Attractions of Beryslav

The Kyzy-Kermen fortress (Kazy-Kermen) was built by the Turks at the end of the 15th century on the banks of the Dnipro, on the site of the Lithuanian "Vitovt Customs" they captured.

It served as an outpost for raids on Ukrainian lands, as well as for countering the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks, who from time to time made expeditions on seagulls down the Dnipro. During the Crimean campaign of 1689, the Russian-Ukrainian army of Prince Vasyl Holitsyn besieged the fortress, but it was only managed to take it in 1695 by the Cossacks of Ivan Mazepa.

Fragments of the fortress with traces of later modifications have been preserved on the river bank.

Beryslav Historical Museum was created in 1958 on public grounds. In 1967, it received the status of a national museum. Since 1981, it has been a department of the Kherson Regional Museum of Local Lore.

It is located in the building where in 1920 the headquarters of the commander of the 51st Rifle Division of the Red Army, Blucher, was located.

The funds of the Beryslav Historical Museum include more than 7,500 exhibits. Among them are interesting archaeological finds (tools, jewelry, household items), items of clothing of the 18th-20th centuries, a numismatic collection, a selection of posters and photos from the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, documents.

During the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Beryslav Historical Museum suffered significant destruction as a result of shelling of Beryslav by the Russian army on March 23, 2023.

The ancient Cossack Holy Introduction Church in Beryslav is the only wooden church in the Kherson region, an architectural monument of the 18th century.

It was built of oak in 1725 in the Zaporizhzhia fortress of Perevalochna (now the village of Svitlohirske near the confluence of the Vorskla River with the Dnipro), and was originally called Holy Resurrection Church. In 1784, the temple was transported by rafts down the Dnipro River to Beryslav.

During the Soviet rule, the Holy Introduction Church was closed for a short period from 1939 to 1941. The Gospel of 1695 is kept here.