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Музейні студії "Місто за порогами", Запоріжжя
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"City Beyond the Thresholds" Museum Studios

Museum / gallery

The "City Beyond the Thresholds" Museum Studios is a branch of the "Khortytsia" National Reserve, located in the center of the city of Zaporizhzhia, on the second floor of the "Shoes House". It is an exhibition space and a cultural hub for the cooperation of cultural institutions and figures with the aim of popularizing Ukrainian history and culture.

The exhibition "Zaporizhzhia through the Ages: A Heroic History" is permanently open, where part of the exhibits from the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks History Museum, which is closed for reconstruction, is presented. Its sections are devoted to the Scythian era, the period of Kyivan Rus and the Cossack times. The expositions are designed in the style of a museum still life. In the exhibition hall, visitors will see symbolic boats - an ancient Rus boat, a Cossack Chayka, a Cossack ship - which combine and weave different pages of history into a single "text".

Another exhibition presents the latest archaeological finds that were discovered during the survey of the washed-up areas of the coast of the Dnipro River, which appeared as a result of the Russian aggressors blowing up the dam of the Kakhovskaya HPP. About 80 artifacts representing different historical periods from the Bronze Age, the Scythian Age, the Middle Ages to the Cossack period are presented in three display cases: fragments of molded ware and ancient Greek amphorae, a Bronze Age dagger, stone tools, a sling stone, varvarkas, arrowheads, arrows weapons of the Cossack period, a fragment of a mirror, a bracelet, a blacksmith's hammer, etc.

The photo exhibition "Reserved Khortytsia" is a creative installation in the form of unrolled photo film of the second half of the 20th century, supplemented with mirrors, branches and sand, which carry certain symbolism.

Map pin icon Tsentralnyi Boulevard, 3 Zaporizhzhia

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Острів Хортиця, Запоріжжя
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"Khortytsia" National Reserve

Historic area , Natural object , Archaeological site , Reserve , Rest on the water , Recreation area

The "Khortytsia" National Reserve is named after the largest island on the Dnipro (23.5 square kilometers), which is now located in the middle of the city of Zaporizhzhia. Khortytsia Island is one of the most famous places in Ukraine, a unique historical and cultural complex and an ancient symbol of Cossack freedom.

The island was formed by a geological fault in the granite massif that occurred approximately 2.5 million years ago. Now Khortytsia impresses with its picturesque cliffs and small islands. In the north, granite rocks are majestically raised above the water mirror of the Dnipro by almost 30 meters, and the southern edge of the island is part of the Zaporizhzhia Velykiy Luh flooded by the Kakhovka Reservoir.

Long ago, this natural fortress served as reliable protection for the tribes that settled here, traces of which have been preserved in abundance. In particular, the "Scythian Camp" complex exhibits barrows and stone statues from the Scythian times, a pagan sanctuary has been preserved from the Old Slavic times, and the remains of the Protolche settlement from the Ancent Rus times.

In the 16th century, Zaporizhzhian Sich, a fortified camp of Ukrainian Cossacks, was founded on the island of Mala Khortytsia, which later became the center of the Cossack state, changing its location several times. A generalized image of Cossack fortresses is the Historical and Cultural Complex "Zaporizhzhian Sich" in Khortytsia, which reproduces in detail the arrangement of all eight Cossack Sichs that existed in the 16th - 18th centuries.

The current center of Khortytsia is the museum space around the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks History Museum, where a multi-year reconstruction is underway (part of the exhibits are presented in the Museum Studios "City Beyond the Thresholds"). The Hill of Unity with an observation deck and the "Circle of Unity" art object are located nearby. The venue for the ceremonial events is the Cossack Circle. Along the coast of the museum, there is a "Taras Trail", dedicated to the stay of the young Taras Shevchenko in Khortytsia in the summer of 1843.

In the southern part of the island, you can visit the only Zaporizhzhian Cossacks equestrian theater in Ukraine and see the famous Cossack seagull in the Museum of Shipping.

There is a car parking lot, bicycle rental, and a cafe in the pre-museum space. There is a hotel in the central part of the island, and in the eastern and western parts of Khortytsia there are several sanatoriums and recreation centers, and there are restaurants.

Map pin icon Staroho Redutu Street, 9 Zaporizhzhia

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ДніпроГЕС, Запоріжжя
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Dniprovska HPP

Architecture

DniproHPP is a unique hydroelectric facility, the first hydroelectric power station in the USSR and the largest in Europe at that time.

