Attractions of Mykolaiv region

The Pervomaisk Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1927 by the well-known archeologist Pavlo Kharlampovych.

At the beginning of World War II, the museum's fund included about 20,000 exhibits. Most of the collection was destroyed during the war, in particular the archaeological collection, which was collected during the Pivdenyi Buh archaeological expedition of 1928-1932 on the banks of the Pivdenyi Buh and its tributaries.

The museum was restored only in 1985. Today, it is a branch of the Mykolaiv Regional Museum of Local Lore as a department. It has 15 chapters, in which you can familiarize yourself with the history of Pervomaisk region from the Stone Age to modern times.

The permanent interest of visitors is aroused by the exposition "Village House" and the exhibition of holograms, which is constantly in operation, which presents objects from the most famous museums of Ukraine.

Employees of the Local Lore museum conduct excursions to Pervomaisk and the surrounding area.

Pivdennobuzky Henge is a religious building dating back to approximately the Middle Neolithic period. On an area of ​​about 100 square meters, 12 cult rings made of stone were found, the age of which is at least 5 thousand years.

The building is completely stone, that is. except for the visible stones sticking out, its entire form is made of stone hidden under a layer of soil. Thanks to this, its shape has been well preserved, and the spiral corridor inside is clearly visible.

According to the stories of old-timers, there used to be rumors that a large stone or idol once stood in the center of the Henge.

The municipal institution "Pivdennoukrainsk City Historical Museum" is located in the central part of the city of Pivdennoukrainsk on the banks of the Pivdenniy Buh, in the recreation area of ​​​​the townspeople.

The museum was founded in 2003 on the territory of the Memorial to the Liberators as a museum complex "Cossack Glory and Military Equipment". In 2014 it was renamed "Pivdennoukrainsk City Historical Museum".

The museum exposition consists of two parts - an open-air exhibition of military equipment and an exhibition hall, which presents five exposition departments. The department "Glory of the Buzkyi Hard" tells about the history of the region from ancient times to the times of the Buho-Hard palanquin of the Zaporizhzhian Lowland Army. The departments "Between Two Fires. Ukraine in World War II" and "The Price of Another's War" are dedicated, respectively, to honoring the memory of the participants in the fighting during World War II and on the territory of other states. The exposition of the "Heroes Do Not Die" department talks about the Revolution of Dignity of 2013-2014 and the modern Russian-Ukrainian war. The permanent exposition "My City - Pivdennoukrainsk!" contains materials about the construction and development of the Pivdennoukrainsk NPP and its satellite city.

The museum staff conduct sightseeing and thematic excursions around the city and its surroundings.

The RomanCatholic Church of Saint Joseph was built at the expense of Catholic parishioners in 1896 according to the project of the architect Vladyslav Dombrovskyi.

In 1934, the church was closed by the Bolsheviks. A local lore museum was housed in a nearby building on the territory - one of the first museums of antiquities in the territory of the former Russian Empire (founded in 1803, more than 160,000 exhibits were collected: antiquities from Olbia, instruments of Kyivan Rus, Cossack weapons, etc.).

Since 1992, services have been resumed in the Saint Joseph Church. In recent years, an organ has been installed, and organ music concerts are held. In the yard - a collection of stone women.

Saint Michael's Pelagia Monastery adorns the rocky banks of the Inрul River on the territory of the "Pryinhulskyi" regional landscape park.

In the center of the complex stands the church of Saint Pelagia, built in 1896-1904 by the brothers Andriy and Mykhaylo Durilin, following the will of father Isidore Durilin, in memory of their mother Pelagia, who died early. An unknown German architect used the modern style fashionable at the turn of the century, embodying it in the "a la Russe" style. The twelve-headed church with domes was crowned with mirror crosses. There are three thrones in the church: Saint Archstrategist Michael, Saint Pelagia and Martyr Andriy Stratilatus. Before the Soviet-Ukrainian war, a parish school operated at the Pelagie church.

During the period of Soviet power, the temple was looted, the premises were used as a warehouse.

In 1994, an Orthodox nunnery of the Moscow Patriarchate was founded at the restored Pelagia Church. The restoration of the temple continues. The construction of the winter church, which is adjacent to the nuns' cells, has been completed.

The stone Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Mykolaiv was built in 1813 in the style of classicism. Ornaments and paintings of the 19th century have been preserved.

Since its consecration, the temple has never been closed for a long time, even in the midst of the struggle with religion. After the establishment of the Nicholas and Ascension Diocese, when the city of Mykolaiv became the diocesan center, the Saint Nicholas Church was given the status of a cathedral. The temple was restored, bells appeared on the belfry. In the southern part of the cathedral, a side altar was built in honor of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God. A place for the consecration of water was built near the northern door on the outside.

Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Mykolaiv is included in the list of architectural monuments of state importance.

The former Turkish mosque is the only Ochakiv building preserved from Turkish times.

It is located on the ramparts of the Ochakiv (Achi-Kale) fortress, which was taken by Russian troops and Black Sea Cossacks in 1788 after the defeat of the Turkish squadron by the Russian-Zaporozhzhian fleet and the troops of Oleksandr Suvorov.

After the capture of the city in 1794, the mosque was transformed into the Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. Initially, a wooden dome was built, and in 1804-1807, a major reconstruction was carried out: a stone altar, vestibule and porch were added, and the stone minaret was transformed into a belfry.

