Attractions of Dnipropetrovsk region

The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Mala Petrykivka was founded in 1772 on the initiative of the chieftain of Zaporizhzhia Sich, Petro Kalnyshevskyi, who is considered the founder of the village.

According to church records, the church was moved to the site of a new settlement from the village of Kurylivka. In 1812, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was rebuilt in stone. A three-part temple with a rectangular central part, a semicircular apse and a projecting vestibule. On the western facade - a four-column portico, completed by a triangular pediment.

The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Mala Petrykivka is an architectural monument of national importance.

Currently, the right of ownership of the cathedral is being registered by the Petrykivka settlement community, which will be able to decide to whom and under what conditions it will be transferred for use by the relevant religious community.

In dire need of restoration.

The Church of the Nativity of Holy Virgin is the oldest church in Nikopol region, one of the few preserved from pre-revolutionary times.

It is located on the western outskirts of the city.

The Nativity of Holy Virgin Church was built in 1812-1820 in the style of classicism. In the interior, paintings of the 19th century, made by the outstanding poet and artist Maksymilian Voloshyn, have been preserved.

The Nikopol Museum of Local Lore was established in 1919 as the Museum of Fine Arts on the basis of an art collection requisitioned from the local landowner Nechayev.

Initially, the museum was located in a historic house of the early twentieth century, but now this architectural monument has been in disrepair for a long time, so the exposition is located in a temporary building in the center of Nikopol.

The most valuable part of the collection was lost during World War II.

Now the museum's funds include more than 45 thousand exhibits that tell about the nature and history of the region from ancient times to the present.

The exposition of the department of nature and ecology introduces the characteristics of the geographical position of the region, its flora and fauna, minerals, paleontology, environmental ecology.

The exposition of the departments of archeology and ancient history and the Zaporizhzhia Cossacks and modern history has three sections: "Archaeological monuments of the region", "Zaporizhzhia Sich and Zaporizhzhia Cossacks on the territory of the region", "Our region under the rule of the Russian Empire".

The exposition of the Department of Contemporary and Contemporary History consists of two stationary exhibitions: "Ukraine. The Path to Independence" and "Our Land during the Second World War".

The Department of Arts organizes and exhibits temporary and permanent art and ethnographic exhibitions. The museum also regularly hosts lectures, master classes, and thematic events.

The Palace of Culture, built in 1957 according to the project of the architect Anatoliy Oleksandrov, is the pride of the residents of Zhovti Vody.

The project is unique in its content, the Palace of Culture of Automobile Manufacturers in the city of Miass and the Palace of Arts in Czechoslovakia were later built on its model. In all three options, only the layout is the same. Different materials and interiors were used in each case.

Given the uniqueness of the Palace of Culture in Zhovti Vody, in 1985 it was included in the list of architectural monuments of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Park named after Lazar Hloba is the central park of the Dnipro.

It was founded in the 18th century by the Zaporozhzhian Cossack Lazar Hloba on the territory of his manor. Until 1858, the park was called the Katerynoslav State Garden, and from the 1920s, the city authorities divided it into the City Garden and the Technical Garden. During the Soviet rule, the park was named Chkalov.

There is a children's railway, city attractions, a karting center and a summer concert venue. In the middle of the park there is a large lake with beautiful swans.

A monument to Lazar Hloba was erected on his grave.

The Pavlohrad Museum of History and Local Lore is located in the city center, next to the Saviour's Not-Made Image Cathedral.

The exposition tells about the history of the city, including the famous 135th Pavlohrad Hussar Regiment, which became famous in the Franco-Russian War of 1812.

There is an interesting ethnographic collection and exposition that tells about the Cossacks of Samarska Palanka.

One of the most interesting exhibits is a well-preserved Cossack boat of the 15th century.

The Pidhorodne People's History and Local Lore Museum is named after the local bandurist and carver Oleksa Koval. It was he who founded the local history museum in Pidhorodne in 1967.

The museum is located in a separate building near the city council. Its funds include more than 19,000 storage units. In particular, a large ethnographic selection is presented, including traditional clothes, ancient Ukrainian tableware, tools of peasant work.

Among the exhibits of the museum are banduras made by Oleksa Koval.

The People's Museum of History of PJSC "Dnipro Metallurgical Combine" is housed in the former Kamyanske engineering club, built at the beginning of the 20th century.

