Sights in Zhytomyr
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St Sophia's Church
St Sophia's Church with its distinctive peach exterior and lavish interior, is a must-see for lovers of baroque churches.
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Korolyov Cosmonaut Museum
The Korolyov Cosmonaut Museum, named after acclaimed Soviet rocket engineer and local hero Sergey Korolyov, is well known throughout the former Soviet Union. Suitably space-aged music plays and fake stars glimmer as you walk around a dark room packed with various trappings of the Soviet space program, including several satellites, lunar rocks and an actual Soyuz rocket. The museum is modern and quite well done, but unless you’re a true space nut it’s probably not worth a special trip to Zhytomyr. Some of the museum’s placards are in English. The house where Korolyov was born, now a museum dedicated to his life, is directly across the street from the museum.
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Gagarin Park
Flanking the Teteriv river, Gagarin Park is a hive of activity in the summer months and serves up great views of the river gorge and the forest beyond, accessible via the pedestrianised Berdychivsky bridge over the gorge. To reach the park follow bul Stary to its southern terminus.
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Nature Museum
The Nature Museum is housed in a former Orthodox church. Here you’ll find stuffed specimens of indigenous foxes, elk, wolf and wildcats lurking in dioramas that accurately portray Polissya’s forested topography.
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Regional Museum
This museum is more notable for its attractive baroque exterior than for the musty archaeological and cultural exhibits inside.
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