Attractions of Vinnytsia region

Pillbox (DOT)-112 is a fortification structure of the 12th Mohyliv-Yampil fortification district, built along the Dniester on the border with Romania in 1931.

The construction was supervised by Dmytro Karbyshev, lieutenant general of the engineering troops. Pillbox-112 on the outskirts of Mohyliv-Podilskyi was a powerful long-term fortification with connecting passages 2-2.5 meters high, caponiers, and filtration devices. There was a weapons and ammunition warehouse, a mess hall, a dining room, a water supply, a surveillance and command post, telephone and radio communications. Armament consisted of three "Maxim" machine guns on turrets and two 76-mm guns. The garrison, which consisted of more than 30 soldiers, from July 7 to 28, 1941 restrained the pressure of Hitler's troops, preventing the crossing of the Dniester. The last 7 defenders of the Pillbox were walled up alive by the Germans. A memorial was erected in honor of the fallen heroes.

In order to visit the preserved underground premises of the Pillbox, you need to contact the Mohyliv-Podilskyi Museum of Local Lore.

A small two-story palace in the style of classicism was built in the 18th-19th centuries by representatives of the Potocki family, to whom Mohyliv-Podilskyi belonged since 1713.

Perhaps it belonged to Count Frantsishek Potocki, the son of Podillya magnate Stanislav Feliks Potocki, the owner of Tulchyn and Uman. Stanislav Potocki gave the city of Mohyliv-Podilskyi and its surroundings to his son in 1799, when Emperor Paul I expelled him from St. Petersburg "for extravagance and debauchery." There is no reliable information about whether Frantsishek Potoski himself was in Mohyliv. It is known that in 1811 the tsarist government of the Russian Empire bought the city of Mohyliv from his distant relative Vintsentiy Potoski for 587,220 rubles in silver.

At the moment, the building of the Potocki Palace is under reconstruction.

A collection of modern sculpture - more than 20 works of modern sculptors - is exhibited in the Yampil City Park.

The sculpture park on the banks of the Dniester was founded in 1988, when a symposium of sculptors was held in Yampil.

The open-air exposition presents the works of Oleksiy Aloshkin, Lyudimla Aloshkina, Yuriy Bahalik, Yuliy Synkevych, Mykola Bilyk, Yakiv Kulenko, Vasyl Fedoruk, Petro Matov, Yuriy Mysko and others.

The remains of the fortifications of the Sharhorod castle, built in 1585 by the prince Yan Zamoyskyi.

The castle was located on a hill at the confluence of the Kovbasna River in Murashka, had a citadel with five towers, and long-range artillery.

In 1595, the fortress was destroyed by the Cossacks of Severyn Nalyvayko, and in 1648 it was captured by the troops of Maksym Kryvonos. The Cossack garrison withstood Polish sieges until 1651, when they were forced to surrender by the army of Hetman Martyn Kalynovsyi.

Since the 18th century, the Sharhorod castle lost its strategic importance and began to crumble. Despite an attempt at restoration made in the 19th century, only the ruins of one tower and fragments of retaining walls, which are located among private buildings, have survived to this day.

The three-story building of the Vinnytsia Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Valentyn Otamanovskyi was built in 1936.

The decision to build the first city library in Vinnytsia was made back in 1902. The construction was timed to the 50th anniversary of Mykola Hohol's death and at first the library was called "Hohol Library". In 1907, the first two-story public library building was opened.

After the Bolshevik coup, it was replenished with nationalized books from private libraries. Since 1925, the Vinnytsia Central Library has been named after the biologist Klyment Timiryazev. In 1936, it was transferred to a new three-story building.

During World War II, the main building of the library burned to the ground. Only in 1955, the building was reconstructed and the library started working normally again.

In 2022, the library received a new name "Vinnytsia Regional Universal Scientific Library named after Valentyn Otamanovskyi". Today, the Vinnytsia Regional Library not only has a large number of books, but also has access to them online.

The Lytin Museum of Local Lore named after Ustym Karmalyuk was opened in 1980 in the premises of the entrance gate of the former Lytin prison-fortress.

