List of historic reserves in Ukraine

Last updated June 04, 2024

The list of historic reserves in Ukraine includes historic sites that in Ukraine are known as Historic and Cultural Reserves. Main historic reserves are officially listed by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and usually known as national. However, there are other historic reserves that are established at regional level.

Definition and background

Historic and cultural reserves (Ukrainian : Історико-культурні заповідники, romanized: Istoryko-Kulturni Zapovidnyky) are special legally defined territories that include ensembles and complexes of landmarks of history and culture, which possess exceptional historic, scientific and cultural value and placed under protection of the state.

In Ukraine

First historic and cultural reserves in Ukraine were created in 1920s. Resolutions of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR proclaimed next territories as reserves: Ancient Greek Colony of Olbia (31 May 1924), the Monk's Hill in Kaniv – Taras Shevchenko burial (20 August 1925), Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (29 September 1926), Monastery of Barefoot Carmelites in Berdychiv (8 March 1928), Castle-Fortress in Kamianets-Podilskyi (23 March 1928), Prince Ostrogski Castle in Starokostiantyniv (15 January 1929), so called Dytynets in Chernihiv, territories of Chernihiv Saint Trinity Elijah Monastery and Chernihiv Yelets Dormition Monastery (18 March 1929) as well as Novhorod-Siverskyi Saint Transfiguration Monastery and Saint Cyril's Church in Kyiv. In total at the end of 1920s in the Ukrainian SSR existed 9 historic and cultural reserves. At that time there was started creation of reserves of local significance. Particularly according to respective decisions of local authorities there existed historic and archaeological reserve in Verkhnii Saltiv (1929; Chuhuiv Raion), manor house and park "Kachanivka" (1928), others.

During 1930s due to mass repressions among specialists of cultural heritage conservation and fall of the cultural heritage conservation system, many reserved territories lost their reserved status. After the World War II, portion of earlier created reserves that during the war suffered damage were not renewed in its reserved status. There were created new reserves, particularly the Kyiv Acropolis with remnants of Church of the Tithes (1945), museum-reserve "Fields of Battle for Kyiv" (1945), "Fields of Battle of Poltava" (1949), Ivan Tobilevych museum-reserve "Khutir Nadiia" (1956). In 1965 there was announced creation of historic and cultural reserve at Khortytsia island in Zaporizhzhia, however due to unleashed ideological campaign in fight against the so called Ukrainian bourgeoisie nationalism all respective events were stopped.

In the mid 1970-80s process of creation of historic and cultural reserves started to be reviewed as an effective way to preserve not only separate landmarks, but whole historic and cultural complexes. The status of reserves was expanded to streets, neighborhoods, districts, historic city centers, historic landscapes. There were proclaimed historic and cultural reserves in cities of Lviv (1975), Kamianets-Podilskyi (1977), Sevastopol (1978), Ostroh (1981), Lutsk (1985), Putyvl (1986), Ancient Kyiv (1987), Kerch (1987), Chyhyryn (1989), and others.

With proclamation of state independence of Ukraine, the process of establishing historic and cultural reserves had awakened. Particularly in the first half of 1990s there was initiated or reorganized 32 state reserves by providing them with more status weight. Among them were Historic and Cultural Reserve "Taras Shevchenko Homeland", "Berestechko Battle Fields", "Hetman's Capital", "Trakhtemyriv" as well as historic and architectural and archaeological complexes in cities of Alupka, Bakhchysarai, Vyshhorod, Halych, Hlukhiv, Dubno, Zhovkva, Zbarazh, Zolochiv, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Novhorod-Siverskyi, Verkhnii Saltiv, others.

The Presidential decree of 11 October 1994 "About National Institutions of Culture" defined status and order of creation national historic and cultural reserves.^[1] First national reserves became, particularly, historic and ethnographic reserve "Pereiaslav", historic and archaeological reserve "Chersonesos of Taurica", historic and architectural reserves "Sophia of Kyiv", "National Kyiv-Pechersk Historic and Cultural Reserve", "Ancient Chernihiv", "Old Halych", "Chyhyryn", "Khortytsia".

