Attractions of Kherson region

The Church of the Holy Martyr Oleksandra in Kherson was founded in 1898. The elegant church was built according to the project of the provincial architect Kazymyr Kvinto as the home church of the Second Mariyinska Girls' Gymnasium.

The tented ends of the main room and the belfry were originally crowned with bulbous capitals. In the architecture of the temple, the influence of Moscow architecture of the 17th century with the use of the Romanesque style can be felt.

In the interior, stucco decoration has been preserved, as well as carved marble kiots, which survived from the original iconostasis of the work of the famous sculptor Borys Eduards.

Currently, the church belongs to the community of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The exposition of the museum of Nova Kakhovka, which opened in 1990, is dedicated to the short history of the young southern city of energy workers.

More than 3,000 exhibits in 5 halls tell about different periods of the history of the Kakhovka region, starting from the time of the Scythian kingdom of Atheus.

A separate exposition is devoted to the creation of the Kakhovka hydroelectric junction and the South Crimean Canal.

The city of Nova Kakhovka was under Russian occupation on the very first day of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Viktor Vasylyev, the director of the City History Museum in Nova Kakhovka, which is a branch of the Kherson Regional Museum of Local Lore, joined the enemy and helped the Russians loot the museum. The museum building was seriously damaged as a result of Russian shelling.

The Church of the Corpus Christi in Pravdyne (formerly Tsarevodar) was built in the second half of the 19th century by Polish Catholic immigrants.

The temple is made in the style of eclecticism with Gothic and Renaissance elements. The windows were decorated with stained glass.

During Soviet times, the church was closed, but it has survived to this day. Sometimes services are held for the small Catholic community of Pravdyne.

Hola Prystan City Culture House "Suzirya" was opened in 2007. It has a cinema, art gallery and museum.

Permanent exhibitions: "City of the Cossack Land" (history of the founding and development of the Hola Prystan), "Long Echo of War": Heroes of the Hola Prystan Region "to the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine and the 67th anniversary of the liberation of the Hola Prystan from German invaders during World War II war), "Chosen by time" and "Afghan - I!" (dedicated to participants in hostilities in other countries), "Family good of the Ukrainian house" (collection of antique household items), "Dark Strip" (for the Day of the Chornobyl tragedy).

The crypt of the Falts-Feyns in Novochornomorya is a dilapidated stone chapel-burial mound on a mound, which offers a magnificent view of the surrounding area.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, the village of Novochornomorya belonged to the Falts-Feyns family.

In 1897, Oleksandr Falts-Feyn, the brother of the founder of the "Askania-Nova" nature reserve, built a mausoleum with an Orthodox chapel on a mound near the Round Lake, in which his wife Sofiya Stepanivna, who died early, was buried. The mound was surrounded by a 12-sided brick fence with an overseer's house, which also served as a gate. In 1908, Baron Falts-Feyn himself was buried in the same mausoleum.

The Orthodox chapel was built in Pravdyne in the second half of the 19th century at the expense of the rich landowners of the local region - the Savun family.

Served as a family tomb. It is located in the village cemetery. The small temple is made in pseudo-Byzantine style.

Now the chapel is in a neglected state and needs restoration.

The family recreation center with a mini-zoo "Kazkova Dibrova" was organized in the central park of Nova Kakhovka by local entrepreneur and sculptor-carver Mykhaylo Navrotsky in the mid-1990s.

The owner is the author of 150 wooden sculptures of fairy-tale heroes that decorate the well-kept park with ponds and streams. In the zoo you can see mouflons, peacocks, owls, wild geese and many other animals.

There is a cafe with a green summer terrace on the territory, where you can taste Ukrainian and Tatar cuisine.

On the night of June 6, 2023, during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian troops blew up the Kakhovska HPP. "Kazkova Dibrova" was flooded as a result of the explosion of the HPP dam. About 300 animals died in the zoo. The park itself was destroyed.

The residence of the Kherson governor is a neoclassical building, a model of an official ceremonial residence.

In 1917, the provincial congress was held here, which recognized the Kherson region as an integral part of the Ukrainian People's Republic, and the Central Council as the highest authority.

After the establishment of Soviet power in Kherson, the building housed the first Council of Trade Unions and the Union of Working Youth. In 1963, the premises were given to the children of the city. Currently, the former governor's residence houses the Kherson Palace of Children's and Youth Creativity.

The Greco-Sophia Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos is the oldest of all churches preserved in Kherson.

The stone temple with a wooden head was built by the Greeks who settled in Kherson in the 18th century.

In the interior of the Greco-Sophia Church, wall paintings, a wonderful carved iconostasis, and wooden sculptures have been preserved.

The hot spring, known as the healing geyser of Obloi, is located near the village of Obloi, about 15 kilometers from the Zaliznyi Port. Opened for visits in the summer of 2005.

The thermal water geyser was formed during the drilling of well No. 6 with a depth of 1,527 meters during the geological exploration of natural gas deposits.

There are now three baths at the spring: two with hot water and one with healing mud. The water in the source is brownish-brown due to dissolved iodine, very salty, not inferior to the water from the Dead Sea. The temperature of the geyser is about 70 degrees all year round.

Next to the baths there are changing rooms and a room where you can order a massage. According to visitors' feedback, bathing in the spring and mud treatment is excellent for treating joints. Procedures are recommended no more than two or three times a week.

The Henichesk Museum of Local Lore presents an interesting collection dedicated to the history of the city of Henichesk.

There are 2 dioramas in the "Nature of the Land" hall: "Sea of Azov" and "Biryuchy Island".

Among the unique exhibits: stele of the Sarmatian period, bones of a southern elephant (mammoth), ancient amphorae, paintings by the people's artist Kupriyanov, archival documents from the period of fascist occupation, everyday life, clothes, dishes of the XVIII-XIX centuries.

A special exhibit is the wooden bow decoration of the medieval vessel "Head of Tour" (X-XI centuries), which is a tourist symbol of Henichesk.

The historical and entertainment complex "Green Farms of Tavriya" was created on the site of ancient farms that existed between Oleshky and Hola Prystan until the beginning of the 20th century.

The museum of folk life of the 15th-20th centuries is a real Ukrainian hut. The museum exhibition tells about the life of Ukrainians in these lands. The history of currency signs of southern Ukraine is also presented.

Visitors are offered: master classes in the pottery workshop and forge, the "Torfoland" attraction (a trip to the peat mines), horseback riding, and more.

The house of businessman Iosif Holdenberh on Erdelivska Street (now Starobryadnytska Street) is one of the brightest in the ensemble of Pokrovskyi Square in Kherson.

Eclectic building, faced with brick, richly decorated in Romanesque and Moorish style. Since 1911, the Kherson branch of the St. Petersburg International Commercial Bank was located here.

Currently, the Holdenberh building is occupied by the Kherson Regional Office of the State Treasury of Ukraine, a commercial bank and other organizations.

The Assumption Cathedral is one of the oldest buildings in Kherson. The temple was founded by merchants Syzaryev and Fendrikov. According to legend, immediately after the start of construction, the plague raging in the city stopped.

The Assumption Cathedral was built in the style of early classicism, in the shape of an oblong cross. It is distinguished by excellent decoration. Inside you can see an elegant iconostasis and an icon of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

During Soviet times, the temple was closed, the premises were converted into a gym. Currently, the cathedral has been returned to believers, and restoration is underway.

The Church of the Holy Intercession in Chaplynka was built in 1844.

A parochial school operated at the church.

Today it is an active Orthodox church.