The prison castle in Lityn was built at the beginning of the 19th century according to the typical project of Andriyan Zakharov next to the old Polish castle, which has not been preserved.

From 1813 to 1835, the national hero Ustym Karmalyuk, the leader of local rebels, was detained here four times. In 1832, while awaiting execution, he was able to escape by dismantling the ceiling of his cell. This was one of many escapes that Karmalyuk managed to make from prisons and hard labor during his struggle.

The museum collection includes about 8,000 objects. The main exposition tells about the causes, development and consequences of the insurgent movement in Podillya in 1813-1835.

The prison building with the cell where Karmalyuk was kept has also been preserved (now on the territory of the district consumer union, access is limited).

Local Lore museum in the village Pechera in Vinnytsia region operates at the Pechera general secondary education institution of grades I-III (secondary school).

It is located in a one-story building next to the school, in which, during the time of the Potocki family, Kapellmeister Nadvorsky, who led the local brass band, lived.

The school museum was created in 1986, many exhibits were found during the expeditions of the school archeological group. In particular, ancient things related to the history of the Potocki manor in Pechera are presented.

The "Art-Drabyna" Gallery in Busha was opened in 2009 by Vinnytsia artist Svitlana Telets. Her painted house in the center of the village attracts the attention of tourists from afar.

In an ordinary peasant yard, the artist has arranged an exhibition hall, a covered veranda for master classes and a residential house with a fireplace, where rooms can be rented.

The gallery exhibits the artist's paintings and her personal collection of Podillya antiquities. Classes in art therapy, master classes in painting, exterior and interior decoration are held to order.

The museum of retro equipment "AvtoMotoVeloFotoRadio" (Auto-Moto-Bike-Photo-Radio) in Vinnytsia was opened in 2013. Located in the Mykola Leontovych Central City Park.

The exhibition of the auto-retro museum is based on the private collection of rare cars and other equipment of Vinnytsia collector Oleksiy Strembitskyi.

The museum has more than 100 exhibits collected over 35 years: cars, motorcycles, bicycles, gramophones, televisions, cameras, radios, etc. In the car collection: an army GAZ-67, a rare three-axle "Willys", GAZ-M-20 "Victory", "Muscovites" and "Volga" of various years of production and others.

All exhibits are active, many of them are symbols of the past Soviet era.

In the Vinnytsia Museum of Retro Cars, visitors are welcome to interact closely with the equipment and other exhibits - you can sit behind the wheel of any car, try on the military uniforms of different countries, and take a photo in a historical image.

The memorial museum of Academician Danylo Zabolotny was founded in 1929 in his native village of Chobotarka (now Zabolotne) in Vinnytsia Region, where he was born, lived and was buried.

An outstanding microbiologist and epidemiologist, academician Danylo Zabolotny founded the world's first department of epidemiology in Odesa, as well as the Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology in Kyiv. In his native house under a thatched roof, the original interior has been completely preserved: a cabinet with the scientist's books, a Zeissian microscope with which he traveled through the deserts of Asia, an old straw block on a hanger. An exposition with wax figures in one of the rooms reproduces the scene of Zabolotny receiving a local patient during his stay in his native village.

On the territory of the manor, a summer kitchen has been recreated and a separate exhibition house has been built, where you can see a large-scale diorama "Danylo Zabolotny on an expedition to fight the plague", which reproduces one of the episodes of the scientist's work in Manchuria. Returning from expeditions, Zabolotny always brought exotic plants with him. The Carpathian birch planted by him, an Ussuri maple and a large dogwood bush still grow in the garden near the house.

Not far from the house is the grave of Danylo Kyrylovych with a tombstone in the style of constructivism by the artist Vasyl Krychevskyi.

The manor-museum of academician Zabolotny is part of the structure of the Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

The Military Historical Museum of Air Force Armed Forces Ukraine in Vinnytsia was established in 2001 as a museum of the Air Force of Ukraine.

In 2005, it was replenished with an exposition dedicated to the air defense forces, which were then structurally part of the Armed Forces.