In Soviet times, the Suvorov Military History Museum was located here. Currently, the building has been handed over to the church again and the Ochakiv Saint Nicholas Cathedral is located here again, restoration is in progress.

Marine artist Rufin Sudkovskyi and Ochakiv commandant Orest Shchetynin are buried in the church circle.

The Chapel of Saint Nicholas was founded in Mykolaiv in 2004 on Soborno-Mykolayivska Square.

Before the Bolshevik coup of 1917, the main church of Mykolaiv - the majestic Admiralty Cathedral - was located near this place, at the intersection of Admiralska and Soborna streets.

The Church of Saint Nicholas was designed by the architect Oleksandr Domoratskyi. The height from the base to the cross is 16 meters.

The monument to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, the patron saint of the city of Mykolaiv, was opened in Kashtanovyi Square in 2005 to celebrate the city's 216th anniversary.

Saint Nicholas the Conciliator has long been considered the patron saint of sailors, protecting their ships on long voyages. The monument to Nicholas the Wonderworker made of gray-blue marble (architect Anatoliy Pavlov and Oleksandr Bondar, sculptor Ivan Bulavytskyi) was created for 1.5 years with public money, so the names of all those who made donations are immortalized on the pedestal.

Kashtanovyi Square is one of the most favorite places of rest for residents of Mykolaiv. Sculptures of lions are installed at the entrance to the square.

Saint Peter and Paul Church in Novyi Buh was built in the first half of the 19th century.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Art Gallery named after Serafyma Senkevych was founded in Mykolaiv in 1998 at the Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University.

Since 2022, it has been named after the Mykolaiv artist Serafyma Senkevych, who was the director of the gallery for a long time and was at the origins of its creation.

The Art Gallery does not have its own collection, but works with traveling exhibitions of both Mykolaiv artists and masters from all over Ukraine and foreign countries.

In one of the highest places in Mykolaiv, on the top of Spassky Hill, a water tower has been standing for more than a hundred years, the peculiarity of which is its hyperboloid construction.

Despite the curvature, it was built from straight beams. This form was first introduced into architecture by the famous Russian engineer Volodymyr Shukhov, in whose honor this tower was named. According to his project, many similar structures were built in Russia and abroad, including the famous television tower in Moscow on Shabolovska Street.

The question of the need to build a water tower arose in Mykolaiv in July 1904. The city community then spent more than 35 thousand rubles on the implementation of the project.

When the city was occupied by the fascists, the Shukhovska Tower was blown up and overturned. Soon after the liberation of Mykolaiv, the landmark was restored.

Now the tower is not used for its intended purpose, but it still remains the pride of Mykolaiv. The height of the building is 25 meters, and the total capacity of the tank is 50,000 buckets.

The Snihurivka Historical and Local History Museum is located in the center of Snihurivka in the premises of the city's House of Culture.

The museum opened on a non-profit basis in 1970 at the initiative of local enthusiasts and local historians. In 1991, the museum received the status of "national".

The museum's holdings include 3,167 items of antiquities from the history of the city and its surroundings. The museum's exposition is presented in 8 exhibition departments, which highlight the history of primitive settlements in the region in prehistoric times, the history of the founding of Snihurivka, events of the Soviet era and World War II, the development of the economy in the post-war period, and the ethnography of the Snihurivka region.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, from March 16 to November 10, Snihurivka was under Russian occupation. The building of the House of Culture, which housed the museum, was captured by the occupiers. The museum premises suffered significant damage, the museum was almost destroyed. Computer and office equipment, furniture, exhibition equipment, inventory books, registration cards - everything was almost destroyed. 40 percent of the museum collection was lost.

After the de-occupation of Snihurivka, work began on restoring the museum collection and replenishing the museum collection with exhibits related to the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The monument to Suvorov in Ochakiv was erected in 1907.

Commander Oleksandr Suvorov played a decisive role in the capture by the Russian Empire of the Turkish fortress Ochakiv and the entire Northern Black Sea region. In 1787, during the Battle of Kinburn, Suvorov's troops managed to repulse the attack of the Turkish landing force and hold the Kinburn fortress on the spit opposite Ochakiv. The following year, the Kinburn fortress became the base for the assault on Ochakiv by the Russian troops of Hryhoriy Potomkin and the Black Sea Cossacks of Antin Holovatyi. Suvorov's coastal batteries supported the actions of the Russian squadron under the command of Prince Nassau-Siegen and the Cossack flotilla of Ataman Sidor Belyi, which partially destroyed and partially pushed back the Turkish fleet of Hassan Pasha from Ochakiv.

The opening of the monument to Suvorov in Ochakiv was dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the Battle of Kinburn. Sculptor Borys Eduards depicted Suvorov at the moment when the commander, having been wounded in the chest, nevertheless continued to command the troops.

The monument is located in the square near the Saint Nicholas Cathedral.

The Toy Museum in Mykolaiv was opened in 2024 by the local travel agency "Kotyhoroshko" in the premises of the House of Artists. The exhibition presents a huge number of soft toys and various dolls.

Young visitors are invited to listen to amazing stories about toys, take part in master classes on making toys and children's entertainment. For adults: various thematic events, quests and meetings, as well as original locations for photos.