There are 58 monuments of national significance in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. The State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine classifies cultural heritage monuments as either of local or national significance. To be classified as nationally significant, a monument must have had a substantial impact on the country's culture, be associated with major historical events or individuals who shaped national culture, represent a masterpiece of creative genius, or embody a disappeared civilisation or disappeared artistic style. Monuments of national significance are inscribed on the register by the Cabinet of Ministers, and are protected and maintained by the Ministry of Culture. All listed monuments fall into at least one of the following categories: archaeology, history, monumental art, architecture, urban planning, garden and park art, landscape, or science and technology.

The first attempts to establish registers of protected buildings were undertaken in 1917 and 1918 by the Ukrainian People's Republic. These efforts continued in the 1920s in Soviet Ukraine but were halted in the 1930s with the dissolution of relevant institutions and the active destruction of cultural—particularly religious—heritage. The listing of cultural heritage monuments in the region was renewed in 1956. A list of architectural monuments was approved in 1963, followed by a separate list of artistic, historic, and archaeological monuments in 1965. Both lists remained in use after Ukraine declared independence in 1991. On 8 June 2000, with the adoption of the law "On the Protection of Cultural Heritage", the State Register of Immovable Monuments was established. All entries from the Soviet-era list of artistic, historic, and archaeological monuments were transferred to the new register on 14 September 2009. The transfer of monuments from the Soviet architectural register, however, has proceeded more slowly and remains incomplete as of 2026, although the process has accelerated in recent years. At the same time, a number of sites have been stripped of their protected status to comply with the decommunisation and derussification laws in effect since 2015 and 2023, respectively. In Zhytomyr Oblast, the only such national monument was the to Alexander Pushkin in Zhytomyr, which was delisted in 2023.

Zhytomyr Oblast is divided into four raions (districts) – Berdychiv, Korosten, Zhytomyr, and Zviahel – which contain 12, 7, 35, and 4 monuments of national significance, respectively. Of the total, 43 are classified as architectural monuments, 12 as archaeological, and 3 as historic. Most of the architectural monuments date from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The latest additions date to March 2025. Every monument is assigned a unique protection number, and those of national significance located in Zhytomyr Oblast start with the digits 06.

Berdychiv Raion

+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection numberPhoto PalaceAndrushivka7 March 2025Architectural060023More images Church of St BarbaraBerdychivArchitectural060024More images Carmelite Monastery–18th centuriesArchitectural060025More images Church with cells–18th centuriesArchitectural060025/1More images Gate buildingArchitectural060025/2More images Fortress walls with towers and cells–18th centuriesArchitectural060025/3More images Architectural060026/1More images OutbuildingArchitectural060026/2More images OutbuildingArchitectural060026/3More images Church1810Architectural060026/4More images –13th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060016-Н –13th centuriesArchaeological060004-НMore images

Korosten Raion

+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection numberPhoto Horodets–13th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060013-Н Korosten–18th centuriesArchaeological060007-НMore images 17727 March 2025Architectural060039More images Olevsk – 4th century CE, 9th–13th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060014-НMore images 15967 March 2025Architectural060041More images Ovruch–20th centuriesArchitectural060040More images Architectural060042More images

Zhytomyr Raion

+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection numberPhoto , 9th–13th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060008-НMore images – early 20th centuries7 March 2025Architectural060027More images Service house and gate – early 20th centuriesArchitectural060027/1More imagesMore images Fence towersArchitectural060027/2More images 7 March 2025Architectural060038More images 176714 September 2009Historic060005-НMore images 18417 March 2025Architectural060031More images –13th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060015-НMore images 17577 March 2025Architectural060035More images 1805Architectural060032More images Architectural060033More images LiubarArchitectural060029More images –19th centuriesArchitectural060030More images Palace – 2nd half of the 19th centuriesArchitectural060030/1More images GateArchitectural060030/2More images Architectural060030/3More images , 14th–18th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060006-НMore images –13th centuriesArchaeological060003-НMore images 7 March 2025Architectural060028More images –19th centuriesArchitectural060034More images Architectural060036More images PalaceArchitectural060036/1More images Service buildingArchitectural060036/2More images –13th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060009-НMore images Zhytomyr1983Historic060002-НMore images Cathedral of St Sophia and bell tower174624 November 2023Architectural060017More images 1805Architectural060018More images 1838Architectural060019More images 1724Architectural060020More images 1874Architectural060021More images Architectural060022 Post office building and fenceArchitectural060022/1More images HotelArchitectural060022/2 StablesArchitectural060022/3More images Postal outbuildingsArchitectural060022/4More images

Zviahel Raion

+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection numberPhoto –13th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060012-НMore images –13th centuries14 September 2009Archaeological060011-Н 17717 March 2025Architectural060037More images where the poet and public figure Lesya Ukrainka was born and livedZviahel1871–187214 September 2009Historic060010-НMore images

See also

List of historic reserves in Ukraine Ukrainian architecture

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