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Polissian villages around Urszulin

On the left bank of the Bug, already in Poland, lies the westernmost patch of Polissia — Lublin Polissia (Polesie Lubelskie) with its main town of Włodawa. The lakes, flood meadows, alder forests, and...

19 views · 28 October 2026

Lebedivka (Zhytomyr Oblast) — History of the village, Church of Saint Stanislaus, and Polish heritage

Lyudmila KHomich

TOURISM ZHYTOMYR REGION POLISSYA

Lebedivka (Zhytomyr Oblast) — History of the village, Church of Saint Stanislaus, and Polish heritage

There are several settlements in Ukraine named Lebedivka — in the Cherkasy, Odesa, Kyiv and other regions. However, Lebedivka in the Zviahel district of the Zhytomyr region holds special historical an...

1866 views · 9 March 2026

Pyontkov Estate in Turbivka: A mysterious 19th-century landmark of Zhytomyr Region

Mikola Borovec

TOURISM ZHYTOMYR REGION POLISSYA

Pyontkov Estate in Turbivka: A mysterious 19th-century landmark of Zhytomyr Region

The Pientko estate in the village of Turbivka (until 2020 - Popylnia Raion, currently Kornyn hromada of Zhytomyr Raion) is one of those lesser-known architectural landmarks of Zhytomyr region that des...

149 views · 3 March 2026

Love Island in Stary Solotvyn: how Mykhailo's music video turned a quiet location into a tourist magnet

Oleksiy Pashkevich

TOURISM ZHYTOMYR REGION POLISSYA

Love Island in Stary Solotvyn: how Mykhailo's music video turned a quiet location into a tourist magnet

After the release of the music video for the song "12 obezian" by Serhiy Mikhatok and the Brutto band, filmed in a fisherman's cottage on an island in Staryi Solotvyn, this place unexpectedly got a ne...

218 views · 8 February 2026

Wooden Church in Nove Zavod: History, Architecture, and Restoration of the Sanctuary

Mikola Borovec

TOURISM ZHYTOMYR REGION POLISSYA

Wooden Church in Nove Zavod: History, Architecture, and Restoration of the Sanctuary

The village of Novyi Zavod in the Pulyny hromada of Zhytomyr Raion, despite its name which is often associated with the Soviet era, has nothing to do with the USSR. It emerged much earlier — in 1823 —...

188 views · 28 January 2026