Attractions of Rivne region

Ostroh Castle on a hill above the river Viliya - the former residence of the powerful princes of Ostroh, who in the XIV-XVII centuries owned large lands in Volhynia. Prince Danylo, the first well-known prince of the Ostroh dynasty, began to build fortifications on the site of the ancient Russian settlement. His descendants expanded and strengthened their capital for two centuries. The story of the & quot; black princess & quot; is connected with the castle. Halshka, who after the death of her father I. Ostrozky inherited all his wealth. Real magnate wars broke out for her hand, she was twice forced to marry by force, but her uncle Vasyl-Konstantin managed to keep the property of the Ostroh family. He later became famous as an educator and defender of Orthodoxy. The oldest building in Ostroh Castle is the Watchtower or & quot; Brick Tower & quot; (XIV century), which houses an exposition of the Museum of Local Lore (the main exhibit is the famous Ostroh Bible, published in 1681 by the first printer Ivan Fedorov). Also preserved is the Round (New) Tower (XVI century) with a Renaissance crown of teeth, from the foot of which you can see the domes of the monastery in Mezhyrich. On the territory of the castle is the ancient Epiphany Cathedral (1453), whose silhouette was the coat of arms of the city. Under the Catholics, the church was partially destroyed, one wall with loopholes was included in the castle's fortification system. At the end of the XIX century the cathedral was reconstructed in a pseudo-Byzantine style designed by architect Bazylevsky, the baths received a characteristic gilding. In 1905 the Gate Bell Tower was built. The church is in operation and belongs to the UOC-MP.

Cultural and archeological complex Peresopnytsia - a three-level constructivist house resembling a temple. Here is the Museum of the First Book, dedicated to the history of the Peresopnytsia Gospel, as well as a conference hall and a room for archaeologists. The exposition, in particular, presents a 9-kilogram facsimile copy of the Peresopnytsia Gospel and a model of the ancient Russian settlement of Peresopnytsia. Nearby is the open-air museum complex & quot; Prince's Castle & quot ;: reconstruction of a residential estate and a fortification of the XII-XIII centuries, when Peresopnytsia was the capital of a separate principality. There is a permanent archeological expedition in the village, which can be joined by students and even tourists. The found rarities will supplement the exposition of the First Book Museum.

The Peresopnytsia Gospel Museum is partially adapted for people with disabilities: parkvok, mnemonic, ramp.

The Berezne Museum of Local Lore is located in the former house of the landowner M. Malynsky, built in 1902-03 in the style of classicism. 5,000 exhibits tell about the history of Bereznivschyna from ancient times. In particular, an iron sword and an arrowhead of the XIV-XV centuries, objects of the Cossack era are presented. The interwar period is characterized by documents, photographs, household items, books belonging to the destroyed Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, icons from the Roman Catholic Church. One of the halls is dedicated to modern decorative and applied arts.

Dubrovytsia Historical and Ethnographic Museum was established in 1957 as the Museum of the Armed Uprising of 1917. The exposition in 4 halls tells about the origin and development of Dubrovytsia in chronological order: "History of the ancient city", "Life and tools", "Our land during the Second World War", "Modernity". Among the exhibits are works of art by potter E. Kulyk, master of folk art U. Kit, photographs of the Counts of Plater, copies of the pages of the Peresopnytsia Gospel.

National Historical and Memorial Reserve & quot; Battlefield of Brest & quot; founded in 1912 on the site where the greatest battle of the Liberation War took place in 1651 under the leadership of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky (sometimes incorrectly called the "Battle of Brest"). A 100,000-strong Cossack army, supported by 30,000 Tatars of Khan Islam III Girey, fought near Berestechko against King Jan Casimir II's 300,000-strong Polish army. Due to the betrayal of the Tatars, the Cossacks were defeated, losing by various estimates from 10 to 30 thousand killed. As a result of the defeat in the Battle of Brest, Khmelnytsky was forced to conclude an unfavorable Bila Tserkva peace with Jan Kazymyr. In 1912, in memory of the tragic battle, the wooden St. Michael's Church (17th century) was moved to the island of Zhuravlykha, where Khmelnytsky prayed before the battle. According to the project of architects V. Maksymov and O. Shchusev, a magnificent church-monument of St. George was built in the style of Cossack churches with nine baths and an iconostasis (artist I. Yezhakevych). On the second floor is the so-called & quot; balcony & quot; Church of Boris and Gleb. An underground passage connects St. Michael's Church with the underground chapel-tomb of Paraskeva Pyatnytsia near St. George's Church, where the remains of the dead Cossacks are buried (in particular, they filled the hollow central pillar). In 1966, the museum-reserve "Cossack graves" was established. Today it is the National Historical and Memorial Reserve & quot; Battlefield of Brest & quot ;. The museum of the complex presents the findings made by archaeologists on the battlefield. In 1991, a monument to the Cossacks and peasant insurgents was unveiled (sculptor A. Kushch). St. George's Monastery of the PCU operates here.

Kostopil Museum of Local Lore is located in a small one-story house in the center of Kostopil. There are 10 exhibitions about the nature, history and ethnography of the region. In the exposition "Nature of the native land" the most interesting dioramas are "River and meadow" and "Forest". In the ethnographic corner the interior of the Polissya house was reconstructed, the full process of fabric making was presented. The archeological collection includes tools of prehistoric times, fragments of pottery, bronze products. The history of the region is told by the exhibition "Kostopil region from the IX century to 1921". Stands "Kostopilshchyna Today" is actually an advertising exhibition of products of local enterprises. A large collection of military equipment from the Second World War, open to the 40th anniversary of the victory, is on display on the site in front of the museum. Among the 17 exhibits are an IS-3 tank, a BM-13 Katyusha jet mortar, ISU-122 and ISU-152 self-propelled artillery units, a 203-mm B-4 howitzer, an automatic anti-aircraft gun, and more.

The Lutsk Tower was a key defensive element of the lower city, also serving as the entrance gate to Lutsk. This is one of the two surviving towers of the outer city fortifications. Currently, the room is adapted for the exposition of the Museum of Books and Printing (in 1580 Ivan Fedorov created a printing house in Ostroh, which published the first "Reading Book" and the first complete Slavic Ostroh Bible). There are also temporary exhibitions.

Volodymyrets Historical Museum was founded in 1969. The exposition presents materials about the history of the region.

The communal institution "Local History Museum" of Zariche village council was founded in 2001 and has been receiving visitors since 2007. About 1,500 exhibits present the historical and ethnographic monuments of Polissya. Among them is a plane-plane of the Cossack era, found in the river Styr. The exposition of the museum acquaints with weaving and traditional embroidery of Polissya, traditional occupations and crafts (farming, fishing, boarding), the main historical events of the Second World War. The interior of a typical Polissya house is presented.