Attractions of Dnipropetrovsk region

The Saint Tikhvin Convent in Dnipro was founded in 1866 on land donated to the community by the former priest of the Sunday Church of Katerynoslav Cemetery, Zosymovych, as well as state peasants Yukhym Shaposhnykov and Fedir Habanenko.

In 1868, the church of Saint Barbara, a cell building and a refectory were built. In 1874, the construction of the stone three-throne cathedral in the name of the Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God was completed.

During its history, the monastery was closed twice by the authorities (in 1925, and then after 17 years of vitality - in 1959). In its premises was boarding school No. 1 for children with disabilities. The Saint Tikhvin Cathedral, which was damaged during the Second World War, was blown up in 1959, and a boarding school for people with hearing impairments was built in its place.

Since 1999, the Saint Tikhvin Convent has been operating again. It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Salt lake on the outskirts of the Samara Forest between the villages of Znamenivka and Novotroitske.

The shape of the lake is close to a circle with a diameter of about 1.8 kilometers. The area of the lake is about 3.5 square kilometers, the length of the coastline is about 11.5 kilometers. In the center of the lake there is an elongated island, on the shores there are several small bays.

The salt estuary is a place of growth of rare species of salt marsh and seaside flora. Many species of waterfowl nest here, including rare ones: stilt-billed stilt, steppe grebe, gray crane, stilt.

At the bottom of the lake lies mud that has healing properties. A mud reservoir has been erected on the shore, which ensures the preservation of the therapeutic properties of the mud for a long time.

The "Salt Estuary" resort is functioning.

The Cathedral of the Three Thrones of the Saviour's Not-Made Image is the main Orthodox church of the city of Pavlohrad.

Founded in 1892 on the initiative and at the expense of the honorary citizen of Pavlohrad Yakiv Holubytskyi. At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a library at the cathedral. In Soviet times, this temple was the only one that was not destroyed, but it was badly damaged during the Second World War. In 1960, the Saviour's Cathedral was finally closed and converted into a gymnasium.

Returned to the church in 1991, a complete restoration was carried out.

Sholokhovskyi (Tokivskyi) cascade waterfall is also known as "Chervone Kaminnya".

The length is about 14 meters. The cascade of waterfalls originates from the river. Kamianka, the right tributary of Bazavluk. Granite "baths" are located in the continuation of the waterfall.

In connection with the beginning of the development of the Tokiv granite deposit, the waters of the Sholokhovskyi waterfall became polluted. Previously, rare flowers included in the Red Book, as well as medicinal plants, grew here.

This is one of the most beautiful places in Dnipropetrovsk region.

The quarry of the Southern Mining and Processing Plant is the main attraction of industrial tourism in Kryvyi Rih.

Southern Mining and Processing Plant is one of the main producers of iron ore raw materials in Ukraine. The Southern Mining and Processing Plant quarry is one of the largest in the world. Its depth is 370 meters, length - 3000 meters, width - 2500 meters, the number of horizons - 25, the total length of highways in the quarry - 37 kilometers.

Access to the observation deck - with passes.

The Historical and Local Lore Museum of the village of Spaske in the Dnipropetrovsk region was founded in 1978 by a local historian teacher, Opanas Matviyenko. The museum is located in the premises of the old school.

The museum's collections include 1,500 exhibits. The exposition in five halls tells about the history of Spaske from its foundation in 1650 to the present day. Separate expositions are devoted to the Holodomor and the events of the Second World War.

Technical Museum "Time Machines" in Dnipro presents the private collection of rare cars of the Dnipro collector Mykhaylo Prudnikov.

It is located in an abandoned workshop of thermoplastic machines near the center of Dnipro. The hall recreates the atmosphere of a city street in the 1950s and 1960s.

In the museum garage there are about 25 cars, mostly of Soviet production, with a slight bias towards sports. "Zaporozhets", "Muscovit", "Zhigul", "Volga", "Peremoga", "Chaika" of various modifications and years of production, as well as SUVs, trucks and buses are presented.

There is a cafe decorated in retro style at the museum of retro cars.

The Ternivka branch of the Kryvyi Rih City Museum of History and Local Lore was founded in 1970 as a school museum in the village of Veseli Terny, which is now part of the city of Kryvyi Rih.

Since 1981, the museum has a separate two-story building. Today the exposition presents archeological finds from the mounds of Kryvyi Rih, objects of the Cossack era, materials about the "Iron Fever" in Kryvyi Rih at the end of the XIX century and others.

