Attractions of Zhytomyr region

The stone church of the Nativity of the Virgin was founded in Starosiltsi in 1773 by the village owner Yosyp Yakubovsky near the old wooden Greek Catholic church. After his death, his butler Amalytsky and priest Dimitriy Matskevych completed the construction.

The temple is made in the Polish Baroque style. It housed the miraculous icon of the Mother of God for centuries, which was brought here by the monks of the Pochaiv Larva. Under the altar was the tomb of the builders of the temple. Presumably in the 1830s, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was converted to Orthodoxy.

It is an architectural landmark of local importance.

The Olevsk Museum of Local Lore opened in 1995.

Initially, it had only two halls: military glory and nature. Later, a hall of antiquities was opened, which tells about the ancient crafts and trades of Polishchuks, as well as a hall of history of Olevsk region. In particular, there are archeological finds from the Middle Ages, made during excavations on the territory of Olevsk settlement in the tract Babyna Hill: sword guard, lead seal of the King of Prussia, a necklace of glass of different colors and amber, bronze jewelry.

The exposition "Republic of Olevsk" on five stands highlights basic information about the activities of the Polissya Sich and Taras Bulba-Borovets.

Stands "Jewish Community in Olevsk" and "Local Interest" were developed, a new exhibition "Amber-succinite" was created.

The museum offers sightseeing tours of the city of Olevsk and field trips to the "Stone Village".

The Ovruchchyna History Museum was founded in 1975 at the Ovruch House of Culture. Currently, the museum is located in a historic two-story building next to the City Park.

The exhibition in three halls reveals the culture and history of the region, starting from the Paleolithic period. Among the unique exhibits are tools of primitive people, an medieval Drevlyan sword  of the XII-XIII centuries, a Cossack pistol and a powder magazine of the end of the XVIII century.

Documents of repressed compatriots, letters of Ostarbeiters deported to Germany during the Second World War, personal belongings of people who left their homes after the accident at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, photos of Ovruchans who participated in the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war are preserved.

In the ethnographic department, the everyday objects of Polishchuks are exhibited, in particular, traditional clothes and shoes, woven and embroidered towels, wooden products of folk craftsmen. The interior of the 19th century village house "Polissya room" has been recreated.

The Museum of Partisan Glory of Polissya was founded in 1961 in the village of Slovechne, which during the Second World War was the center of the partisan movement and the location of large partisan units.

The Slovechne Museum was created by enthusiasts by the "folk" method, and in 1962 the exhibition was opened to visitors. One of the halls is decorated in the form of a guerrilla dugout.

Guerrilla weapons, radio equipment, guerrilla press, instruments of the medical service of the "forest front", materials about punitive expeditions in the Ovruch region are presented.

In 1995, the Burned Villages Memorial Complex was opened, where the tragic events of 1942-1943 were recorded.

The People's History and Local Lore Museum of the village of Kryve in Zhytomyr region was founded in 2003 on the initiative of local historians.

The museum is located on the territory of the Kryve Gymnasium named Yosyp Yurkevych. The gymnasium bears the name of its founder, the famous doctor and public figure Yosyp Yurkevych, who was born in Kryve in 1853.

The main part of the museum exposition is also dedicated to the Yurkevych family and their friends and neighbors of the Rylskys, who lived nearby in Romanivka. In particular, personal belongings and documents handed over to the museum by the descendants of Yosyp Yurkevych are presented.

The Joseph Konrad Regional People's Museum was opened in the village of Terekhove near Berdychiv in 1987.

The museum bears the name of the outstanding English writer of Polish-Ukrainian origin Joseph Theodore Konrad Kozhenovskyi, better known as Joseph Konrad, who was born in Terekhove in 1857. Several museum rooms are dedicated to the life and work of this classic of world literature. They tell about the writer's childhood and youth, family and personal life, about his almost 20-year sea voyages. The literary work of the writer is presented.

The museum also has a local history exposition, which presents items from the Neolithic era, Trypillyan and Chernyakhiv cultures, Ukrainian antiquities, materials from the Second World War and post-war reconstruction.

The People's Museum of the Kodnia Village History was founded in 1976 and is located in the local House of Culture.

In the museum, you can learn about the history of the village of Kodnia from ancient times, get acquainted with archaeological finds, Cossack artifacts, and archival documents.

The main exhibition is devoted to the events of the "Koliivshchyna" uprising in Haydamac. As you know, after the defeat of the rebel units led by Maksym Zaliznyak and Ivan Honta by Polish and Russian troops, more than 200 Zaporozhians and Haydamaks were executed by the decision of the Polish court in Kodnia.

The exposition presents copies of documents related to the Haydamak movement in Ukraine, maps, samples of Cossack weapons, ancient tools of peasant work and life, materials about the history of Kodnia.

The Museum of Military Fortification "Pillbox (DOT) - Artillery Semi-Capon" was created on the basis of one of the fortifications of the Emilchyne Battalion Defense District (BDD) of the Korosten fortified area (KoFA), which was preserved on the outskirts of the urban-type village of Yemilchyne.

Yemilchyne BDD is a system of long-term fortifications built in 1931-1939 as part of the KoFA to cover the rear of the Novograd-Volyn fortified district located to the southwest. It consisted of 25 DOTs (pillboxes), including 6 artillery semi-caponiers built in 1938-1939, each of which was designed for two 76-millimeter cannons.

