Attractions of Dnipropetrovsk region

The Museum "Public feat of the inhabitants of Dnipropetrovsk region in the events of the anti-terrorist operation", which recreates the main events of the war in eastern Ukraine and honors Ukrainian soldiers, is a department of the Dnipropetrovsk National Historical Museum after Dmytro Yavornytsky.

Created in 2016-2017 at the initiative of anti-terrorist operation participants and volunteers. The open-air street exhibition "Ways of Donbass" has more than 400 exhibits that are symbols of war: a typical reinforced concrete checkpoint, anti-aircraft gun ZU-23-2, ambulance, infantry fighting vehicle BMP-2, T-64 tank turret, military SUV, road signs of the cities of Donbass, a sculptural composition "Soldier and the girl".

Even more exhibits are presented in an internal exhibition of more than 500 square meters, which tells about the military, volunteers, migrants, journalists, chaplains and medics.

In the "Hall of Bright Memory of Heroes" 500 photo portraits of the fallen soldiers of the Armed Forces and volunteer formations from Dnipropetrovsk region are presented. In the hall of panoramic video you can watch the documentary "Dnipropetrovsk region in the events of the anti-terrorist operation" with the effect of presence.

The complex of buildings of the Berhman brothers' manor in the urban-type village of Solone is a rare example of a German-Mennonite manor, built in the second half of the 19th century in the neo-Gothic style of eclecticism.

In 1862, part of the lands of Solone (then Enhelhardivka) was purchased by the Mennonite family of Abram and Suzanne Berhman from West Prussia. Between the mid-1870s and the early 1890s, their sons Herman and Abram built two manor houses on either side of the man-made pond that bisects the village.

Only the farm buildings on Usenka Street remained from the southern estate of Herman Bergman. Instead, the main one-story brick house with Neo-Gothic elements in architecture has been preserved on the territory of the northern estate of Abram Berhman's younger brother. The main height accents of the facade are risalites, which end with complex neo-Gothic triangular pediments with arrow-shaped attic window openings. The decoration of the gables is characterized by skillfully made brick decor. A high faceted bay window tower faces the pond, which ends with a complex octagonal tent covered with tiles in the form of carp scales. Elements of the original decor have been partially preserved in the interior of the house.

During the Moscow-Bolshevik invasion, the property of the estate was looted, and the owners were shot. During Soviet times, the Berhmans' house housed the authorities, later the Palace of Pioneers and the library.

Since 1992, part of the premises has been occupied by the Museum of the History of Solone, founded in 1976. The museum's collections include 2,000 exhibits. In particular, the exposition tells about the history of the Berhman family and their contribution to the development of the region's economy.

The Berhman House is an architectural monument of local importance. The building needs restoration.

The memorial house-museum of Academician Dmytro Yavornytsky in Dnipro is the only residential estate of old Katerynoslav that has survived to this day.

It was built in 1905 according to the project of architect Leonid Brodnytsky opposite the Potemkin Palace in the current Shevchenko Park. Dmytro Yavornytsky, a prominent Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, and public figure, lived and worked in this small red-brick house with a belvedere and a carved wooden veranda for 35 years. Heading the Dnipropetrovsk Historical Museum, he became famous as a researcher of the history of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks.

The interiors of the rooms of Yavornytsky's house were recreated as they were during his life: the lobby, the hall, the study, the living room, the dining room, the mezzanine. The exhibition presents many memorial items: student notebooks from the time of study at the Kharkiv gymnasium, workbooks exhibited his own things, documents, letters, photographs, paintings. Among personal belongings: embroidered shirt, stick, glasses, etc.

In front of the house you can still see pine and poplar planted by Yavornytsky.

Dnipropetrovsk National Historical Museum named after Dmytro Yavornytsky presents one of the best historical collections of Ukraine, in particular Cossack antiquities.

It is also one of the most progressive museums in Ukraine, which holds regular museum festivals, theatrical night tours with music and lighting effects, themed museum salons.

