Attractions of Zaporizhzhia region

Zaporizhzhia Academic Regional Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Volodymyr Mahar is a work of architecture of the era of Soviet monumental classicism.

The building in the style of "Stalin empire" was built in 1953. It is decorated with bas-reliefs and pilasters, sculpting and painting, crystal chandeliers, an exclusive mosaic floor with pictures of dams and blast furnaces. The pediment of the building is decorated with a plaster sculpture of a girl with a lyre. Two Komsomol members with a bandura were stationed at the girl's feet.

The theater has existed since 1929, and for a long time bore the name of Mykola Shchors. It is currently named after Volodymyr Mahar, who was the main director of the theater from 1929 to 1965.

Zaporizhzhia Children's Railway is one of the best and largest in Ukraine.

It was built in 1972 on Saturdays by Komsomol members and youth of the city of Zaporizhzhia. At the time of its opening, its length was 3.5 kilometers, and there were 3 stations on the road. Currently, the full operational length is 9.4 kilometers, there is a tunnel 80 meters long. Rolling stock: diesel locomotives TU7A-3108, TU2-136, TU2-144, PV51 wagons, cargo platform.

Near the main station "Pivdenna" there is a zoo, a terrarium, an aquarium and a winter garden.

The train runs 4 times a day.

The Zaporizhzhia State Circus is one of the central organizers of leisure and recreation for both children and adults in the city of Zaporizhzhia and the region.

1.5 thousand seats.

Prominent representatives of circus art such as Yuriy Nikulin, Ihor and Emil Kio, family dynasties Durovy, Filatov, Zapashny and many others performed in the arena of the Zaporizhzhia Circus.

Circus performances take place on Saturdays, Sundays at 12:00 and 15:30, as well as on holidays.

In the circus, in addition to performances for children, performances by pop artists take place.

The Zaporizhzhia Regional Museum of Local Lore is located in the former building of the Zemsky Administration (1912) - one of the few surviving buildings of pre-revolutionary Oleksandrivsk.

Founded by archeologist and folklorist Yakiv Novitskyi. More than 100,000 exhibits highlight the history of the city from ancient times to the Second World War. The most interesting collections: paleontological remains of animals from the Neogene and Anthropogenic periods; archaeological finds from the Zaporizhzhia mound; Sarmatian ornaments; collections of insects; stuffed animals of rare birds; weapons and household items of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks.

One of the departments is devoted to the native of the Zaporizhzhia region, Otaman Nestor Makhno, who became famous during the revolutionary years as the leader of the anarchist people's movement in the southern regions of Ukraine.

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.

"Treasure Island" in Kyrylivka is one of the largest water parks in Europe.

It covers an area of 5.7 hectares, and the area of all pools is 6,000 square meters. At the same time, "Treasure Island" can receive 1.5 thousand visitors.

The main swimming pool is connected to other pools by the Linyva River, which flows through the entire territory of the complex. 16 attractions for adults: high-speed open slide "Kamikaze", closed "Tonell", smooth "Giant slide", intertwined tunnels "Kosichky", four-turn slide "Multislide", slide "Space hole" with a vortex and others. There are also 18 children's attractions and many playgrounds.

There are several themed cafes and restaurants: "Welcome" bar (drinks, sweets), "Sicilia" cafe (pizza, pasta), "Sturval" bistro (Ukrainian cuisine), "Asia" cafe (oriental cuisine), "Africa" children's cafe , fish restaurant "Billy Bones".

After the water park is closed, the restaurant and night club "Somali" are open, which operates in the DJ-cafe mode during the day.

Aquapark "Treasure Island" is open from the beginning of June to the end of August.

A high hill on the bank of the Dnieper near Vasylivka has long been called a Bald Hill (Lysa Hora).

Since 1972, Bald Hill in Vasylivka has been a nature reserve. Multi-meter-high coastal cliffs are interesting for exposure of layers of various rocks. The local forest plantations date back to the 80s of the 19th century and include more than 60 types of tree species.

The Bald Hill hillfort of the Scythian period was discovered.

The municipal institution "Balky Historical and Local Lore Museum" of the Mala Bilozerka village council of the Zaporizhzhia region has been operating since 1970.

The museum fund has more than 10 thousand exhibits. The archeological exposition presents some of the treasures of the Haymanova Mohyla mound, including amphorae and a copper cauldron.

The ethnographic exposition "Ukrainian Room" recreates a fragment of the interior of a village house with a stove, household items, embroidered clothes, towels, a samovar.

The Hall of Fame tells about the events of the Ukrainian Revolution and the Second World War.

The Berdiansk Art Museum was founded in 1930 on the initiative of painter and graphic artist, doctor of art history and professor, collector Isaac Brodsky.

The exposition was based on his personal collection of paintings, including paintings by Illya Repin, Kostyantyn Korovin, Mykhaylo Vrubel, Mykola Rerikh, Isaak Levitan, Kostyantyn Makovsky, Valentyn Syerov, Oleksandr Benua, Mark Shahal, and others, as well as works by Brodsky himself.

Currently, the museum fund consists of 4.5 thousand works of painting, sculpture, graphics and applied art. In particular, the museum presents Ivan Ayvazovsky's painting "Storm at Sea" (1896).

The Museum of the History of the City is the youngest of Berdiansk's museums. It was opened in 2005 for City Day.

The exhibition, formed on the basis of part of the collection of the local lore museum, highlights the history of Berdiansk from the time of its foundation at the beginning of the 19th century to the present day.

In particular, collections of samovars and irons of the 19th and 20th centuries are presented.

The Berdiansk lighthouse on the far spit began to operate in 1838.

One of the oldest buildings in Berdiansk has practically not changed in two centuries. Changes affected only navigation devices. Currently, a radio beacon is installed at a height of 70 meters, which is turned on when necessary. And in everyday life, an installation with rotating electric beacon equipment works.

The lighthouse is located on the edge of the Berdiansk spit.

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.

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.

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.

The building of the Huliaipole city council was built at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1918-1921, the executive committee of the Huliaipole Council was located here, where the hero of the liberation movement of the southern Ukrainian peasantry, Nestor Makhno, worked. Congresses of front-line insurgents, workers' and peasants' councils, departments of the military field headquarters were held here.

A memorial plaque was installed.