Listed reserves (Ministry of Culture)

#	Name of Reserve	Location	Area	Established	Website
1	National Kyiv-Pechersk Historic-Cultural Reserve	Kyiv, 21 Lavrska	23.54 ha	September 29, 1926	website
2	National Reserve "Khortytsia"	Zaporizhzhia, Khortytsia island		September 18, 1965
3	National Reserve "Sophia of Kyiv"	Kyiv, 24 Volodymyrska St.		1934	website
4	National Historic-Cultural Reserve "Chyhyryn"	Chyhyryn, 26 Hrushevskoho St.		March 7, 1989
5	National Historic-Memorial Reserve "Babyn Yar"	Kyiv		May 22, 2001
6	National Reserve "Taras Shevchenko Homeland"	Shevchenkove, Zvenyhorodka Raion, 3 Petrovskoho St.		March 25, 1992
7	National Reserve "Ancient Halych"	Krylos and Halych, Ivano-Frankivsk District, 1 Ivana Franka St.		February 8, 1994
8	National Reserve "Chersonesus Taurica"	Sevastopol, 1 Drevnia St.		February 8, 1994
9	National Historic-Archeological Reserve "Kamiana Mohyla"	Terpinnia, Melitopol Raion		July 7, 1954
10	National Historical and Cultural Reserve "Hetman's Capital"	Baturyn, 74 Hetmanska St.		June 14, 1993
11	National Historic-Memorial Reserve "Fields of Berestechko Battle"	Pliasheva, Dubno Raion		June 12, 1991
12	National Historic-Memorial Reserve "Bykivnia Graves"	Kyiv		May 22, 2001
13	Shevchenko National Reserve in Kaniv	Taras Hill, Kaniv		August 20, 1925
14	National Historic-Cultural Reserve "Kachanivka"	Kachanivka, Pryluky Raion		November 24, 1981
15	National Historic-Ethnographic Reserve "Pereiaslav"	Pereiaslav, 8 Shevchenka St.		March 13, 1979	Info
16	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Belz	Belz		December 13, 2001
17	State Historic-Architectural Reserve in Zhovkva	Zhovkva		August 10, 1994
18	National Reserve Hlukhiv	Hlukhiv, 30 Shevchenka St.		February 8, 1994
19	National Reserve "Castles of the Ternopil Region"	Zbarazh		February 8, 1994
20	National Historic-Architectural Reserve "Kamianets"	Kamianets-Podilskyi, 20 Tatarska St.		May 18, 1977
21	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Berezhany	Berezhany		November 17, 2001
22	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Khotyn Fortress"	Khotyn		October 12, 2000
23	National Architectural-Historic Reserve "Ancient Chernihiv"	Chernihiv, 1 Preobrazhenska St.		June 22, 1978
24	National Historic-Architectural Reserve "Old Uman"	Uman		June 22, 1978
25	Kremenets-Pochaiv State Historic-Architectural Reserve	Kremenets		May 29, 2001

Listed reserves (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

#	Name of Reserve	Location	Area	Established	Website
1	Historic-Archeological Reserve "Olbia"	Parutyne, Ochakiv Raion		May 31, 1926

