Lutsk is the main city of the Volyn Region, was founded about 1000 A. D. by Volodymyr of Kyiv.
The old town is a place of wooden houses and green gardens. The central place in the old town is Lubart's Castle. It was built by the Lithuanian prince in the 14th century.
The most interesting building here is the Jesuits' complex on Cathedral Street. It looks like a big Easter egg from inside.
Down Cathedral street you can see a little park and memorial to Pasha Savelova, a World War II partisan. She was burnt alive in the prison yard by the Nazis.
Opposite the park there is Lutsk's music academy. The Eternal Glory Memorial Complex is a small park commemorating Volynian World War II heroes and victims.
On the wall you will read the names of 107 villages destroyed by the Nazis as well as other statistics - 165339 killed Volynians, 47960 lost in prison camps.
Also you can read a verse which is translated as "These are not just numbers, but ashes and blood; these are not just numbers, but anguish and cries".
