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According to legend, Korostyshiv arose back in the 6th–7th centuries — back then the settlement was called Khminychi and was a center of the Drevlyan tribe of the Minchany. The first written mention i...
Few people know, but among the picturesque landscapes of the Zhytomyr region, near the town of Andrushivka, lies a unique scientific location — the July Morning private astronomical observatory (July ...
Right on the border of Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions, away from the main tourist routes, stands a building for which it is worth driving extra kilometers. The Kornytskyi estate in the village of Roha...
In the ancient Polissian town of Ovruch, which was called Vruchiy in the times of Kievan Rus, stands a church whose history spans nearly nine centuries. This is St. Basil's Church (Holy Basil Cathedra...
On the banks of the Sluch River, in the Romaniv hromada, lies the village of Vilkha (historical name — Ulkha). One of the most luxurious aristocratic residences of 19th-century Volhynia once stood her...
In early May 1986, the residents of the village of Tovstyi Lis were evacuated within a matter of days — forever. Along with them, the living parish community of the Holy Resurrection Church left the e...
The Museum of Partisan Glory of Polissia in the village of Slovechne in the Zhytomyr region is one of the most famous military-historical museums of Ukrainian Polissia. During World War II, Slovechne ...
There are cities that remember themselves through monuments and castles. Baranivka remembers itself through tableware — and this is completely serious and with dignity. It is a small town in the Zhyto...
In the village of Verkhivnia in the Berdychiv district of the Zhytomyr region stands one of the most interesting estates in the region — the Hanska Palace, known today as the Honoré de Balzac Museum. ...
The Kosach Family Museum stands in Zviahel (until 2022 — Novohrad-Volynskyi), near the banks of the Sluch River. It is one of the key literary locations of Zhytomyr Oblast, connected with the life and...
At the beginning of the 19th century, Zhytomyr, despite its status as a provincial center, looked spiritually and architecturally impoverished from an Orthodox perspective. When the city officially be...
Zhytomyr region is not always associated with popular tourist routes, but it is here that places capable of surprising even experienced travelers are hidden. One of them is the Church of Saint Clara i...
