Attractions of Kharkiv region

The Konhresivsky Sugar Plant in Klynova-Novoselivka was built in 1905 by Count Mykola Kleynmikhel, the leader of the nobility of Bohoduhiv County.

The premises of the sugar factory manager's office (1914) have been preserved. In the 1990s, the interiors were destroyed, in particular, the twisted cast-iron staircase leading to the second floor to the manager's office. The building of the dormitory and library of the sugar factory (1916) has also been preserved.

On the opposite bank of the Sugar Pond, in the historical part of Klynova-Novoselivka village, you can see the former house of the factory manager (1 Tsentralna Street), a water pump, and an old park.

The Krasnopavlivka Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1967 on a non-profit basis in the premises of the House of Culture. In 1986, it opened in a new building - the office of the Krasnopavlivka Bakery. In 1991, it received the status of "People's Museum".

The museum's exposition introduces the history of the village's emergence and stages of development. The museum's funds include more than 5 thousand exhibits, including mammoth teeth and tusk found during the construction of the Dnipro-Donbas Canal, icons, church books from the 8th-19th centuries, an embroidered towel from 1868, a children's encyclopedia from 1815, etc. A diorama of the natural landscape of the forest-steppe has been created, and the interior of a peasant hut and courtyard from the late 8th - early 19th centuries has been recreated.

The noble estate of the Kulykovsky family in Rokytne is called the pearl of classicism.

The estate with a palace and a park was established at the end of the 18th century by the Kharkiv colonel Matviy Kulykovsky, after he married the widow of the former owner of the Rokytne Lipetsk centurion Chernyak. The palace was rebuilt in its current form by his son Mykhaylo Kulykovsky, the leader of the Valkiv nobility.

A luxurious two-story manor house with loggias is decorated with a colonnade in the Doric style. A stable, a kennel, an aviary, a greenhouse and a water mill were built on the territory of the manor. A magnificent garden with terraces and ponds was laid out around the palace.

After the death of the owner of the manor, his daughters lost the estate in Rokytne, and in 1880 it passed to the treasury. The wing was dismantled for building materials, but the main house was preserved - later a horticultural school was opened in it. Today it is the Rokytne Professional Agrarian Lyceum.

The Kupyansk branch of the Kharkiv Fire and Technical Exhibition was founded in 1993. The construction part of the complex was put into operation in 1998 by the 175th anniversary of the fire protection of the Kharkiv region.

The exhibition materials are placed in seven thematic halls that tell the history of fire protection and state fire supervision. For the inspection of visitors, full-scale samples of devices, devices, fire detectors, automatic fire extinguishing installations (water, gas, powder), fire-technical equipment, tools, technological automation devices, electric motors, lamps and starting electrical equipment of various protection methods, material evidence, incendiary air bombs, medals, diplomas, postage stamps on fire topics, fire-technical literature, posters and leaflets and other thematic materials are presented.

Kupyansk Museum of Local Lore is located in a building that was part of a complex of buildings destroyed during the Soviet era of the Intercession Cathedral (XIX century).

The museum was opened in 1972. Its funds number more than 1 thousand items. Here are stored historical documents and rare photographs, exhibited archaeological, ethnographic, numismatic collections that fully reflect the history of Kupyansk.

On April 25, 2023, the Russian occupiers launched a rocket attack on the center of Kupyansk and hit the building of the local lore museum with a S-300 missile. Two practitioners of the museum perished after the Russian attacks on the museum in Kupyansk.

Kyrychenko's Well , located near the Holy Ascension Cathedral, is one of the most picturesque corners of Izium.

Many wonderful stories are connected with the bathing chapel, located on the healing spring of the icon of the Pishchanska Mother of God.

Today, Kyrychenko's well is known far beyond the borders of Izium. Many people come to taste its healing water, tired tourists quench their thirst here, travelers stop to rest.

Humpy sands are the only semi-desert in the Kharkiv region (sometimes called the Kharkiv or Kytsivka desert).

Aeolian sand deposits, similar to dunes, arose on the site of a tank training ground near Chuhuiv, which was operated from the 1960s to the 1990s. The sandy hills are covered in places with moss, lichen, grass and shrubs.

A huge sandy area attracts extreme jeepers. Sometimes there are rusty shells.

The building of the Land Bank in Vilshany was built in 1912 (according to other data - in 1903).

Architecture in the Art Nouveau style. Currently, the building houses the village council of Vilshany.

The LandauCenter Educational Center of Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University was created in 2014 on the initiative of the university community and the Association of Alumni, Teachers and Friends of the University as the first exhibition space for interactive science and scientific discoveries in Kharkiv.