The institution was founded in 1849 by Governor Andriy Fabre as the Public Museum of the Ekaterinoslav Province. At first he was housed in one of the rooms of the Potemkin Palace, then moved several times. In 1902, on its basis, as well as on the basis of several private collections, the Regional Museum named after Oleksandr Pol was opened, headed by a prominent historian, researcher of the Ukrainian Cossacks Dmytro Yavornytsky. Since 1905, the museum has been housed in a museum building specially built for him in a modernized classicist style.

Today the funds of the Historical Museum. Yavornytsky has 240,000 museum items. About 7,000 of them are presented in the exhibition, which tells about the history of the region from ancient times to the middle of the twentieth century. These include archeological monuments, relics of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks, old prints and rare editions, porcelain, clocks, furniture, weapons and many other historical and cultural monuments. In particular, a statuette of Pharaoh Ramses VI, a milk cart and a carriage from the time of Catherine II's journey to the South, the first Soviet tractor. In front of the entrance there is a collection of stone sculptures: Scythian stone statues and Polovtsian "babas". A monument to Dmytro Yavornytsky's grave has been erected on the square near the museum.

The old one-storey part of the museum is combined with a new two-storey building, which houses the largest in Ukraine dioramas "Battle for the Dnipro" with an exhibition of military equipment nearby, as well as a new museum exposition "Public feat of Dnipropetrovsk residents in anti-terrorist operation events".

In addition, the Historical Museum in Dnipro has a number of branches in the city:
- House-museum of Dmytro Yavornytsky
- Museum center of the family of Helena Blavatska
- Literary Prydniprovya Museum;
- Museum of the history of local self-government.

Pavlohrad Drama Theater named after Borys Zahava was founded in 1974.

Located in the ancient building of the "County Theater", which was built back in 1896 at the expense of the Holenyshchev-Kutuzov family.

The theater is named after the outstanding director, actor, teacher, doctor of art history Borys Zahava, who was born in Pavlohrad.

The huge and majestic Holy Trinity Cathedral in Novomoskovsk is the only nine-bay wooden church in Ukraine.

It was built in 1775-1778 by the order of the last basket chieftain of the Zaporizhzhia Sich, Petro Kalnyshevsky, under the leadership of Colonel Antin Holovaty of Samara, at the expense of the Zaporizhzhia Army.

The complex 9-log structure was assembled from 559 logs without a single nail by Yakym Pohrebnyak, a self-taught craftsman from Nizhny Vodolaha, Kharkiv province, having first made a model. Colonel Antin Holovaty of Samara Palanka supervised the construction. The foundation of the temple took place a few days before the liquidation of Zaporizhzhia Sich.

After the fire of 1855, the Trinity Cathedral was restored in its former form. Collection of funds for the restoration was conducted by the outstanding historian Dmytro Yavornytskyi. At the beginning of the 20th century, oil painting in the domes was added to the original handmade wooden friezes.

In 1930, the temple was closed and was used as a grain warehouse. The services were restored in the period from 1942 to 1963, then the Historical and Local Lore Museum was placed in the premises.

In 1988, the Trinity Cathedral was returned to believers, although until now the architectural monument was used by the Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum for the exposition of the department of decorative and applied arts. The list of the icon of the Mother of God of Samara, the original of which disappeared at the beginning of the 20th century, is stored here. Restoration has been underway since 2012.

An interesting building in the style of Ukrainian Art Nouveau on the central avenue of the city is called "Khrinnykov's House" or "Ukrainian House" in Dnipro.

The four-story commercial building was built in 1912 by the entrepreneur and philanthropist Volodymyr Khrinnykov from Ekaterinoslav according to the project of the Kyiv architect Petro Fetysov. According to the idea of Khrinnikov, who was a Ukrainian patriot, a member of the council of the local association "Prosvita", the new building was to become an architectural embodiment of Ukrainian national culture.

