Attractions of Fastiv district

The Boyarskyy Museum of Local Lore was opened in 1974 as a literary and memorial museum of M. Ostrovsky in honor of the 70th anniversary of the writer. The museum is located in a separate room on the territory of the local school, in the building of which in 1921 Ostrovsky lived among the Komsomol brigade of builders of the boyar narrow-gauge railway. Although the museum was reorganized into a local history museum in 1992, its exposition is still based on things related to Ostrovsky's work: documents, photographs, personal belongings, the first editions of his book "How Steel Was Hardened" and so on.

Fastiv Museum of Local Lore is located in the historic building of the bank (late XIX century), which is an example of the so-called borderless architecture in "brick" style. The museum was founded in 1990, although its collection began to be created in the 1970s. The current exhibition is based on the results of archaeological research, ethnographic expeditions, searches in the archives. Among the materials of the historical department there are rare archival and photographic materials, as well as historical objects that tell about the stay in the Fastiv Directory of the UPR, the battle near Motovylivka, the Unification of the UPR and ZUNR and other events. Of particular interest is the current model of the railway and other exhibits about the one and a half century history of the Fastiv railway.

The estate-museum of Kyrylо Stetsenko was opened in the village of Vepryk in the Fastiv region, where the composer spent the last years of his life - from 1920 to 1922. Stetsenko, who turned to the church during the revolution, responded to an invitation from the Vepryk community, which wanted to have a Ukrainian priest. In the village, the composer created two folk choirs: village and children's. In the spring of 1922, Kyrylo Stetsenko fell ill with typhus and died shortly before his 40th birthday. He was buried in Vepryk, residents take care of his grave. The museum houses the composer's belongings, a grand piano, as well as objects of ethnography and everyday life, which help to recreate the situation in which Kyrylo Stetsenko lived and worked.

"Museum on Wheels" is the Museum-railcar of Unification of the UPR with WUPR, located at the "Fastiv" railway station together with the ancient steam locomotive. In a similar headquarters railcar of the Directory of the UPR at the end of 1918, negotiations took place between the leaders of the Ukrainian People's Republic Volodymyr Vynnychenko and Simon Petliura on the one hand and the delegation of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic led by Kost Levitsky and Longin Tsegelsky. It was here on December 1, 1918 "pre-entry" agreement on the intention to unite the population and territories of the UPR and WUPG into a single state. The Act of Unification was solemnly proclaimed a month and a half later, on January 19, 1919, on Sophia Square in Kyiv. The exposition of the "Museum on Wheels" presents documents and photographs that tell about these events, money and postage stamps of those times. The interior and atmosphere of Petliura's staff car were recreated. You can visit the museum only by prior arrangement. Every year on the Day of Reunification, ceremonial events are held near the museum in Fastiv.