In 2010, one of the semi-caponirs, ASC No. 25, was cleared and turned into a museum dedicated to the defense of Emilchyne region in the summer of 1941 by the forces of enthusiasts. The exposition presents the remains of the equipment, weapons and military equipment of the garrison of the fortified area, a map-scheme of the KoUR and a separate Yemilchyne BDD.

Museum "Pillbox - artillery semi-capon" is a department of Yemilchyne People's Museum of Local Lore.

The Museum of Ukrainian Life "Poliska Khata" in the village of Polianka near Baranivka in Zhytomyr Region is a department of the Baranivka People's Museum of History and Local Lore.

The private ethnographic museum was founded in 2004 by a local resident, Mykola Kobylansky, after purchasing an authentic Polissya house from 1905 next to the family home. In the house, the interior of a century ago has been reproduced. The exposition consists of objects of peasant life collected in Polianka and surrounding villages, the oldest of which is about 250 years old. In particular, you can see a wooden machine for making postronks (an element of horse harness), a loom, tools for working with flax, a potter's wheel, etc. Most of the tools are in working condition, you can try to use them during the tour. An ancient collection of bricks from a local factory with stamps of various European cities is also presented. A model of a windmill is installed in the yard.

Upon prior reservation, the hosts treat visitors to traditional Polissya dishes and organize folk holidays.

The building was built in 1897 for the Zhytomyr Regional Court according to the project of the architect Volodymyr Bezsmertny.

Currently, it is one of the buildings of the Polissya National University.

It is an architectural monument of local importance.

Polissya nature reserve in the upper reaches of the river. Ubort protects more than 20,000 hectares of marshy forests, typical for the nature of Polissya.

The flora of the Polissya Reserve includes 604 species of higher plants, 139 species of mosses, many lichens, mushrooms and algae. 17 species are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. Rhododendron from the heather family is especially valuable.

Elk, red deer, wild boar, roe deer, muskrat, beaver, otter, wolf, fox, ferret, weasel and others are found in the forest. Sometimes a lynx and a bear are spotted.

The central estate of the Polissya Nature Reserve is located in the village of Selezivka. Tourists can visit the reserve's visitor center, where materials related to its activities are presented. A museum of sacred Drevlyan stones has been created on the territory of the manor: Stone-Throne, Ark, Stone-Love, tracer stones, Stone of the Virgin's tears, sacrificial stone.

The water mill was reconstructed (the log was brought from the resettled village of Dalety). The pagan sanctuary of the city of Nore with 12 stones, a dugout, a winter smokehouse has been restored.

In the museum "Drevlyanske selo" an ethnographic exposition is presented on the basis of a wooden Polissya hut.

Visitors are offered to live in a restored house with a real furnace, to learn about iron smelting from bog ore. A number of tourist water, pedestrian and automobile routes have been created on the outskirts of the Polissya Reserve with visits to holy springs, hundred-year-old oaks, Old Believer sanctuaries and ancient burials (stone crosses).

The postal station in Berezyna, on the 121st kilometer of the Brest-Litovsky highway, was built in 1846 according to the exemplary project of "Houses of the II class with a hotel", a characteristic feature of which is the arrow windows in the neo-Gothic style.

The original details of the porch decoration have been preserved: granite steps, patterned canopy brackets above the door.

In 1941, the postal station housed the headquarters of the German army that was advancing on Kyiv.

The historical and local lore museum in the village of Pulyny, Zhytomyr Region has been operating since 1983 in the premises of the Pulyny Lyceum. The exposition in six rooms on the first floor of the central building of the lyceum tells about the history of the village and the culture of its inhabitants.

In the section "Our region from ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century" you can learn about the appearance of Slavic tribes in Polissya, the foundation of Pulyny during the period of Kyivan Rus, Pulyny landowners, the life of the Jewish community and much more.

The pride of the museum is the "Ethnographic Light", where materials, household items, and tools used by the people of Poland during the 19th and 20th centuries are collected. Separate expositions are devoted to the history of the school and the memory of heroes of wars of different times.

Work continues on the creation of the exhibition "Pulyny German National District in 1930-1935".

The Museum of Flora and Fauna of the Radomyshl Region was opened in 1968 at the initiative of the director of the local forest and hunting industry Andriy Filipovych.

The museum is located on the territory of a small arboretum with a decorative pond, a rose garden, neat lawns and alleys.

The first hall of the museum tells about the history of the State Forestry Industry (1936). The first "Druzhba" chainsaw, photos, etc. are presented.

In the remaining three halls, flora and fauna are presented: stuffed animals of large herbivores (red deer, elk), scenes from the life of forest roe deer, a family of wild boars, wolves and a raccoon dog. Among birds, the golden eagle stands out due to its size (2-meter wingspan).

The museum has a collection of minerals and a large collection of butterflies.

A granite outcrop on the right bank of the Uzh River on the northwestern outskirts of Korosten is known as "Red Hill" or "Mal`s Hillfort".

It is a 30-meter granite rock of a red shade with vertical slopes. In the 7th-13th centuries, the main fortress of ancient Iskorosten was located on the top of the mountain, which served in the 10th century as the residence of Prince Mal of Drevlyany - one of the 4 ancient Rus hillforts near Korosten. In these places, traces of a fire and a great battle were discovered, which scientists believe are traces of the siege of Iskorosten in 946 by the Kyiv army of Princess Olha, who was avenging the death of her husband, Prince Ihor.

During the archaeological research conducted in 2004, Great Moravian silver earrings, an Arab dirham, a gold solidus of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine and other finds were found, testifying to the great trade relations of Iskorosten. They are exhibited in the local lore museum of Korosten.