The construction was led by academician Oleksandr Vinter with the assistance of American consulting engineers - Frank Feyfer, Vilhelm Meffi, Fridrikh Vinter, Heorh Binder and "General Electric" engineers Charlz Dzhon Tomson and Hyu Kuper. As a result of the construction of the dam, the Dnipro rapids were flooded, which ensured navigation along the entire course of the Dnipro. Thanks to the construction of the station, the rapid economic development of the city began.

Next to the building of the HPP directorate is the massive building of the DniproHPP museum. Currently, two halls with expositions on the construction, restoration and construction of the second stage of the hydroelectric power station are available. During the tour, you can see the layout of the station, operating turbines in the engine room.

On the morning of March 22, 2024, during a massive missile-drone attack on Ukraine, Russian troops attacked the DniproHPP with missiles, hitting hydroelectric structures and a dam. A fire broke out at the station. In addition, a Russian missile hit a trolleybus with people moving along the DniproHPP embankment.

Map pin icon Vintera Boulevard, 1 Zaporizhzhia

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Кінний театр, Запоріжжя
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Equestrian Theater "Zaporizhzhia Cossacks"

Entertainment / leisure , Theater / show

In the south-eastern part of the island of Khortytsia, in the area of Plavni, there is a folklore and ethnographic equestrian theater "Zaporizhzhia Cossacks", which carefully preserves ancient Cossack traditions.

At the request of large tourist groups, equestrian performances and folklore performances are held here with the performance of folk ensembles and demonstrations of traditional Cossack crafts (the date and time of the next performance should be ascertained in advance by phone). After the performance, you can ride horses, and also buy souvenirs, made in front of your eyes by a blacksmith and a potter.

On the territory there is a cafe "Cossack Zastava" (traditional Ukrainian cuisine) with a banquet hall, two huts and summer canopies.

A Cossack seagull and a brigantine from 1736-1739, which were raised from the bottom of the Dnipro in 1999-2007, are stored nearby in the hangar, with which archaeologists and restorers are working.

Map pin icon Zapovidna Street, 23 (Khortytsia Island) Zaporizhzhia

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Мотузкострибінг "Залізний мост", Запоріжжя
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Flying rope "Iron Bridge"

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Jumping with a rope (Flying rope) in Zaporizhzhia is carried out on the iron Arch bridge connecting the island of Khortytsia with the right bank of the Dnipro.

The Archway bridge in Zaporizhzhia was built in 1974 according to the project of Mykola Artemenko. The height of the bridge is 40 meters with a length of 320 meters. Here, for the first time in the practice of Soviet bridge construction, a unique 205-meter-long metal prefabricated beam was used, which works together with a stiffening beam.

In 2000, Oleksandr Shkalikov performed the first rope jump from the bridge. Flying rope or Bridge swinging rope differs from classic bungee jumping in that when jumping on a dynamic climbing rope, there is a direct transfer to the pendulum, which is safe for the person who jumps. The rope is passed and fastened under the bridge. The attraction on the Zaporizhzhia iron bridge is organized by the club of extreme sports "Hermitage".

Jumping with a rope in Zaporizhzhia is possible in several variants: in a climbing system or, in special braces, by the legs, along or across the bridge, with or without diving, various exotic jumps, for example blindfolded, with an umbrella, couples.

Map pin icon Antona Nezoly Street, Archway Bridge Zaporizhzhia

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Запорозька Січ, Запоріжжя
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Historical and Cultural Complex "Zaporizhzhian Sich"

Historic area , Museum / gallery , Ethnographic complex

The historical and cultural complex "Zaporizhzhian Sich" on the island Khortytsia in Zaporizhzhia reproduces a generalized image of all eight Sich, which existed in the XVI-XVIII centuries on the banks of the Dnipro.

Sich is a fortified military town surrounded by a fence, which served as a military and political center of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks - the capital of the Liberties of the Zaporizhzhian Lowland Army, ie free Cossack lands.

The island of Khortytsia at that time was a strategic point on the way of Tatar raids on Ukrainian lands. At the same time, the political influence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moscow Principality, which controlled other Ukrainian lands, did not extend to these territories.

Khortytsia was associated with the activities of the first organizer of the Zaporizhzhian Army Ostap Dashkevych and the founder of the first Sich Dmytro (Bayda) Vyshnevetsky, who in 1553 built a Cossack castle on the island of Mala Khortytsia (now Bayda Island). All subsequent Sichs were located below the Dnipro, but were formed on common principles.