Ethnographer and historian Dmytro Yavornytskyi played a significant role in the development of the project. Hexagonal windows, multi-tiered tent towers with forged spiers, red tiled roofs and white walls resembled the forms of the structure of the times of the Zaporizhzhian Sich. Originally, the spiers of the towers were crowned with images of a horse, a quiver and a falcon, as well as a weather vane cross with a Cossack and a noble fighting. Colorful majolica has been preserved under the roof, as well as the image of the main element of the coat of arms of the Zaporizhzhia Army - a Cossack with a musket and a saber. Part of the wing of the building was once equipped for theatrical purposes.

Before the revolution of 1917, the "Palace" theater was located here. Currently, the building is occupied by the five-star Grand Hotel "Ukraine".

Museum "Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine" in Dnipro is the largest museum in the country, which tells the story of Jewry in Ukraine, as well as the persecution and mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during World War II.

The museum also tells about the tragedies of Ukrainians, Roma, Armenians, Crimean Tatars, Poles and other peoples.

The museum collection has more than 16 thousand exhibits of the main fund. These are objects of Judaism and a collection of publications of spiritual literature of the XIX-XX centuries, household items of that era, artifacts related to the Holocaust (literature, leaflets and announcements, equipment and weapons), personal belongings of Jews involved in World War II, documents, manuscripts and photos related to the history of the Jews of Ukraine.

The exhibition uses the principle of combining unique exhibits, modern multimedia technologies and art installations. In particular, the diorama "Babyn Yar" is presented.

Visitors are offered different types of excursions - both sightseeing, throughout the Museum, and thematic, devoted to a detailed examination of certain aspects of Jewish and Ukrainian history, culture and religion.

The museum is located on the 3rd floor of the Jewish cultural and business center "Menorah" in the center of Dnipro. There is also a choral synagogue, kosher restaurant, hotel. Visitors are offered comprehensive tours of the center, including access to the observation deck on the 18th floor.

The factory Nicolas Church in the working village on the western outskirts of Katerynoslav (Dnipro) was built at a "shocking pace" - in just 28 months.

It went down in history as "Bryansk" - after the name of the area (Bryansk Colony).

Five pinnacles, a three-tier bell tower with a clock - the building is designed in a neoclassical style with abundant decor. Apparently, in terms of size and splendor, this church could compete with the main churches of Katerynoslav (Dnipro) - Transfiguration, Assumption and Trinity.

In 1929, the church was closed, a warehouse was located here. In the post-war period, the building fell into disrepair, it was about to be demolished, but thanks to the efforts of enthusiasts, the church acquired the status of an architectural monument and was converted into an organ hall.

In 1988, the Dnipro "House of Organ and Chamber Music" was opened, which is still functioning. The Dnipro organ is included in the UNESCO catalogs.

The House of Organ and Chamber Music organizes tours with a concert visit.

The building was damaged during the Russian invasion on March 11, 2022. As a result of enemy shelling, projectile fragments hit the walls and windows of the building.

The memorial complex in honor of the glorified Kosh Otaman Ivan Sirko was created at the entrance to Kapulivka in 1963, when, before the creation of the Kakhovska HPP, it was decided to rebury his remains from Chortomlyk Island, which was in the flood zone.

A bronze bust of Sirko is placed on top of the mound, which was built over the reburial site, and at its foot is a tombstone carved by the Zaporozhzhian Cossacks. On the sides of the alley leading to the grave of the Kosh otaman, a small chapel and a watchtower were built, reproducing the spirit of the Cossack era.

Saint Barbara's Bell Tower Church in Kytaihorod organically combines the features of a temple, a bell tower, and a defense tower in one building.

It was built in the 18th century at the same time as two other stone churches on the initiative of the Kytaihorod centurion Pavlo Semenov.

A powerful two-story tower dominates the building. At first it served as a belfry, was part of the system of city fortifications, then it was rebuilt into a church.

The Barbara Church was closed in 1954, and remained derelict for a long time. It was consecrated anew in 1996.

