Attractions of Zaporizhzhia region

The Yakymivka Museum of History and Local Lore was opened in 1972 in the center of the village of Yakymivka, in the premises of one of the preserved buildings of the former manor house, built in 1909 by a local merchant Potetenyev.

Today, the museum has more than 2,000 exhibits that tell about the history of the region from ancient times to the present. In particular, the exposition includes many household items of the late XIX - early XX centuries, when Yakymivka became one of the largest points of grain trade in the Azov region: ceramics, decorative and applied arts of different peoples who lived in this area (towels, rugs, clothes, etc.).

A separate exhibition "Heroes do not die" is dedicated to the events of the Revolution of Dignity and the fallen heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

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 Museum of the Zaporizhzhia National University was opened in 1985 in the main educational building of the institution.

The exhibition tells about the history of public education in the former city of Oleksandrivsk from the beginning of the 20th century, about the founding of the Zaporizhzhia Pedagogical College at the basis of a teacher's seminary in 1921, about Stalin's repressions and the fate of the members of the staff of the Zaporizhzhia State Pedagogical Institute in the mid-1930s, about the participation of students and teachers in The Second World War, about the post-war reconstruction and the further path of the institution to the current university status.

In 2016, an updated exhibition was opened, the highlight of which was the decoration of the educational buildings of the university, made by Zaporizhzhia artist Kateryna Tarlinska using digital art.

The museum complex of the Zaporizhzhia National University also includes the ZNU Zoological Museum, the Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of Southern Ukraine, the Museum of Soviet Life, and the Water Museum.

The communal institution "Zaporizhzhia Regional Art Museum" subordinated to the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council represents the fine arts of the XIX-XX centuries.

The museum was founded in 1971. The collection, collected by the team of art critics, has more than 16 thousand exhibits. In particular, the paintings of Ivan Ayvazovsky, Oleksiy Boholyubov, Volodymyr Makovsky, Mykola Pymonenko, Oleksandr Murashko, Oleksandr Benua, Tetyana Yablonska, Mykola Hlushchenko are exhibited. Contemporary art is represented by the works of Oleksandr Roytburd, Ivan Marchuk, Anatoliy Kryvolap.

The museum has a collection of works by folk artist Mariya Prymachenko, as well as a unique collection of works of Ukrainian folk decorative and applied arts, including a collection of Petrykivka paintings by master Marfa Tymchenko.

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 museum complex of the "Khortytsia" National Reserve is located in the northern part of the island of Khortytsia, opposite the Dniprohes dam. This is the key object of the tourist-museum cluster on the Khortytsia island.

The Museum of the History of Zaporizhzhian Cossacks was opened in Zaporizhzhia in 1983. The exhibition highlights the history of the Cossack region from the earliest times to the present day.

Since 2016, the museum has been under reconstruction (part of the exhibits are presented in the Museum Studios "City Beyond the Thresholds"). After the opening, it will have a modern exposition, in which the dioramas "The Battle of Svyatoslav with the Pechenegs" and "The Council on Sich" will be presented.

The museum building with an inner courtyard is part of a complex of observation decks that offer a wonderful panorama of the Dnipro, rocky rapids and hydroelectric power station. Museum Square is used as the main venue for official events.

Next to the museum is the 14-meter Mound of Unity of Ukraine, on top of which in 2021 a 7-meter-high metal sculpture "Circle of Unity" will be installed.

Along the coast from the museum is the "Taras Trail", dedicated to the stay of the young Taras Shevchenko in Khortytsia in the summer of 1843. It is accompanied by excerpts from Kobzar's writings, which mention Khortytsia, the rapids of the Dnipro, the Great Zaporozhzhian Meadow, and the zh Cossacks.

The 700-year-old Zaporizhzhian giant oak, which became a symbol of the Ukrainian Cossacks. It has been a place of pilgrimage for millions of people for centuries.

The exact age has not been established, so some historians believe that this iconic tree was mentioned in the chronicles of the Byzantine emperor Kostyanyn Bahryanorodnyi as early as the 10th century.

Once the diameter of the green crown was 63 meters, the length of the trunk circle was 6 meters, and the height was 36 meters. After the construction of the DniproHPP and the rise of the groundwater level, the root system was damaged. At the end of the 20th century, the tree began to dry, now only one branch is alive.

The Church of the Intercession was built nearby (2008), and the historical and cultural complex "Zaporozhzhian Oak" was created. Theatrical performances organized by the All-Ukrainian Federation "Spas" take place on the territory.

The Zoological Museum of the Biology Faculty of Zaporizhzhia National University was opened in 1991.

The museum is located in the former premises of school No. 25.

The exposition is located in four halls. About 80 stuffed mammals, more than 300 birds, about 90 fish, more than 70 reptiles and amphibians are exhibited. In particular, typical animals found in the Zaporizhzhia region are presented. The collection of insects and arachnids includes almost 7,000 specimens, most of which are butterflies. The collection of bird eggs consists of 300 clutches from almost 200 species of birds. 

The museum complex of the Zaporizhzhia National University also includes the Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of Southern Ukraine, the Museum of Soviet Life, and the Water Museum.