The LandauCenter exhibition hall is one large laboratory in which visitors can conduct experiments, work with devices and try themselves as scientists. Here you can try out an air cannon and fly a sailboat, discovering the laws of physics; think about creating sounds, playing the piano, in which you can "see music"; you can see the largest "Tesla transformer" in Eastern Europe, which gives discharges of up to half a million volts, "Jacob's ladder", "Ames room"; you can try on glasses to see the world as it is perceived by people with vision problems, as well as try to overcome obstacles and perform certain tasks in a wheelchair.

"LandauCenter" is a permanent exhibition of unique exhibits created by university scientists, as well as temporary exhibitions dedicated to a specific topic - physics, anatomy, optics, mathematics, etc. It hosts events in interesting botany and zoology, archeology, biomechanics, experimental chemistry and physics, geometry, astronomy, computer science, robotics, and even philology, psychology, ethnography, and local history.

The Liubotyn Museum of Local Lore was founded in the city of Liubotyn in the Kharkiv region in 1993 on the initiative of local historians. The museum is located in the premises of the central city library.

The museum's collections include over 8,000 exhibits, including a large numismatic collection, icons from the late 19th century, antique clothing, household items and tools from the late 19th - early 20th centuries.

Berestyn Museum of Local History named after Porfiry Martynovych is located in a historical building in the city center.

It bears the name of the founder - Ukrainian painter, folklorist, ethnographer Porfiry Martynovych.

Museum funds include 24,000 exhibits. In particular, the exposition tells about the construction of the Ukrainian fortified line and the Byelovska fortress, which started the history of Berestyn.

In the section devoted to the history of the gas industry of Ukraine, a model of a drilling tower, documents and photographs of drill rigs, rock samples are presented.

The Museum of Local Self-Government of the Kharkiv Region was opened in Kharkiv in 2015 on the occasion of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the European Charter of Local Self-Government and the 150th anniversary of the introduction of Zemstvos - the first elected local self-government bodies in the Slobozhanshchyna.

The museum is located in the city center, in the premises of the Derzhprom Building (5th entrance). Is a subdivision of the Kharkiv Historical Museum is named after Mykola Sumtsov.

The museum's exposition tells about the historical past of self-government since its inception, about the spread of the regimental-hundred system, about the formation of zemstvo self-government and the introduction of the position of mayor. Original documents, reproduced clothing of officials of different eras, original weapons are presented.

The Lozova branch of the Kharkiv Fire and Technical Exhibition was founded in 1990. The exposition consists of six halls and one hall for showing films and holding lectures.

Among the exhibits in the "History of Fire Protection" hall are the "Horse and Barrel March" model, the "Burning Bush" icon of the Mother of God, an old fire bell, an "Incendiary Bomb" model, an old copper gun barrel, and a metal fire helmet.

In the "Fire Alarm and Automation" hall, a sprinkler system, a drencher system and their monitoring stands, an ORP-100 fire extinguisher, OPU-2 fire extinguishers, OHVP-10 fire extinguishers, glass stands, "Fire Detectors" models, "Air Duct Protection" model, a "Firefighter" sculpture, mannequins, "Storm" combat clothing, and a "Heat-reflective" suit.

The "Firefighting Equipment and Equipment" hall exhibits KIP-8 with a gas mask, a manual pump with a foam-barrel stroke, a gas cutter, a chipping hammer, a hook, a grapple, tongs, an NSh-600 pump, a SV-100 suction net, a helmet liner, a GS-2000 foam generator, a fire column, a carriage barrel, a holster, a fire belt, a fire axe, a D-75 suction hose, D-60 and D-51 fire hoses, an assault ladder, a stick ladder, a group lantern, an individual lantern, a RSA barrel, a KRB barrel, in glass display cases a turbine-type sprayer, dielectric scissors, seals and boots, a radio station, etc.

The Lozova Museum of Local Lore has been operating since 1967 and is now subordinated to the Lozova City Council.

The archeological exposition presents items from the burial of a nomad and stone women of the XII-XIII centuries. Objects of the Cossack era are acquainted with the history of the region: saber, clay flask, fragments of pipes.

The foundation of the town of Lozova in the XIX century is told in photographs, plans and orders, which show the construction of the railway, household items of the first railwaymen, furniture of different segments of the population.

In 2001, the history hall of the Lozova Forging and Mechanical Plant was opened.

The Lyhivka Rural Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1980 on the initiative of biology teacher Anatoliy Skochko. The museum is located in the premises of the rural House of Culture. Is a branch of the Sakhnovshchyna Historical and Local Lore Museum.

The main exhibition departments of the museum: "Ethnography", "Plant and Animal World of the Region", "World War II", "Post-war Period of the Village". The museum collects natural exhibits, antique household items, tools, documentary materials and photographs.

A separate exhibition is dedicated to the Ukrainian writer and journalist Mykhaylo Chabanivskyi, who was born in Lyhivka. Family photos with his wife Lidiya and daughters, as well as the writer's typewriter, are presented.