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List of historic reserves in Ukraine

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Historic reserves officially called historic-cultural reserves, Ukrainian: історико-культурні заповідники) are defined under Ukrainian law as ensembles and complexes of monuments (landmarks) that collectively possess cultural, historic, or scientific value, and are thus placed under the protection of the state. Such a reserve may be limited to a single populated place or region. Historic reserves can be designated as historic-architectural, architectural-historic, historic-memorial, historic-archaeological, or historic-ethnographic depending on the dominant type of monuments that make up the reserve.[1] Some historic reserves are officially listed by the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications and usually known as national. However, there are other historic reserves that are established by regional state administrations and other bodies.[2] The designation of a territory as a historic reserve entails bans or restrictions on industrial and agricultural activities within its boundaries. Its administration is responsible for the preservation, conservation, and restoration of the area, ensuring its proper use, and carrying out educational, tourism, archival, and research activities.[3] Historic reserves are not to be confused with nature reserves, which protect natural rather than historic areas.[4]

The idea of protected historic areas in Ukraine dates back to the period following the Russian Revolution, when the Ukrainian People's Republic designated the grave of Taras Shevchenko – the country's national poet[5] – as a national sanctuary in 1918. The same site was declared a state reserve in 1925 under the Soviet Union and additional historic reserves were established in the following years.[6] The Soviet government also distinguished between reserves of republican and local significance, which were managed by the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and local governments, respectively.[7] In the 1930s, most existing reserves were liquidated and proposals for new ones were rejected, with Stalinist repressions also affecting the reserves' workers.[6] The creation of new reserves resumed after World War II but gained momentum only in the 1970s–1980s, when the approach shifted toward preserving entire historic ensembles rather than individual monuments.[7] Another wave of reserve establishment occurred in the years following Ukraine's declaration of independence in 1991,[6] and slowed after 2010. Nevertheless, they currently face multiple organizational and managerial challenges. This is reflected in the unsuccessful attempts to establish reserves in Odesa (1994)[8][9] and Hamaliivka [uk] (2019),[10] land ownership conflicts between the historic reserve and the regional landscape park [uk] in Trakhtemyriv,[2] as well as the de facto abolition of the reserve in Lviv due to government-level disagreements.[11] Inadequate government funding hinders proper maintenance,[3] and many reserves still lack scientific and design documentation despite this being a legal requirement.[12] Moreover, several such areas have suffered damage during the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, including the reserves in Sviatohirsk,[13] Vasylivka,[14] and Verkhnii Saltiv.[15] As of 2025, Ancient Zvenyhorod, created in 2020, is the most recently established historic reserve.[16]

This list includes museum-reserves (museums that were also designated as historic reserves) that are directly subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications or to the regional state administrations. However, it excludes other entities also referred to as museum-reserves, notably those managed by Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery.[a] Similar institutions that are not officially designated as reserves are likewise excluded, such as the Historic-Archaeological Museum Complex "Ancient Liubech", the Cultural-Archaeological Center "Peresopnytsia", and the Historic-Cultural Complex "Radomysl Castle-Museum".

Historic reserves

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Museum of the Hetman of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky, Museum of Markiian Shashkevych, Museum of Rusalka Dnistrova, Olesko Castle, Piatnychany Tower, Pidhirtsi Castle, Zhovkva Castle, and Zolochiv Castle[17]
  2. ^ The village, rural settlement, or city where the reserve is located. If the territory of the reserve extends to multiple populated places, the one where the reserve's administration is located is listed first.
  3. ^ The first-level administrative division (oblast, autonomous republic, or city with special status) where the reserve is located
  4. ^ The body that manages the reserve
  5. ^ In hectares. Reserves without a specified area are marked with a dash (—).
  6. ^ Date of the reserve's establishment. Other important dates may be mentioned in the description.
  7. ^ a b Since Russia's occupation and internationally unrecognized annexation of the peninsula in 2014, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol have been disputed,[18] with most countries recognizing the territory as de jure part of Ukraine while de facto it remains under Russian control.[19] All historic reserves located on the territory of Crimea were reorganized after the annexation of the region and continue functioning under Russia, sometimes under different names (e.g., the State Historic-Cultural Reserve in Kerch is now known as the East Crimean Historical-Cultural Reserve).[citation needed]
  8. ^ The area of the Vorontsov Palace park is 40 ha. This excludes the area of the Masandra Palace.
  9. ^ The settlements are, respectively, named after the nearest village: Apolianka, Chychyrkozivka, Dobrovody, Hlybochok, Kosenivka, Maidanetske, Onopriivka, Pishchana, Talianky, Veselyi Kut, and Vilkhovets.
  10. ^ Both of the reserves were subordinate to the Kirovohrad Regional State Administration upon their creation. Although the planned Historic-Memorial Reserve "Chornyi Voron" in Rozumivka dedicated to Ivan Yakovych Chornousov is already indicated on the website of the Central Ukrainian Museum of Regional Studies, it has not yet been established and its creation is postponed to after the end of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
  11. ^ De facto not functioning since 1991

