has been laid out on the territory of the castle, and a memorial sign has been installed in honor of the founding of Zhytomyr.

The cultural and artistic center "Polissya House" in the village of Horodske in the Zhytomyr region introduces visitors to the traditional culture and way of life of the Polishchuk people, offers various activities for tourist groups and organizes thematic events with a national flavor.

The project has been implemented since 2008 by the Zhytomyr Regional Youth Creative Union of Artists and Art Critics on the initiative of the fine arts teacher Inna Velychko.

The cultural complex "Polissya House" was created on the basis of an authentic 19th-century Polissya hut with a fully preserved interior, a working stove and folk household items. Such houses with a large stove, a ceiling supported by two beams, small windows and spacious hallways are still found in almost every Polissia village.

The hostess in folk costume personally welcomes guests in the courtyard, conducts a tour of the surroundings, invites them to the hut, offers master classes in various types of folk art, and also treats them to authentic dishes of Polissya cuisine cooked in the oven.

Folk holidays are regularly celebrated on the basis of "Polissya House", various cultural events and festivals are held, and children's creative activities are held. Since 2025, the first all-season tubing slide in the Zhytomyr region, 40 meters long, has been operating on the territory of "Polissya House".

The manor of the family of the famous traveler and ethnographer Mykola Myklukho-Maklay is located in the Hamarnya tract on the western outskirts of Malyn.

Myklukho-Maklay's mother bought the Hamarnya manor at the beginning of the 19th century from the Shcherbakov princes, the scientist himself visited it several times.

Since 1931, the Malyn Forestry Technical College has been located near the estate. Of particular value is the park, which has many rare trees 500-600 years old. A house with Neo-Gothic elements, built by Myklukho-Maklay, has been preserved - now it is part of one of the college buildings.

In 1986, a small museum exposition dedicated to the scientific activity of the researcher was opened in it. In 2015, the Myklukho-Maklay Museum was opened. A bust of the scientist and a commemorative plaque were installed.

SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler's camp "Hegewald" (Hegewald - protected forest) was built in 1941 in the village of Huiva near the military airfield "Skomorokhy".

The construction was carried out by Soviet prisoners of war under the supervision of the SS. The headquarters of the military leadership was located in a two-story building that was the House of Culture before the war. In case of bombings, a light ground reinforced concrete bunker was built, the walls of which were 3 meters thick.

In 1942. In "Hegewald" there was a meeting of the highest ranks of the police and the commanders of the SS units, at which Himmler read the famous "Ost" plan, which provided for the colonization of the occupied eastern territories.

Unlike Hitler's and Goering's bunkers, which were located nearby, Himmler's bunker was not blown up when the German troops retreated.

Currently, the building with the adjacent plot of land is in private ownership. The entrances are closed by armored doors with a thickness of 5 centimeters. German fire hydrants in operation have also been preserved.

Ribbentrop's bunker is located nearby, on the opposite side of the Zhytomyr - Vinnytsia highway, on the closed territory of the military unit.

The estate of the Kornitsky family in Rohachi was established at the beginning of the 19th century, after the landowner Yan Kornitsky purchased the village from General Lyubovytskyi.

In 1908, Ventsyslav Kornitsky built a magnificent palace in the style of classicism according to the project of the Kyiv architect Karol Ivanytskyi. The building is well preserved - in Soviet times it housed a school. Particularly beautiful is the portico with six columns supporting a pediment richly decorated with stucco. The family coat of arms of the Kornitsky has been preserved on the pediment. The interiors, also decorated with stucco, have been partially preserved. The palace is surrounded by a rather neglected park. A canyon-like road cut deep into the cliff leads to the estate.

Currently, the Kornitsky Palace in Rohachi is in private ownership, restoration has begun.

The modern exposition of the Korosten Museum of Local Lore was opened in 1987 in the premises of the former headquarters of the Korosten Fortress.

Here is a history of the region from ancient times based on the results of archaeological research conducted in the 1990s.

The most valuable exhibits are samples of minerals, weapons of the XIII-XIX centuries, tools of Polishchuks, objects of folk decorative and applied art.

A special place in the exhibition is occupied by the canvas-diorama "Princess Olha near the walls of ancient Iskorosten" (artist Oleksandr Turansky, 1982), which recreates the picture of the arrival of the widowed princess of Kyiv to the walls of the rebellious city.

The picturesque artificial lake, which was formed on the site of a flooded granite quarry, is located at the entrance to Korostyshiv from the Kyiv side, a little south of the highway.

It belongs to the enterprise "Korostyshiv Quarry", which is engaged in the processing of natural stone from various deposits of Ukraine.

The rocky shores of the lake up to 10 meters high, overgrown with pines and birches, resemble Karelian landscapes. The water has an unusual turquoise shade. The vertical walls of the quarry with a pronounced relief attract climbers and lovers of extreme sports.