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.
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.
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".
# | Name of Reserve | Location | Area | Established | Website |
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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 Ternopil Oblast" | 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 |
# | Name of Reserve | Location | Area | Established | Website |
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1 | Historic-Archeological Reserve "Olbia" | Parutyne, Ochakiv Raion | May 31, 1926 |
# | Name of Reserve | Location | Area | Established | Website |
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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 Palace) |
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 |