Further reading

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  • Legislation about monuments of history and culture: Collection of normative acts. (Законодавство про пам'ятники історії та культури: Збірник нормативних актів). Kiev, 1970
  • Akulenko, V. Protection of cultural landmarks in Ukraine (1917-1990) (Охорона пам'яток культури в Україні (1917–1990)). Kiev, 1991
  • Historic-Cultural Heritage of Ukraine: issues of research and preservation. (Історико-культурна спадщина України: проблеми дослідження та збереження). Kiev, 1998
  • Vecherskyi, V. Architectural and urban planning heritage of Ukrainian regions. "Archaeological science (archaeometry) and protection of historic and cultural heritage" (Архітектурно-містобудівна спадщина регіонів України. "Археометрія та охорона історико-культурної спадщини"). Kiev, 1999. № 3.

References

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  1. ^ Про охорону культурної спадщини [On the protection of cultural heritage]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 14 December 2024 [25 October 2000]. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Заповідники сучасної України. Їхній стан та значення [Reserves of modern Ukraine. Their status and significance]. Osvita.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b Nashynets-Naumova, Anfisa; Baitaliuk, Olga (15 August 2022). Особливості адміністративно-правового регулювання діяльності історико-культурних заповідників в Україні [Peculiarities of administrative and legal regulation of the activities of historical-cultural reserves in Ukraine]. Administrative Law and Process (in Ukrainian) (38). Archived from the original on 4 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via ResearchGate.
  4. ^ Про природно-заповідний фонд України [On the nature reserve fund of Ukraine]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 4 April 2025 [16 June 1992]. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko". Encyclopedia Britannica (in Ukrainian). 6 March 2025. Archived from the original on 31 July 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Vecherskyi, Viktor (3 November 2022). Заповідник історико-культурний [Historic-cultural reserve]. Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
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  9. ^ Про визнання такою, що втратила чинність, постанови Кабінету Міністрів України від 23 травня 1994 р. N 333 [On the recognition of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 333 of 23 May 1994 as invalid]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 25 September 1995. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  10. ^ Dym, Nestor (24 July 2021). Уряд ліквідував заповідник "Державотворці Сіверщини" з усипальницею гетьманів Скоропадських [The government liquidated the "State Builders of Siveria" reserve with the tomb of the Skoropadsky Hetmans]. Novynarnia (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  11. ^ Kotsovska, Halyna (12 June 2024). Заповідник який є і якого немає: сьогодні день створення ДІАЗ у Львові [The reserve that both exists and does not: today is the establishment day of the state historic-architectural reserve in Lviv]. Korol Danylo (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  12. ^ Kucherenko, O. V. (2014). Сучасний стан та актуальні проблеми розвитку історико-культурних заповідників, підпорядкованих Міністерству культури України [Current status and current problems of development of historical-cultural reserves subordinate to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine] (PDF). Proceedings of the Research Institute of Monument Protection Research (in Ukrainian) (9): 84–89.
  13. ^ "Liberation of Svyatohirsk Reveals War Damage To Revered Ukrainian Orthodox Monastery". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  14. ^ У Василівці на Запоріжжі військові рф пограбували музей "Садиба Попова" [Russian soldiers looted the "Popov's Manor" museum in Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast]. Suspilne Zaporizhzhia (in Ukrainian). 13 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 August 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  15. ^ Varenytsia, Inna (28 November 2023). Голий дах і відчинені двері: як переживає війну музей салтівської культури [Broken roof and open doors: how is the museum of the Saltiv culture surviving the war]. LB.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  16. ^ Про заповідник [About the reserve]. Ancient Zvenyhorod (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 1 May 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  17. ^ Музеї [Museums]. Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 22 April 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  18. ^ Pifer, Steven (17 March 2020). "Crimea: Six years after illegal annexation". Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on 26 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  19. ^ "Temporary Occupation of Crimea and City of Sevastopol". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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  21. ^ Vecherskyi, Viktor (5 November 2020). Алупкинський палацово-парковий музей-заповідник [Alupka Palace-Park Museum-Reserve]. Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  22. ^ Бахчисарайський історико-культурний заповідник [Bakhchysarai Historic-Cultural Reserve]. Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia (in Ukrainian). 24 December 2021. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  23. ^ Kandym, Yunus (2003). Бахчисарай [Bakhchysarai]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 21 June 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  24. ^ Miroshnychenko, N. M. (2013). Кіммерія М. О. Волошина Коктебельський еколого-історико-культурний заповідник [Koktebel Ecological-Historic-Cultural Reserve "Cimmeria of M. O. Voloshin"]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 July 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  25. ^ Chehusova, Zoya (16 March 2012). «Счастливый жребий дом мой не оставил...» ["Lucky lot did not leave my house..."]. The Day (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  26. ^ Крымское республиканское учреждение "Историко-археологический заповедник "Калос Лимен"" [Crimean Republican Institution "Historic-Cultural Reserve 'Kalos-Limen'"]. Ministry of Culture and Arts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (in Russian). Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  27. ^ Buiskykh, S. B. (2012). Калос Лімен [Kalos Limen]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  28. ^ Bondarenko, Raisa (2007). Керченський державний історико-культурний заповідник, Державний історико-культурний заповідник у м. Керчі [Kerch State Historic-Cultural Reserve, the State Historic-Cultural Reserve in the City of Kerch]. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  29. ^ О заповеднике [About the reserve]. Kerch Historic-Cultural Reserve (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  30. ^ У Сімферополі відкрився заповідник «Неаполь Скіфський» [The Scythian Neapolis Reserve has been opened in Simferopol]. UNIAN (in Ukrainian). 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  31. ^ «Ластівчине гніздо» і «Неаполь Скіфський» стали республіканськими установами [Swallow's Nest and Scythian Neapolis have become republican institutions]. Rest Crimea (in Ukrainian). 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  32. ^ Buiskykh, A. V. (2021). Неаполь Скіфський [Scythian Neapolis]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  33. ^ Довідка про місто [Information about the city]. National Historic-Cultural Reserve "Chyhyryn" (in Ukrainian). 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  34. ^ Історія створення НІКЗ "Чигирин" [History of the creation of the National Historic-Cultural Reserve "Chyhyryn"]. National Historic-Cultural Reserve "Chyhyryn" (in Ukrainian). 13 June 2024. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  35. ^ Пам'ятки [Monuments]. National Historic-Cultural Reserve "Chyhyryn" (in Ukrainian). 28 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  36. ^ a b c d e Історичні та культурні об'єкти [Historic and cultural sites]. Cherkasy Regional Council (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 13 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  37. ^ Історія заповідника [History of the reserve]. Kamianka State Historic-Cultural Reserve (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 29 April 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  38. ^ Меморіальний музей Зелений будиночок [Greek House Memorial Museum]. Kamianka State Historic-Cultural Reserve (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  39. ^ Історичний музей Кам’янського державного історико-культурного заповідника [Historic Museum of the Kamianka State Historic-Cultural Reserve]. Kamianka State Historic-Cultural Reserve (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  40. ^ Kuzmina, Anastasiia (5 February 2025). Реорганізація музеїв Пушкіна: переосмислення та повернення до свого [Reorganization of Pushkin museums: rethinking and returning to your own]. Chytomo (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  41. ^ Про заповідник [About the reserve]. Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi State Historic-Cultural Reserve (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  42. ^ Городище ХІ – ХІІІ ст. [Settlement of 11th–13th centuries]. Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi State Historic-Cultural Reserve (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  43. ^ Bryzhytska, Svitlana (2013). Шевченківський національний заповідник у Каневі [Shevchenko National Reserve in Kaniv]. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  44. ^ Шевченківський національний заповідник [Shevchenko National Reserve]. Seven Wonders of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2 August 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  45. ^ Відтепер управлінням Успенського собору буде опікуватись Шевченківський національний заповідник [From now on, the management of the Dormition Cathedral will be taken care of by the Shevchenko National Reserve]. Procherk (in Ukrainian). 26 December 2024. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  46. ^ Головна [Main page]. National Reserve "Taras Shevchenko Homeland" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
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  48. ^ Чим цінна ця територія і чому тут створено заповідник? [What is the value of this territory and why was the reserve created here?]. State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Trakhtemyriv" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  49. ^ Про Державний історико-культурний заповідник "Трипільська культура" в Черкаській області [On the State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Trypillia Culture" in Cherkasy Oblast]. Official Website of the Parliament of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 13 March 2002. Archived from the original on 1 June 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  50. ^ ДІКЗ "Трипільська культура" [State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Trypillia Culture"]. State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Trypillia Culture" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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  52. ^ Samchenko, Valentyna (20 July 2016). Знаки трипільців [Signs of the Trypillians]. Ukraina Moloda (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  53. ^ Заповідник [The reserve]. Ancient Chernihiv (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 6 September 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  54. ^ Чернігівський дитинець (Вал) [Chernihiv Dytynets (Val)]. Ancient Chernihiv (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 16 May 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  55. ^ Zharkykh, Mykola. Судацький заповідник [Sudak Reserve]. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 1 September 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  56. ^ Заповідник [Reserve]. State Historic-Cultural Reserve "Poltava Battlefield" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  57. ^ "Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 15 September 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  58. ^ Про заповідник [About the reserve]. Berestechko Battlefield – National Historic-Memorial Reserve (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  59. ^ Історія заповідника [History of the reserve]. National Historic-Archeological Reserve Stone Grave (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
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