The construction of the Transfiguration Cathedral was started in 1787 during Kateryna II's tour of the southern territories. The empress personally laid the first stone, which is considered to be the moment of the foundation of the city. However, the continuation of the works dragged on for 48 years and ended only in 1835.

The cathedral is located in the middle of a green square in the historical part of the Dnipro. It has a high architectural and artistic value as a building that reflected the traditions and techniques of the Russian classical school during its heyday.

During the years of Soviet power, at the request of academician Dmytro Yavornytskyi, a museum of atheism was opened in the cathedral, thanks to which it was possible to save the temple from destruction and preserve the interiors. The cathedral briefly resumed work during the German occupation. Restored in 1975. In 1992, it was handed over to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Nearby is the verst "Katerynynska Mile".

Museum-diorama "Battle for the Dnipro near the villages of Vyskove-Vovnihy" is a department of the Dnipropetrovsk National Historical Museum named after Dmytro Yavornytsky.

Opened in 1975 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Victory in World War II in a new building attached to the back of the main building of the museum. This is one of the largest dioramas in Europe - its total area of the canvas is 840 square meters, viewing radius - 230 degrees. Created by masters of battle painting Mykola But and Mykola Ovechkin from the Studio of Military Artists named after Hrekov.

The plot of the diorama tells about the events of forcing the Dnipro on the bridgehead Vyskove-Vovnihy and the liberation of the city of Dnipro from German occupation in late September 1943. Deep subject plan, consisting of the remains of fortifications, weapons, means of crossing and other military attributes, special lighting of the hall, sound effects create the effect of the audience's direct presence at the site of the storming of the Dnipro by Soviet soldiers. Fighters in the foreground of natural growth.

A collection of Soviet military equipment is on display at the exhibition site next to the museum: T-34-85 and T-70 tanks, a BM-13 Katyusha jet launcher based on the ZIS-151, several World War II cannons, and an surface-to-air launcher missile system S-125.

The Dnipro Academic Theater of Drama and Comedy is located in the premises of the former Winter Theater of Katerynoslav, built in 1906-1907 in the Art Nouveau style according to the project of architect Fedir Bulatsel.

In 1927, based on the decision of the executive committee of the city council, a theater of Russian drama was created on the basis of the troupe of the Moscow Maly Theater, which was touring in the city at that time.

Before the Second World War, the theater building was reconstructed and took on more classical forms - the facade was decorated with columns, pilasters and sculptural images of art muses.

The "Governor's House" in Dnipro is a very beautiful and unusual for the Dnipro region Neo-Gothic style building on the corner of Dmytro Yavornytskyi Avenue and Voskresenska Street, which is an architectural monument of national importance. Now it houses the Dnipro History Museum.

The building was erected in 1840-1850 as the mansion of Major Hryhoriy Shcherbakov. From the middle of the 19th century, it housed the English Club. From 1887 until the Bolshevik coup, the governors of Katerinoslav lived there. And although in Soviet times the Council of Deputies and the Dnipro Palace of Pioneers were located here, the building continued to be unofficially called the "Governor's House".

In 1997, the "Governor's House" was purchased by "PrivatBank" and reconstructed into an office, which became a guarantee of the preservation of the building. In 2021, the first exhibition of the Dnipro History Museum was opened here.

The modern interactive exhibition of the museum tells about the founding and development of the city in the 18th - 20th centuries, social and cultural life, the history of trade and banking in the city, etc. Archaeological finds from Katerynoslav-Kilchenskyi, samples of bricks, roof tiles and tiles produced in Katerynoslav, documents about urban development and many others are presented. The interior of a city living room of the 1960s has been reconstructed. In the hall "Dnieper, bridges, rapids" you can learn about Dnieper crossings and pilotage on the rapids of the Dnieper from the time of the Cossacks to the present day.

Multimedia equipment is widely used in the exposition: interactive information panels, projection screens, QR codes, audio guides. The museum is adapted for visiting people with disabilities (internal portable ramp, mnemonic diagram, excursion materials in Braille). Inclusive tours and tactile exhibitions are held.