A reduced copy of the Cossack fortress is surrounded by a moat, an embankment and a fence made of logs with several defensive towers. The interior space consists of two parts - the Small Kosh (trade and craft suburb) and the Large Kosh (Cossack garrison). The main building of the Sich is the current Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin on the central square. There are Cossack huts, a smithy, a pottery, an inn and a Greek house where ambassadors were received.

The expositions in the premises tell about the functioning of the Sich governing bodies (the House of the Kosh Ataman, the Military Chancellery), the work of the Pushkarnia (arsenal), and the traditional crafts of the Cossacks. The exhibition "Cossack Mamay and the Cradle" is dedicated to the image of the legendary Zaporizhzhian warrior-characterist.

The Cossack Battle Theater "Sich Cossacks" is based in the "Zaporizhzhian Sich", which regularly holds demonstrations of Cossack martial arts and master classes on the possession of Cossack weapons.

Map pin icon Staroho Redutu Street Zaporizhzhia

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Покровський собор, Запоріжжя
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Holy Intercession Cathedral

Temple

The Holy Intercession Cathedral is the main Orthodox shrine of Zaporizhzhia.

The cathedral was rebuilt on the site of the five-headed stone Intercession temple destroyed by the Bolsheviks (the Komsomolsky recreation park was laid on its site).

The exterior and magnificent interiors of the cathedral are reproduced from old photographs.

Map pin icon Sobornyi Avenue, 37 Zaporizhzhia

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Будинок-музей німецьких колоністів, Ручаївка
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House-museum of German colonists

Museum / gallery , Ethnographic complex

The residential building, built in 1896 by the German Mennonite Arnold Peters in Ruchaivka, was transformed by his descendant Victor Dick into a museum of German colonists.

The original layout, interior, and furniture have been preserved in the house. Various tools and household items of German settlers are collected here. Of particular interest is the machine for cleaning corn cobs, manufactured in 1861 at the Kopa factory. There is a working smokehouse in the attic.

The hosts conduct tours, during which (by prior order) they offer visitors a tasting: sausages of their own production, German keg beer, as well as homemade bread and oven-baked potatoes with lard.

WARNING! The house-museum of the German colonists has closed - the owner of the museum, Victor Dick, died and his family decided to close the museum. Other houses built by German colonists have been preserved in the village of Ruchaivka.

Map pin icon Berehova Street, 5 Ruchaivka

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Скіфський стан, Запоріжжя
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Memorial-Tourist complex "Scythian Camp"

Historic area , Museum / gallery , Archaeological site

The memorial-tourist complex "Scythian Camp" is located in Zaporizhzhia on the highest point of the Khortytsia island (59 meters above the Dnipro level), which is crowned by the largest of the Khortytsia burial mounds, the "Zorova tomb" that has survived.

A copy of the sculpture of a Scythian warrior is installed on the mound.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 129 burial mounds on Khortytsia Island. Only 3 of the 28 burial mounds that once belonged to the burial mound group "Zorova tomb" have survived. In 2005, archaeologists reconstructed 8 more burial mounds, among which one was investigated and restored, two were restored on the site of the destroyed ones, and the rest are model mounds and the sanctuary of Areus .

In the open-air museum, many stone artifacts are collected: a millstone (a symbol of abundance and fertility), a roller or garman (a device for threshing grain), stupas (for pounding grain), statues, anthropomorphic stelae, etc.

Map pin icon Khortytsia island, Zorova Mohyla tract Zaporizhzhia

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Музей архітектури Запоріжжя
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Museum of Architecture of Zaporizhzhia

Museum / gallery

Museum of Architecture of Zaporizhzhia acquaints visitors with the main architectural and city-planning directions and styles of the city.

This is the first in a series of so-called "craft museums" that tell the story through "live", an interactive exhibition that demonstrates the urban development from the first Oleksandrivsk's fortress to modern neighborhoods.

The museum consists of four departments dedicated to the construction of Stariy Oleksandrivsk, Mennonite colonies, the era of industrial modernization, the postwar reconstruction of the city.

Copies of old Oleksandrivsk doors created by masters, video installations and carefully preserved architectural elements are woven into the design of the museum space.

Map pin icon Mykoly Hoholya Street, 66 Zaporizhzhia

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Музей судноплавства, Запоріжжя
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Museum of Shipping (Chayka)

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The informal museum of Cossack Shipping "Chayka" was created in Zaporizhzhia on the island of Khortytsia on the basis of two ancient ships raised from the bottom of the Dnipro in these places.

