Ukraine is rich in beautiful places, historical sights, cultural monuments. The Vinnitsa region can be safely counted among them.
On the territory occupied by the Vinnitsa region, people settled since time immemorial. This is evidenced by tools of the Neolithic Age, burials of the Bronze Age, early Slavic settlements. This region at different times was a «tidbit» for Kievan Rus, Galicia-Volyn principality, Lithuania, and of course, the Tatar-Mongol yoke. Vinnitsa region was formed on February 27, 1932. It is located on the Right-Bank Ukraine and borders with Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernivetska, Khmelnitsky, Cherkassy, Kirovograd and Odessa regions. Favorable geographical position contributes to the development of industry, economic complex. At the moment Vinnichyna takes the first place in Ukraine in the production of grain crops and sugar beet.
What is interesting Vinnytsia region
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Rafting in the wide waters of the Southern Bug and Dniester with high banks, steep rapids will give unforgettable impressions and a charge of vigor. The silence of dense forests will envelope cool shade and leave a herbarium of oak, hornbeam, linden, ash, maple and elm. The beauty of sunny glades, colorful fields will be a wonderful background for your photo collection. Unique landscapes of the Dniester Canyon with many rocks, cave temple with the famous Bushinsky rock relief, created presumably in I-IV century AD, the remains of the Scythian settlement will turn your vacation into an adventure full of mysteries and secrets. And how many historical and cultural sights! Ancient castles, palaces, museums, memorial complexes, towns full of legends and tales will undoubtedly remain in your memory for a long time. Excursion to Sharhorod will be remembered by visiting Florian Sharogo Church of the XVIII century, St. Nicholas Cathedral, St. Nicholas Monastery.
The most real palace in the ancient Roman style can be seen in Voronovitsa. The palace was built in 1760. Since 1971, the Mozhaisky Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics has been operating in it. A visit to the manor-museum of the great surgeon and anatomist, inventor of anesthesia N.I. Pirogov will bring a lot of new things. Those who wish to improve their health should go to Khmelnik, a resort known far beyond the borders of Ukraine for its healing mineral water. In the village Strizhevka near Vinnitsa in 1942 was built Hitler’s headquarters, in 1944 the bunker was blown up, but still hundreds of tourists visit this place. Admirers of P. Tchaikovsky will be pleased to visit the museum of this world-famous composer in Bramlov. An amazing natural attraction of Vinnitsa region is the 7-kilometer long Ilnensky crater with a depth of 800 meters, formed as a result of the collision of the Earth with an asteroid weighing 40 million tons.
It is impossible to imagine a trip to Vinnitsa without visiting its administrative center — Vinnitsa. Ancient buildings, religious buildings, beautiful landscapes are the visiting card of this city.
Discover Vinnitsa region with its unique natural and historical monuments, national holidays and traditions.