Reserves of Regional State Administration

#	Name of Reserve	Location	Established	Website
Kyiv city
1	State Historic-Architectural Reserve "Ancient Kyiv"	5 Andriivskyi Descent	May 18, 1987
2	State Historic-Memorial Reserve "Lukianivka Cemetery"	7 Dorohozhytska St.	July 1, 1994
Crimean Autonomous Republic
3	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Kerch	Kerch, 7 Sverdlova St.	March 5, 1987
4	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Bakhchysarai	Bakhchysarai, 133 Rechna St.	September 8, 1990
5	State Palace-Park Museum-Reserve in Alupka (Vorontsov Palace/Masandra)	Alupka, 10 Palatsove Highway	September 8, 1990	Info ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6	Republican Historic-Archeological Reserve "Kalos Limen"	Chornomorske		Info
7	Historic-Cultural Reserve "Staryi Krym"	Staryi Krym
Vinnytsia Oblast
8	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Busha"	Busha, Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion	August 18, 2000	website
Volyn Oblast
9	Lutsk Historic Cultural Reserve	Lutsk, 23 Drahomanova St.	March 26, 1985
10	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Ancient Volodymyr"	Volodymyr	November 17, 2001
Donetsk Oblast
11	State Historic-Architectural Reserve in Sviatohirsk	Sviatohirsk	May 27, 1980
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
12	Historic-Architectural Museum-Reserve "Popov's Manor" in Vasylivka	Vasylivka	January 29, 1993
Kyiv Oblast
13	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Vyshhorod	Vyshhorod, 58 Shkilna St.	July 6, 1994
14	State Museum-Reserve of Ukrainian military achievements	Novi Petrivtsi, Vyshhorod Raion	12.03.1996
Kirovohrad Oblast
15	State Museum-Reserve of Tobilevych "Khutir Nadiia"	Mykolaivka, Kropyvnytskyi Raion	August 1, 1956
Lviv Oblast
16	State Historic-Architectural Reserve in Lviv (Old Town)	Lviv, 20 Valova St.	June 12, 1975	Declaration
17	State Museum-Reserve "Olesko Castle"	Olesko, Zolochiv Raion	January 19, 1989
18	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Tustan"	Urych, Stryi Raion	October 5, 1994
19	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Nahuievychi"	Nahuievychi, Drohobych Raion	March 10, 1994
20	Historic-Cultural Reserve "Lychakiv Cemetery"	Lviv, Lychakivska St.	July 10, 1990
21	Museum-Reserve "Zolochiv Castle"	Zolochiv
Poltava Oblast
22	National Museum-Reserve of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishnia	Opishnia, Poltava Raion	November 3, 1989
23	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Fields of Poltava Battle"	Poltava, 32 Shvedska Mohyla St.	March 31, 1981	website
24	State Museum-Reserve of Mykola Hohol	Hoholove, Myrhorod Raion	July 17, 1979
Rivne Oblast
25	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Ostroh	Ostroh, 5 Akademichna St.	August 11, 1981
26	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Dubno	Dubno, 7 Zamkova St.	June 14, 1993
Sumy Oblast
27	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Putyvl	Putyvl, 60 Krolevetska St.	December 30, 1986
Kharkiv Oblast
28	State Historic-Archeological Museum-Reserve "Verkhnii Saltiv"	Verkhnii Saltiv, Vovchansk Raion
29	Chuhuiv Historic-Cultural Reserve of I. Repin	Chuhuiv
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
30	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Samchyky"	Samchyky, Khmelnytskyi Raion	August 5, 1997
31	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Mezhybizh"	Medzhybizh, Khmelnytskyi Raion	December 27, 2001
Cherkasy Oblast
32	State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Trakhtemyriv"	Hryhorivka, Cherkasy Raion	July 1, 1994
33	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi	Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, 4 Ostriv Kotsyubynskoho	February 8, 1994
34	State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Kamianka	Kamianka, 42 Heroiv Maidanu St.	July 21, 1995
Chernihiv Oblast
35	State Historic-Cultural Museum-Reserve "Tale of Igor's Campaign"	Novhorod-Siverskyi, 1 Pushkina St.	June 22, 1978

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References

↑ Kuchma, L. About National Institutions of Culture . Verkhovna Rada website. 11 October 1994

External links

Kot, S. Historic and Cultural Reserve . Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
Historic reserves listed by the Ministry of Culture
Site of the Scientific-Research Institute of Monument Preservation Research ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
Website of the National Museum-Reserve "Battle of Kiev 1943"
Kerch Historic-Cultural Sanctuary website
Bakhchysarai Preserve

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[1] Kuchma, L. About National Institutions of Culture . Verkhovna Rada website. 11 October 1994

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