The decision to establish a shipyard in Khortytsia was made in 1737, at the height of the first Russian-Turkish war, when Russian ships could not pass to the Black Sea through the Dnipro rapids. The construction of dowel-boats and Cossack-type vessels - boats and boats similar to Cossack Chaykas, as well as "Russian-style" brigantines - was carried out here. In 1739, about 400 ships of the Dnipro flotilla were based in Khortytsia. Some of them sank during the flood.

The hull of the Cossack Chayka, preserved at the bottom under the sand, was discovered in 1998, and a year later the vessel was raised to the surface. In 2007, the brigantine found there was raised, and later - a dowel-boat, a boat and a single-masted boat. The finds were conserved and placed in a restoration shed next to the Horse Theater, and work is underway to restore their appearance.

Active support for the restorers is provided by the charity fund created by the singer Andriy Makarevych. Excursions are conducted. It is planned to create a Museum of Shipping (Dnipro Flotilla Museum).

Map pin icon Khortytsia Island, Zapovidna Street, 23A Zaporizhzhia

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Музей-галерея прикладної кераміки Бурлаїв, Запоріжжя
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Museum-gallery Applied Ceramics of Illya and Oleksiy Burlay

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The museum-gallery of applied ceramics and painting of Illya and Oleksiy Burlay in Zaporizhzhia is located in the basement of the 18th century building, which once housed a laboratory for the study of clay for the production of bricks and tiles.

The collection includes materials related to the history and first buildings of the old Oleksandrivsk (now Zaporizhzhia), old maps and photo documents, a collection of old roof tiles and bricks, the history of the brick factory in the village of Karantinka.

The museum is also dedicated to the work of the socialist realist artist Oleksiy Burlay and the documentary artist Illya Burlay.

The "Museum and School" project is being implemented, within the framework of which festivals of creativity are held.

Map pin icon Poshtova Street, 29 Zaporizhzhia

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Музей історії музичних інструментів "БарабанЗА", Запоріжжя
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Musical Instruments History Museum "BarabanZA"

Museum / gallery

The Musical Instruments History Museum "BarabanZA" operates on the basis of the music hub of the same name in the Radio House of Zaporizhzhia city, which combines an ethnic music club, a school of playing ethnic musical instruments and a musical rehearsal base.

The museum was founded in 2016 by the public organization "Center for the Development of Business Technologies and Culture".

About 500 musical instruments from different countries of the world are presented in the exposition. Among them are such unique ones as a mechanical glass marimba, meditative singing jugs and stones, and a steel cello. Another unique exhibit is the drum of the last molfar of the Carpathians, Mykhaylo Nechay.

During the tour, you can not only see the exhibits, but also hear their voice. Visitors can play some instruments themselves.

The "BarabanZA" museum has a gift shop where you can buy replicas of musical instruments or order the manufacture of individual copies.

Map pin icon Matrosova Street, 21 Zaporizhzhia

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Новомиколаївський історико-краєзнавчий музей, Новомиколаївка
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Novomykolaivka Historical and Local Lore Museum

Museum / gallery

The historical and local lore museum of the urban-type village of Novomykolaivka was opened in 1985.

The museum's collections include about 2,000 objects. The history of the region from ancient times to the present is reflected in the museum's four exhibition halls. In particular, the archaeological section exhibits Bronze Age artifacts from archaeological excavations near the village. Multinational culture of Zaporizhzhia is presented in the exhibition "Settlement of the Region". The "Ethnographic Treasures of the Novomykolaivka Region" collection contains household items of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Separate expositions tell about the events of the Ukrainian revolution, collectivization, the Second World War, and the post-war development of the village.

The exposition dedicated to the heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian war is constantly updated.

Map pin icon Sobornosti Street, 84 Novomykolaivka

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Язичницькі святилища, Запоріжжя
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Pagan Sanctuaries

Archaeological site

Ancient pagan sanctuaries of the Early Bronze Age on the island of Khortytsya are located near the Velyka Molodnyaha stream near the Museum of the History of the Zaporizhzhia Cossacks.

The main sanctuary on Braharnya hill has the appearance of a small stonehenge (a circle of stones). Archaeologists who studied the complex in 1993-1997 concluded that it had an astronomical purpose - its axis was directed towards the sunrise on the day of the summer solstice.

Another complex of religious buildings is located on the southern slope of the stream. Stone structures have an egg-shaped shape.

In 1997, the followers of the pagan Runvira shrines in Khortytsya were reconstructed, and wooden idols of pagan gods were installed in the temples. Three of them are installed in the "Tryhlav" sanctuary.

Map pin icon Khortytsya island, Velyka Molodnyaha tract Zaporizhzhia

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