Attractions of Odesa region

The Kiliia Museum of History and Local Lore was opened in 1964. It is located in an old house built in the middle of the 19th century by a wealthy Jewish grocer, Rebbe Kahane.

The number of exhibits in the museum is 2,100. The exposition highlights such historical topics as ancient times, Greek and Byzantine colonization of the Danube region, Kiliia during the Tatar-Mongol invasion, the reign of the Moldavian princes, the Cossack era and the period of the Russo-Turkish wars, the region during the Romanian occupation, Tatarbunary period of the Second World War wars, recent history.

Excursion service for organized groups on routes through the city is carried out at pre-arranged times, including on weekends.

The Kodyma Historical and Local Lore Museum opened in 2007. It is located in the center of the city of Kodyma in the former estate of Count Rozenfeld. The mansion was built in the 19th century in the Gothic style of red brick and is an architectural monument. In the 30s of the 20th century, the building housed a school, then a kindergarten.

The nine halls of the museum include the following exhibition sections: archaeological finds in the region, features of the life and crafts of the local Cossacks and peasantry, the life of a Ukrainian peasant in the late 19th - mid-20th centuries, the interior of the Count's Hall, historical events of the early 20th century, World War II, the Soviet period of the 50s - 80s of the 20th century, an exhibition hall.

The total number of exhibits in the Kodyma Historical and Local Lore Museum is about 2,500 units.

The Kostyantyn Paustovsky Memorial Museum is located in a building on a quiet seaside street in Odesa, right above Langheron.

The writer lived in the janitor's house of the neighboring house, which has not been preserved, from 1920 to 1922, during the Odesa period of his work.

The museum was opened in 1998 on the initiative of the public organization "Paustovsky World Society". The main exposition is dedicated to Paustovsky's book "The Time of Great Expectations" written in Odesa. It has more than 1,000 exhibits, including manuscripts, photographs, household items (beginning of the 20th century) and personal belongings of the author. In particular, the model of the janitor's house described by Paustovsky and the model of the motor ship "Kostyantyn Paustovsky" are presented.

Everyone can try to type "SOS" in Morse code using the famous telegraph key, as well as touch the hand washing machine used by Kostyantyn Heorhiyovych while fishing in the village of Sanzhiika.

The Local Lore Museum of the village of Kotlovyna is located in the school building. One of the halls is dedicated to the history of the village, the second to the history of the school, and the third to ethnography and the history of the Gagauz people.

The museum is filled with various antiquities that were once used by the villagers. In addition to ancient and medieval ceramics, stone tools of the Neolithic era, an old student desk and a pioneer furnace, photographs, here you can get acquainted with tools, household items, clothing and other artifacts of traditional local Gagauz culture, as well as with the works of art of Kotlovyna artists, among whom Petro Chekirov and Viktor Chernov are widely known.

Special cauldrons used only by the Gagauz for preparing a ritual dish - "kurban" - are located here next to children's toys, carefully carved from wood or molded from clay. Also interesting are the traditions of Gagauz winemaking, the symbol of which even appeared on the coat of arms of Kotlovyna.

During the excursion, you can clearly see how the Gagauz lived in ancient times, what their houses looked like, how women and men dressed, and learn the personal stories of some families in the village.

The palace of the Kuris family in Isaieve was built in 1905, when the former manor house turned out to be too small for the growing family (in 1903, a fifth child was born in the family).

The owner of the estate, Oleksandr Kuris, was a descendant of Volyn Governor Ivan Kuris, an associate of Oleksandr Suvorov, a Greek by nationality.

A beautiful palace in the Art Nouveau style with elements of romanticism is harmoniously connected with the surrounding landscape. The building had water heating and electrical wiring. At the beginning of the 19th century, the French artist Lucien Monod visited the Kurys for several months, who painted portraits of family members.

Since 1924, the palace housed various educational institutions: a labor school, an agronomic technical school, and now a professional agrarian lyceum.

Fragments of the interior decoration have been preserved: wooden stairs, stucco ceiling decorations, floor tiles, an original round sliding table on beautiful carved legs.

Since 1991, the Kuris Palace in Isaievo has been an architectural monument of local importance.

The ruins of the palace of lieutenant colonel Ivan Kuris in Pokrovske, a companion of Suvorov who became famous during the 2nd Turkish War, are often called "Petrivsky Castle" or "Kuris Castle".

The lieutenant colonel received the Pokrovske estate as a reward for his participation in the Black Sea campaign. He began building the palace in 1810, settling in Pokrovske after his release from the service. The shape of the building resembled a medieval castle, and elements of Gothic and Moorish architecture were used in the design.

In 1892, the descendants of Ivan Kuris reconstructed the palace, inviting the famous Odesa architect Mykola Tolvinsky. The third floor was added, a wide terrace and majestic mirror stairs, new towers, balconies and minarets appeared.

After the Bolshevik coup, the Kuris manor was occupied by an agricultural school, and during the Second World War by the Romanian commandant's office.

After the fire in 1990, the palace was not restored, but the ruins still impress with their grandeur. An English-style park with canals and a pond has also been preserved. Currently, "Kuris Palace" is located on the territory of Tylihul Agrarian Vocational College.

In 2020, the Kuris Palace-Manor was recognized as a monument of cultural heritage of Ukraine.

The Odesa Municipal Apartment Museum of Leonid Utosov opened in Odesa in 2015 in the house of the singer and actor's childhood and youth.

