The route from Kyiv to Zhytomyr by car, 140 km;
from Zhytomyr to Korosten', 90 km:
Zhytomyr is not a big city, but with a great historical heritage. The name of the city of Zhytomyr went either on behalf of the tycoon of the Kiv princes Askold and Dir - Zhytomyr, who killed his own rulers, fled and founded this city. Or from the fact that there was a trade in bread in this territory. That is true from this - it is certainly not known. However, whatever it may be, the date of the city's founding is 884th.
in Zhytomyr, on January 12, 1907, Serhii Korolev, a great designer, scientist and founder of practical and cosmonautics, was born and raised. A man-legend who not only designed an artificial satellite, but also created the first manned spacecraft Vostok-1. so that the world's first manned flight in earth orbit took place.
the house-museum of the great scientist was opened in 1970 in Zhytomyr, Dmitrievskaya Street, 5. The time when he was growing up was recreated in the house, and the Sergey Korolev Museum of Cosmotnautics was located not far from the house. Here is described in detail and shown the way of cosmonautics from its origin to our day. Nowhere else in Ukraine will you see a capsule with the moon's ground given by NASA. The museum features a layout of "Lunokhod-2", a technological sample of the Soyuz spacecraft, the original device that descended from the spacecraft Soyuz-27, as well as spacesuits and astronaut's food and, once, secret pictures.
Local history museum. Zamkova Square, 1
The local lore museum is located in an ancient manor that was built in the 19th century. The exposition of the museum includes 150,000 artifact of history, culture, works of fine arts of Italian, Dutch, French and Polish masters of the 16th-20th centuries.
Transfiguration Cathedral. Victory Square, 12/14
Holy Transfiguration Cathedral is considered a symbol of the city. It was erected in 1866-1874. The cathedral is maintained in the Byzantine-Russian style with the characteristic features of Old Kievan-Rus' architecture of 11th - 12th centuries.
St. Sophia Catholic Cathedral. Zamkova Square
The Cathedral of St. Sophia with a belltower height of 26 meters is considered one of the main architectural monuments of the Zhytomyr. The rich interior decoration has been saved - stucco and wall paintings.
Craft Yard. Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Street, 42
The entire museum exposition contains several thousand exhibits. Here is an old hand-made device for roasting coffee grains, an active copy of the old forge. Also in the collection there are tools intended for production, the technology of which is considered to be overstretched.
Castle Mountain. Zamkova Street
a mountain on the banks of the Kamianka River, on which, until the 19th century, a stone castle was surrounded by moats. Zhytomyr castle was first mentioned in 1392 in written chronicles. now the city square is planted on the territory of the castle, a commemorative mark in honor of the foundation of Zhytomyr.
St. John Catholic Cathedral. Kyivstar Street, 4
National architectural monument. Neoclassist style building was built in 1838-1842 as a church of Lutsk-Zhytomyr spiritual seminary instead of the burnt church of Franciscanes.
St. Michael's Cathedral. Kyivska Street, 18
St. Michael's Cathedral in Zhytomyr is considered to be an outstanding 19th-century architectural monument. It belongs to the oldest stone religious buildings of the city. The cathedral is famous for the fact that the famous pianist Svyatoslav Richter was baptized here. Now it is an active church.
Korosten' town
Only in an hour from the center of Zhytomyr is a town Korosten' (former legendary ancient Iskorosten). On the slopes of granite rocks nowadays there is a city recreation park. On the it's peak in the 8th and 13th centuries was the chronicle Iskorosten town. On the place of the ancient fortress a model of wooden fortifications of the ancient town was built. There is also a monument to Drevlyany medieval prince Mal. On the bank of the river at the foot of the rock - a monument to the Kiv's princess Olga, who, according to legend, spent the last years of her life in the city, which was destroyed by her before.
Picturesque landscapes near the natural bath on the river met visitors. But inside the granite rocks a military entourage awaits you. Here is a military-historical complex, organized in a real bunker "Skelya" (rock). The doors of a bunker, weighing three tons, can not break even with a modern gun. Over the bunker - one and a half meters of concrete, 10 meters of granite and 15 meters of sand with clay! This underground complex was built in the 30's of the 20th century. The existence of this object was kept in strict secrecy for a long time. Bunker "Skelia" (rock) has three tiers. But fully explored and open to visitors only one - the middle. The corridor of this level extends by almost 200 meters. In the middle tier are 30 rooms, each with its own exposition. The command post is completely autonomous and equipped with the most advanced technologies of that time: vent system (which is still in working condition), generators for electricity supply, own water reserve, water supply and sewerage.
On the opposite bank of the river there is a monument to Dobrynia Mykytich (the hero of the ancient Kyivan folk epic), which is believed to be the native of the city of Korosten'. Also here is a monument to the Drevlyany princess Malusha with his son, who became the prince of Kiev, Volodymyr the Great.
At the entrance to the park you can see the monument of the potato pancake - Derun. There is an international festival of "deruny"every year in September in Korosten'. Chefs from different regions of Ukraine demonstrate their skills in cooking potato pancakes or close to them potato dishes. Professional tasters and festival visitors determine the most delicious derun and vote for it. The program also has traditional competitions and entertainments, exhibitions and performances by creative teams.
Trigirsky Holy Transfiguration Monastery
may have been founded in 1583 (date not confirmed) by Prince Vladimir of Zhytomyr. The monastery is in the forest, far from people, on the edge of the rocky Cape of the River Teteriv. this is one of the most compact medieval monasteries. Its shrine is the miraculous icon of Our Lady "Trigorskaya". According to legend, she appeared at a source near the monastery. Previously, the monastery was the most important after Pochiv Lavra.
The Radomyshl Castle Museum
is located in the Zhytomyr region in the small town of Radomyshl. In 1612 the monks built "Papirnya" - a factory for making paper for the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Monks very carefully chose the place for the construction of the workshop. It was built as a powerful defensive construction on a granite rock. So, proudly resisted the attackers and before the time. The wellspring of fresh and clear water drove directly from the rock inside the construction. This source is still in the castle Radomysl. It's in the concert hall, behind the piano.
It was on Radomyshl's paper workshop that the first book "Chasoslov" was made in Kyiv.
"Papirnia" was destroyed in the 17th century during the Cossack uprisings. In the beginning of the 20th century a mill was built on its basement and wall, which worked until the First World War. In 2012, the castle was restored.
In the castle you can take part in a master class for making paper, as well as visit the museum of home icons (5,000 exhibits are displayed).
According to legend, if to rise without a stop on the tower of the castle Radomysl, which has 138 steps, to look at the Island of Love, strike the bell and make a wish - it will surely come true.
