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Zhytomyr Polissia: granite, Drevlians and rhododendron

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Zhytomyr Polissia: granite, Drevlians and rhododendron

Zhytomyr Polissia is the highest, rockiest, and least swampy of all Polissia regions. Here, beneath pines and sand, lies the granite of the Ukrainian Shield: it surfaces in cliffs over the Teteriv Riv...

70 views · 27 October 2026

Belarusian Polissia: Pripyat, swamps and ancient towns

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BELARUSIAN POLISSIA BREST REGION HOMEL REGION TOURISM

Belarusian Polissia: Pripyat, swamps and ancient towns

Belarusian Polissia is a natural, historical and geographical region in the south of Belarus. Its landscapes are shaped by rivers, wetland lowlands, peat bogs, forests and lakes. It is home to the anc...

48 views · 26 October 2026

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ZHYTOMYR REGION KOROSTEN DISTRICT MALYN TOURISM

Hamarnia Landscape Reserve near Malyn

Hamarnia is a landscape reserve of local importance located on the outskirts of Malyn in Zhytomyr Region. It is a large natural area that combines forest landscapes with part of the Malyn Reservoir on...

187 views · 1 October 2026

Mikhailivskyi Quarry: A Quiet Fishing Spot Near Korosten

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KOROSTEN DISTRICT KOROSTEN POLISSYA FISHING TOURISM

Mikhailivskyi Quarry: A Quiet Fishing Spot Near Korosten

Mikhailivskyi Quarry is a small flooded water body near the village of Mykhailivka in the Korosten urban community, Zhytomyr Region. It is about 14–15 kilometers from Korosten. The quarry was formed o...

76 views · 30 September 2026

Rudnya-Ozeryanska Sand Quarry: A Quiet Lake in Polissia

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ZHYTOMYR REGION KOROSTEN DISTRICT OLEVSK FISHING TOURISM

Rudnya-Ozeryanska Sand Quarry: A Quiet Lake in Polissia

The flooded sand quarry near the village of Rudnya-Ozeryanska is a small body of water surrounded by Polissia forests in the Olevsk area of Zhytomyr Region. The lake covers approximately 4.5 hectares....

226 views · 30 September 2026

Novo-Ozeryansky Quarry: A 26-Meter-Deep Lake in Zhytomyr Region

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ZHYTOMYR REGION KOROSTEN DISTRICT OLEVSK TOURISM

Novo-Ozeryansky Quarry: A 26-Meter-Deep Lake in Zhytomyr Region

Novo-Ozeryansky Quarry is a flooded granite quarry near the settlement of Novo-Ozeryanka in the Olevsk urban community of Korosten District, Zhytomyr Region, Ukraine. A lake covering approximately 14....

142 views · 30 September 2026

Red Hill in Horodskyi: Trypillia Settlement and Modern Space

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Red Hill in Horodskyi: Trypillia Settlement and Modern Space

In the village of Horodske in the Zhytomyr region, on the high bank of the Teteriv River, lies the Chervona Hora tract. Here you will find an archaeological site associated with the late stage of the ...

79 views · 15 September 2026

The Angel Cries" in Zhytomyr: a monument to the victims of the Holodomor

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The Angel Cries" in Zhytomyr: a monument to the victims of the Holodomor

In the square in the eastern part of Putiatynskyi Square in Zhytomyr stands the monument to the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, popularly known as "The Crying Angel" (also referred to as "The M...

83 views · 15 September 2026

House of Industry in Zhytomyr: The Forgotten History of the Old Town

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House of Industry in Zhytomyr: The Forgotten History of the Old Town

Right in the center of Zhytomyr, near Zhytniy Rynok square, a building has survived whose history is completely unlike that of an ordinary city house. More than a century ago, there were no shops and ...

487 views · 14 August 2026

Lightning Nest" in Zhytomyr Oblast: Hromovysche near Kupyshche

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Lightning Nest" in Zhytomyr Oblast: Hromovysche near Kupyshche

Approximately 19 kilometres away from Korosten, in the forests near the small village of Kupyshche, hides a clearing about which strange stories have been retold for many decades. It is called Hromovy...

159 views · 11 August 2026

Mezentsev Palace in Zviahel: A Count's Estate over the Sluch

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Mezentsev Palace in Zviahel: A Count's Estate over the Sluch

On the banks of the Sluch River in Zviahel stands a building that is hard to confuse with any other city structure. The yellow two-storey house with a faceted tower looks more like a small medieval ca...

479 views · 10 August 2026

Teteriv from Zhytomyr to Korostyshiv: rapids, "geyser" and turquoise canyon

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KOROSTYSHIV TOURISM

Teteriv from Zhytomyr to Korostyshiv: rapids, "geyser" and turquoise canyon

Few people know that an hour and a half away from Kyiv, there is a river section that kayakers themselves call the most extreme on the entire Teteriv River. The Zhytomyr — Korostyshiv stretch is about...

118 views · 4 August 2026