The museum's exposition is dedicated to the life and work of Leonid Utosov, and presents the artist's personal belongings, as well as many archival documents and photographs. Most of the exhibits were transferred to the museum from the private collection of Eduard Amchyslavsky. A significant part of the singer's archive was preserved by his niece Maya Molodetska, who was also one of the initiators of the opening of the museum.

The Lyubashivka Historical and Local Lore Museum was founded on a non-profit basis in 1982 on the initiative of history teacher Yuriy Kleyman. Later it received the status of "People's".

It is located in the center of the village of Lyubashivka on the second floor of the House of Culture. The museum collection consists of more than 1 thousand exhibits, which are presented in two halls and illustrate the history of the region from the Paleolithic to the present.

The museum presents a collection of stone tools discovered during excavations in the vicinity of Lyubashivka, artifacts of the Copper and Bronze Ages, etc. Ethnographic exhibits (traditional peasant clothing, household items) reveal the history of the development of the region in the 19th century. Separate expositions are dedicated to the "Baptism of Kyivan Rus", "Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921", "Victims of Political Repressions of 1937-1938", "Chornobyl Tragedy".

The legendary Hotel Londonsky is located in the center of Odesa on Prymorsky Boulevard.

The hotel building in the style of the early Italian Renaissance was designed by the architect Frants Boffo.

At one time, the Brazilian emperor Don Pedro II, Oleksandr Kuprin, Anton Chekhov, Theodore Drayzer, Volodymyr Mayakovskyi, Leonid Utyosov, Robert Lyuyis Stivenson, Isidora Dunkan, Ivan Ayvazovskyi, Dmytro Shostakovych and many other celebrities of the XIX-XX centuries stayed here. Hotel Londonsky still remains one of the most prestigious hotels in Odesa.

The Londonsky Hotel's Summer Garden with a fountain and old plane trees, where a summer cafe is open, is particularly cozy (it is better to book a table in advance for the evening).

The Lutheran church in Sarata was built and opened in 1840 by German colonists who settled here in 1822. An organ was installed in the church.

After the Soviet authorities evicted the Germans from Bessarabia, the church was closed, the building was used for other purposes - it housed an officers' house, then a house of culture.

Only in 1995, thanks to donations from Germany, the Lutheran church was reconstructed and consecrated again.

The Museum of Maritime Glory was opened in the premises of the Odesa Maritime School named after Oleksandr Marynesko.

The organizers and founders of the museum were members of the Association of Submarines, who together with the school prepared the exposition.

The exhibition is devoted to the development of the naval fleet from the time of the establishment of the school until now. The main exposition tells about the Odesa submariner Oleksandr Marynesko, who carried out the legendary "Attack of the Century" during the Second World War. In 1945, the submarine S-13 under the command of Marinesko sank the German ship "Wilhelm Gustloff", on board of which there were more than 3 thousand soldiers and officers. As a result, significant damage was done to the fleet of Nazi Germany.

Entrance to the museum is free.

The Memorial of the Heroic Defense of Odesa was opened in 1975 on the site of the 411 coastal battery that defended the city in 1941 during the offensive of Romanian troops.

Located on the southern outskirts of Odesa.

The memorial complex includes a museum, an outdoor exhibition of military equipment, a coastal defense battery, and a park.

The Museum of Military Glory and the Afghan War was opened in the premises of the Odesa Regional Union of Afghanistan Veterans in 2014, on the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

The museum exposition includes 450 exhibits. These are Afghan newspapers, talk books, Afghan money, photographs, as well as samples of weapons and military equipment: anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, body armor, helmets, gas masks, etc.

The monument to the orange that saved Odesa is a modern monument in the center of the city.

The development of Odesa at the end of the 18th century directly depended on the completion of the construction of the sea port initiated by Catherine II, but during the reign of Emperor Paul I, funding stopped. In order to express to the tsar his "loyal diligence" and to ask for a loan of 250,000 rubles, the magistrate sent to St. Petersburg a train with the first oranges that arrived at the port in early February. At the end of winter, southern fruits fell to the tsar's court, money was allocated for the completion of the port, and Odesa was saved.

The savior orange moment was installed on Duma Square in 2004, but soon they decided to move it to Viyskovo-morskykh syl Boulevard.

The monument is an orange placed on a pedestal with the peel removed from one half and several segments removed. Instead of these particles, the figure of the Russian Emperor Paul I is inserted inside the orange. The sculptural composition includes three horses harnessed to the orange. The most famous buildings of Odesa are located on the orangery: the Opera House, the Transfiguration Cathedral, the colonnade of the Vorontsov Palace.

Mother-in-Law Bridge is the popular name of the pedestrian bridge over the Viyskovy descent in Odesa, which connects Prymorsky Boulevard with Viyskovo-morskykh syl Boulevard.

According to legend, the bridge was built in 1969 by the order of the first secretary of the Odesa regional committee of the Communist Party, Mykhaylo Sinytsia, so that it would be more convenient for him to get from the boulevard through the ravine while visiting his mother-in-law.

The bridge vibrates noticeably underfoot when there is a large crowd of people. According to tradition, the newlyweds leave locks on the railings of the Mother-in-Law Bridge, symbolizing the strength of the marriage.

Nearby, there is a mini-reserve "Corner of Old Odesa", in which various elements of the city's decor are collected.