Attractions of Kherson region

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.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Greek-Sophia Church was repeatedly damaged. On the night of April 11, 2023, Russian shelling damaged the walls and roof and broke windows. On the night of December 14, 2023, another shelling damaged the altar and ceiling of the Greek-Sophia Church and again broke windows.

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 Holy Assumption Cathedral has been returned to believers, and restoration is underway.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Holy Assumption Cathedral was repeatedly damaged. On the night of December 14, 2023, the cathedral was damaged by Russian shelling - the main dome was damaged by a direct hit from a shell. On February 4, 2024, another shelling damaged the facade, windows, and entrance door.

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.

The ancient Cossack Holy Introduction Church in Beryslav is the only wooden church in the Kherson region, an architectural monument of the 18th century.

It was built of oak in 1725 in the Zaporizhzhian Perevalochna fortress (now the village of Svitlohirske near the confluence of the Vorskla River with the Dnipro), and was originally called Holy Resurrection Church. In 1784, the temple was transported by rafts down the Dnipro River to Beryslav.

During the Soviet rule, the Holy Introduction Church was closed for a short period from 1939 to 1941. The Gospel of 1695 is kept here.

The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in the style of classicism was built in Kherson over 30 years, from 1804 to 1836.

The temple has two side altars - in honor of Archangel Michael and in memory of the Holy Martyrs of Chersonese.

Here is a list of the miraculous Kasperivska icon of the Mother of God, which protected the inhabitants of Tavria province during the Crimean War.

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Holy Spirit Cathedral was repeatedly damaged. On September 10, 2023, the facade, entrance, and utility rooms were damaged as a result of Russian shelling. On the night of October 2, 2023, another shell hit the diocesan administration building. In addition, the facade of the Holy Spirit Cathedral, the sacristy, and windows were again broken.

The thermal source of therapeutic mineral water is located at the exit from Shchaslyvtseve in the direction of Strilkove, next to the Pillbox (DOT) "Dnipro", on the territory of the unfinished Inter Medical Eco City complex.

Water with a temperature of up to 70 degrees gushes out of the well, then successively flows through three shallow pools, gradually cooling down.

Water is indicated for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, central nervous system, musculoskeletal system, chronic inflammatory diseases of women, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, endocrine and metabolic disorders, as well as skin diseases. Taking mineral baths also helps to heal wounds.

There are no medical personnel and official procedures, but people are attracted by the possibility of free self-treatment.

Kakhovka Historical Museum is a branch of the Kherson Regional Local Lore Museum.

Opened in 1957. Located in a spacious room in the center of Kakhovka. There are more than 7,000 exhibits in the funds.

The museum's expositions tell about the main stages of the history of the city and the region, about the events of the Soviet-Ukrainian and World War II, about the creation of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and the Kakhovka irrigation system, etc.

The most interesting are materials about the Cossack campaigns on Islam-Kermen and the storming of Kizi-Kermen, samples of weapons of Zaporozhian Cossacks and Russian soldiers (flintlock rifles, pistols, sabers, daggers), trophy sabers, guns, nuclei of XVI-XVII centuries, photocopy Borys Sheremetyev to Emperor Peter I about the storming of the fortress and so on.

During the Russian occupation of Kakhovka in 2022, the Russian invaders looted the Kakhovka Historical Museum.

The local lore museum of the village of Kalanchak was founded in 1978. It is located in a separate adapted building in the center of the village next to the central park.

The museum funds include almost four thousand exhibits that tell the history of the region from ancient times to the present. The exposition contains a lot of ethnographic material - embroidered shirts, towels, household items, ancient icons, a spinning wheel, embroidered paintings, etc. There is an equipped photo zone in the style of a Ukrainian hut.

Тational importance мonument of history Kamianska Sich is the remains of one of the most preserved of several Zaporizhzhia Sichs that existed in Ukraine from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Sich was a defensive fortress that served as the administrative and military center of the Zaporizhzhia Cossacks.

Kamyanska Sich was founded by the Cossacks near the confluence of the Kamyanka River with the Dnipro in 1709, after the destruction of Chortomlytska Sich by the tsarist troops. In 1711, it was also destroyed by order of Tsar Peter I, and the Cossacks were forced to retreat down the Dnipro to the possession of the Crimean Khanate.

In 1728, Kamyanska Sich was revived and lasted until 1734, after which the Zaporozhzhians moved to the Pidpilna River, where they founded Nova Sich. Later, a landlord economy was located on the site of the Cossack fortress, but some fragments of the fortress buildings of the 18th century have also been preserved. They are currently being studied by historians and archaeologists.

The grave of Kost Hordiyenko, the chieftain of Kosh, with a stone cross, has been preserved, and a monument to the chieftain has been erected.

Since 2009, the Kamianska Sich historical and cultural monument has been under the protection of the Khortytsia National Reserve, a branch of the reserve operates here. A symbolic entry gate to the sich was installed and a lapidarium was set up, where stone monuments (grain graters, harmonicas, etc.) are collected. You can also see the grotto and the remains of the former estate of the landowner Agarkov. Ukrainian Cossacks and patriotic circles of the Kherson region celebrate public holidays and hold solemn events on the territory of the monument.

Kamyanska Sich National Nature Park was created in 2019 on an area of about 12,000 hectares on the basis of 2 large streams - Kamyanska and Mylivska. It also included the terrace of the Dnipro River between the villages of Chervony Mayak and Kachkarivka, the areas of the plakor adjacent to the beams and terraces, the water area of the Kakhovka Reservoir and the beams flooded by it below.

The territory and objects of the reserve were damaged as a result of the Russian bombing at the beginning of February 2024.

The complex of buildings and the remains of defense structures of the Kherson Fortress, which founded the city of Kherson, are located on the territory and in the vicinity of the Kherson Fortress Park.

The fortress at the mouth of the Dnipro was founded by Prince Hrihory Potemkin in 1778, along with the earlier fortification Oleksandr-Shants (1737). The construction was carried out by the troops of the local garrison under the leadership of General Ivan Hannibal.

On the territory of the Kherson Fortress Park on Perekopska Street, the arched Ochakivsky (western) and Moskovsky (northern) gates of the end of the 18th century, a powder cellar (converted into a restaurant), fragments of shafts and ravelins have been preserved.

On the opposite side of Perekopska Street is the Arsenal with a monumental colonnade, built in 1784 - one of the earliest buildings of the Kherson Fortress (now the city prison).

The rugged terrain on the slope of the Dnipro-Buh estuary on the eastern outskirts of the village of Stanislav is called the "Kherson mountains". It is an exposure of rocks of the Quaternary (anthropogenic) system.

A ravine 25 meters deep and 50 meters wide stretches about 600 meters to the seashore. The slopes are almost vertical. The shore of the estuary rises to a height of 55 meters in ledges.

Since 2002, this territory with an area of ​​659 hectares has been included in the "Stanislavsky" Landscape Reserve of national importance.