Prelesne. The Museum of Folk Architecture and Everyday Life

The routes of rural tourism in the Donetsk region include the village of Prelesne, known for its Bantysh palace of the 19th century and the museum of folk architecture, everyday life and children's creativity. The museum is recognised as one of the seven wonders of the Sloviansk district and is the only one of its kind in Eastern Ukraine.

Prelesne. The museum of folk architecture, everyday life and children's creativity

The Tarakaniv Fort. Stories, Legends and Riddles

The Tarakaniv Fort is one of the most mystical sites of Ukraine. It is not included in the routes of organised tourists, and you will not read about it in the magazine-catalogues for travellers. It is not like other fortresses and castles, but its history has preserved no fewer secrets and riddles than the popular places of tourist pilgrimage.

The Tarakaniv (Dubno) Fort. The barracks and the side casemates

Novomoskovsk. The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Wood

The most famous landmarks of Novomoskovsk — Samara Hermitage Monastery, the main shrine of the Zaporozhian Sich, and the Holy Trinity Cathedral, an architectural masterpiece of 18th-century wooden architecture.

Novomoskovsk. Holy Trinity Cathedral. 1778.

A Lost Monument to the Flying Ace Petro Nesterov

By the roadside of the M 09 (E 372) highway, near the town of Zhovkva rises a monument to the founder of aerobatics, Petro Mykolaiovych Nesterov.

Zhovkva. The monument to Petro Nesterov