The museum is located on the territory of the former General Staff of the Air Force of Ukraine in Vinnytsia. In Soviet times, it was the headquarters of the 24th Air Army, and before that - the headquarters of the 43rd Air Force of Long-range Aviation, which was formed in 1949 on the basis of the 2nd VA DA.

The museum has collected many samples of aircraft, anti-aircraft missiles, radar equipment of different times. The exposition includes 16 aircraft of different classes, from the Yak-11 training aircraft to the fourth-generation Su-27 fighter, as well as 4 helicopters.

Of particular interest are the launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems S-300V1, S-300PS, S-200V "Vega", S-125M1 "Neva", "S-75M2" Volkhov ", Buk-1M".

Foreigners must obtain a permit from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to visit the museum.

The art space in the village of Bukatynka was founded by the family of artists Oleksiy and Lyudmila Alioshkins, when they moved to Vinnytsia Rgion in 1980. It is an open-air exhibition of modern sculpture, a complex of hut-museums and a place for various activities.

The main object of the complex is the "Garden of Remembrance", which consists of two parts: the first is connected with the four elements, and the second is dedicated to the heroes of Ukraine. The park also has plaques with inscriptions glorifying Ukraine and Ukrainian women-beregins.

There are several monuments near the "House of Legends". One of them is dedicated to Mykola Leontovych, and next to it is Taras Shevchenko. Cave "Temple of the Spirit", excavated by Oleksiy Alioshkin on the basis of natural cracks in the rock. "Cave of Love" has a well inside, which was dug by Oleksiy Alioshkin.

The Ceramics Museum is located in the house of the stonecutter Danylo Shparky in 1918. Things related to the Plein Air "Podillya Oberih" are kept here: posters, photos of works, catalogs of exhibitions of plein air participants.

In the "House-gallery" there is an exhibition of paintings by Oleksiy and Lyudmila Alioshkins, Viktor Antonchyk, Olena Bihunova, and children's works.

The spacious house "Svitlytsia" is used for workshops and poetry readings. Contains works by various artists and empty chairs with signatures of the names of artists and just good people.

The open-air hut-museum "Podillya Oberih" is painted with images of the amulet, in which the names of the participants of the plein air from different cities of Ukraine are inscribed.

"Theatre House" is intended for theatrical and musical performances. In the room on the left, puppets for performances are stored. The room on the right has a stage, lighting for shadow theater and many musical instruments made from household items.

In the house of the carpenter Grandfather Maksym, mostly works of root plastic are stored. And in the house of the seafarer Kyrylo Liubchyk, an exposition about prominent people of Bukatynka and the entire region is presented.

Excursions and workshops are held by prior agreement.

The Art Museum of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Busha" was opened in 2018 during the International Art and Cultural Festival "Painted House". The museum building was painted with ornaments traditional for Eastern Podillya by the artist Serhiy Buhay.

The exposition of the Art Museum presents not only painting, but also other types of art from Podillya and other regions. In particular, there is an exhibition of Ukrainian antiquities under the name "Thorn Handkerchief - Mother's Tongue".

Exhibitions of famous artists are held regularly.

Art Residence "Sharhorod Rafinad" was opened in 2009 in the old premises of the former sugar factory at the expense of entrepreneur Oleksandr Pohorilskyi.

The former factory forge has been transformed into an art workshop. The museum exhibits the works of artists Alisa Yoffe, Dmytro Butov, Anatoliy Osmolovsky, as well as Volodymyr Lohutov.

A contemporary art festival is held on the basis of the Residence. The center of craft arts "SharKraft" is active. There is a hotel.

The Ascension Church in Mezhyriv was built in 1794 at the expense of the nobleman Andriy Orlovsky.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the parish had 1,438 parishioners. In 1945, the temple was closed by the Soviet authorities, the building was used as a collective farm granary.

Currently, the church is in a dilapidated state. Inside, traces of stucco can be seen here and there. Nearby is the same dilapidated three-part bell tower, typical for Catholic churches.