There are constant expositions about the nature and ethnography of the region.

The Three Saints Church is one of the oldest churches of the Dnipro.

The blue dome of its belfry with golden stars symbolizing the sky and the central golden dome are today lost among the high-rise buildings of the urban development of the Amur-Nizhnyodniprovsky district on the left bank of the Dnipro. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was a large settlement at a wagon repair plant. In 1900, they began to build a church on the land belonging to the enterprise. In 1902, the church was solemnly consecrated in honor of three saints: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom.

The author of the project of the Three Saints Church is unknown. In plan, the temple has the shape of a regular cross. It is crowned by a dome and a traditional cross acquired at that time.

The Transfiguration Cathedral in Nikopol was built at the end of the 19th century as a home temple for brick factory workers.

In 1937, it was closed, during the years of German-fascist occupation, it resumed work for a short time, and in 1960 it was transformed into a planetarium. The last owner of the building was a local radio station. The decor and paintings were completely destroyed, and antennas were installed instead of crosses.

From 1991 to 1993, the process of returning the temple to the Orthodox community continued. Currently, the cathedral has been restored.

The Museum of Ukrainian Painting in Dnipro presents the Ekaterynoslav-Dnipro school of painting of the 20th century, near the origins of which were artists Mykhaylo Panin, Mykola Pohrebnyak, Oleksandr Kuko.

The museum was opened in 2013 in a modern building next to the Trinity Cathedral.

The main exhibition, which includes more than 200 works, is dedicated to Dnipro artists of the 20th century.

Albums, exhibition booklets from the 1960s and 1970s, personal belongings of artists, slides with photos from family archives are also presented.

The Vasylkivka Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1973. Located in a separate building in the center of Vasylkivka.

The museum collection consists of 2,600 museum objects that tell about the history, ethnography and nature of this region. Among them are flint tools of primitive man, things from the times of Zaporozhzhian Sich, an ethnographic collection, typical objects of the era of industrialization. Exhibitions of works of folk artists are held regularly.

In front of the entrance to the museum is a collection of Polovtsian stone sculptures.

Velykomykhailivka Museum of History and Local Lore in Dnipropetrovsk region was founded in 1986.

Housed in a historic building erected in the early XX century.

The museum fund has more than 3,000 exhibits. The exposition in eight halls covers the distant past of the region, the history of the founding of the village of Velykomykhailivka (former name – Dibrivka) by the Cossacks in 1776, its development during the XIX - early XX centuries, the Ukrainian revolution and the participation of local residents in the insurgent movement Nestor Makhno, World War II. In particular, the exposition acquaints with the battle route of the 346th Debaltseve Red Banner Rifle Division, which in 1943 liberated the village from German occupation.

Memorial signs have been erected near the museum in honor of the village's founder, the legendary Cossack Mykhaylo, as well as in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Dibrivka battle of the insurgent detachments of Nestor Makhno and Fedosiy Shchus with Austrian troops in 1918.

The White Stones waterfall on the rapids of the Inhulets River is also known as the Karachun Waterfalls, as it is formed by two river branches flowing from the dam of the Karachun Reservoir in Kryvyi Rih.

The waterfall was created in 1932-1938 during the construction of a reservoir dam intended to supply water to the Kryvyi Rih metallurgical plant and the Kryvyi Rih water intake. It consists of the Western and Eastern waterfalls, which flow down the granite ledges from the dam in powerful streams. The cascade of the Western waterfall reaches 12 meters in height. It looks most impressive from below. It is especially beautiful in winter, when the water freezes on the fireplace with white stalactites.

Near the White Stones waterfall, there is a railway bridge over Ingulets (height 53 meters, length 161 meters), built in the 19th century according to the project of the architect Boholyubsky. This is the highest bridge of the Kryvyi Rih Basin.

Yevropeiskyi (European) Boulevard is a pedestrian zone in the center of Dnipro, between Heroyiv Maydanu Square and Mykhayla Hlinky Street.

The Yevropeiskyi boulevard with a new pavement surface, decorative lighting, landscaping and rest areas was created in 2005 for the City Day. The boulevard is decorated with a carousel made by the French company Сoncept 1900 International, which has preserved the tradition of producing similar attractions for over 100 years.

The boulevard is home to the "Europe" shopping and business center, several cafes and restaurants, and a free Wi-Fi access zone.