The exposition in four halls tells the history of the enterprise, starting from the moment of the first smelting at the then Dnipro Metallurgical Plant in 1889. The museum funds include more than 15,000 exhibits: archival materials, unique book editions, ancient tools, household items and ethnoculture, rare photographs, fragments of real technological equipment, personal belongings of factory workers.

A special place is occupied by the exposition of the plant's products on the open area in front of the museum. And the main exhibit is the factory horn, which signaled the start and end of the shift for more than 100 years.

The History and Local Lore Museum in Petropavlivka was founded in 1967 and is now located in the Cultural Center Kvitka.

The exposition consists of four sections: "Our region from the earliest times to the beginning of the 20th century", "Our region in 1900-1940", "Tests of war and reconstruction", "Development of the region" and the ethnographic hall "Ukrainian room".

In front of the entrance to the building is the exhibition "Stone witnesses of the history of the region", which presents stone idols of the Scythian-Sarmatian period.

The Petrykivka museum of ethnography, everyday life and folk art was created in 2010 on the basis of an exhibition of Petrykivka paintings at the Druzhba factory.

There are 2,500 objects in the museum's collections that tell about the history of Petrykivka, the ethnography of this region, the development of applied folk art, and the technique of Petrykivka painting.

Of particular value are the products of folk masters of Petrykiv decorative painting Fedir Panko, Andriy Pikush, Nataliya Rybak and others.

The museum holds master classes on various techniques of folk crafts.

The Petrykivka painting exhibition is open at the Petrykivka Folk Art Center.

The traditional Petrykivka decorative painting became famous as early as the 19th century, it was managed to be preserved and even put on the assembly line in Soviet times.

The "Petrykivka" folk art center was established in the early 1990s as the first enterprise owned by the folk craftsmen themselves, and now unites about 40 masters of Petrykivka painting.

The exhibition hall is open all the time, workshops are open for visits, tours and master classes for children are held. The exposition presents paintings, painted household items, decorations. Here you can buy or order all kinds of souvenirs.

The Pyatykhatky People's Local History Museum was established in 1972. The exhibition was based on ethnographic materials from the surrounding villages of Troitske, Lykhivka, Komisarivka, and Zhovte, which were founded by Zaporozhzhian Cossacks.

The exhibition in seven halls reflects different stages of the region's development: Ukrainian Cossacks of the 17th century, ethnography of the 19th and 20th centuries; foundation and development of the city of Pyatykhatky in 1886-1917, Pyatykhatky in the period of the Ukrainian People's Republic of 1917-1920, development in the interwar period, World War II, modernity.

A collection of paintings by local artist Volodymyr Mahonya, as well as the painting "Battle on Zhovti Vody" by artists Maltsev, Voytsekhovsky and Cherevko, are presented.

In 1992, the museum's exposition was supplemented by two Polovtsian stone figures, one of which is installed in front of the entrance to the museum.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Joseph was founded in Katerynoslav (Dnipro) in 1872 at the expense of the numerous Polish community of the city, a significant part of which was immigrants deported here by the tsarist government after the January Uprising of 1863.

Construction was completed in 1877. The temple in the Neo-Gothic style was painted with frescoes, some of which have survived to our time, in particular. inscriptions on the walls made in Polish.

In 2009, the dilapidated church was returned to the Catholic community of the city of Dnipro, and reconstruction was carried out. Currently, the church of Saint Joseph is active.

The Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Cathedral with a high bell tower in Kamyanske is distinguished by architectural elements in the ancient Rus style.

It was built in 1894 according to the project of the architect Leonid Brodnytskyi at the expense of workers and employees with the participation of the Dnipro Metallurgical Plant.

In Soviet times, the building housed a local history museum.

In 1988, the Saint Nicholas Cathedral was returned to the church, and restoration was carried out. It currently belongs to the UOC community of the Moscow Patriarchate.

The Saint Nicholas Church in Kamyanske is one of the few surviving Roman Catholic churches in the eastern regions of Ukraine.

It was built in 1905 in the neo-Gothic style by the architect Maryan Khormansky on the order of the Polish community of workers of the Dnipro plant. In plan, the temple has the shape of a Latin cross. Its two 33-meter towers impress with their beauty and grandeur.

In 1928, the church was closed by the Bolsheviks, the abbot was shot. In Soviet times, there was a car wash in the building.

Currently, the church of Saint Nicholas has been returned to the Roman Catholic community of the city, and restoration work is underway.