Attractions of Mykolaiv region

Aquapark "Attika" in the resort village of Chornomorka near Ochakiv is designed in the Greek style.

Landscape design and architecture are inspired by the myths of Ancient Greece. Leave a note in the "Amphora of Desires", throw a coin in the "Fountain of Prosperity", retire to the "Lovers' Bench".

6 water slides for adults ("Bodyslide", "Aquatube" tunnel, "Multislide", "Kamikaze", "Freefall" tunnel, "Space Hole"), 4 children's slides, 5 pools with different depths, sunbeds and awnings, cozy gazebos with soft pillows, a chain of restaurants with a diverse menu of Greek cuisine, a water bar, billiards, a children's play area with animation.

Aquapark "Attika" can accommodate up to 700 people at the same time.

A modern outdoor water park in the center of the Kobleve resort on an area of 4 hectares. Positioned as the largest water park in southwestern Ukraine.

Main pool area of 4000 square meters with hydromassage, swimming pools and children's pool. 10 slides for adults: "Family rafting", "Kamikaze", "Multi-slide", "Flying boat", "Serpentine", "Black hole", "Kosychka", "Wide slide", "Space gap". There are also 9 children's slides.

There is a fast food cafe and a children's cafe on the territory.

The water park is equipped with a modern water purification system, which comes from its own artesian well.

Aquapark Vodoliy is one of the first water parks in the country, opened in Mykolaiv in 1997 on the basis of a water sports complex.

In the hall with stands there is a sports bath measuring 50 by 21 meters, designed for swimming competitions on eight lanes. The 5.5-meter-deep jumping pool is equipped with springboards and towers up to 10 meters high. The 16.5-by-8.5-meter attraction bath has a 26-meter-long speed slide, fountains, water flow, waterfalls, hydromassage. For the youngest visitors, there is a children's bath with fountains and a water umbrella (water temperature +32°С).

There is a cafe-bar, a sauna, a gym. Individual swimming lessons are held.

The Yevhen Kibryk Art Museum presents a large collection of works by this graphic artist, who was born in Voznesensk in 1906.

The outstanding illustrator left a significant contribution to the history of this genre, his museum is considered one of the five museums of graphics in the world.

The Kybrik museum exhibits paintings and reproductions of the artist's works, in particular, illustrations to the works of Mykola Hohol.

The art museum is located in a modern building in the very center of Voznesensk.

The municipal cultural institution "Bashtanka Local Lore Museum" was established in 1959 in memory of the events of the peasant anti-Denikin uprising in the village of Poltavka (now Bashtanka) in September-November 1919.

The museum's collection includes over 6 thousand items of the main fund and 2 thousand items of the auxiliary fund.

The museum's exposition is spread over 8 halls. One of the eight halls is an exhibition hall, where thematic exhibitions from museum collections, exhibitions of folk craftsmen, artistic creative groups, etc. are held.

A separate exhibition hall of the museum is dedicated to the monumental artist Hryhoriy Dovzhenko (1899-1980), a native of Bashtanka - sketches of his works, paintings, drawings, personal belongings are presented.

The Bashtanka Local Lore Museum includes its branch - the "Museum of History and Fine Arts of the Village of Khrystoforivka" in the former estates of the Arkas family.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

In the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion, employees of the Bashtanka Museum of Local Lore faced the problem of preserving the cultural values, the main collection, documentation and property of the institution. They continued to remove exhibits from the museum and bury them until the last moment, until a Russian military column entered Bashtanka on March 1, 2022. For a long time, Bashtanka was repeatedly subjected to air raids and artillery shelling. The blast wave from the rocket attack damaged the roof of the museum. After almost two months of hiding exhibits, at the end of April 2022, the museum managed to remove five thousand exhibits, which is almost half of the museum collection. The exhibits were sent to storage outside the Mykolaiv region. The most valuable are the works of art and the archive of artist Hryhoriy Dovzhenko, ethnographic materials (a collection of towels and clothing from the late 19th and early 20th centuries), collections of photographs and documents, etc.

The municipal institution "Berezanka People's Historical Museum" of the Berezanka Village Council was established in 1989 as a local history museum. At the time of its opening, it had about 400 exhibits.

The museum's exposition is presented in three halls. Today, the funds have 1260 exhibits.

The municipal institution "Bratske Historical and Local Lore Museum named after Mykhaylo Radkevych" was established in 1971 on a non-profit basis. It is located in the center of the village of Bratske in a separate two-story building.

The museum's exposition is located in six halls with a total area of ​​177 square meters. The museum's funds exceed 4 thousand exhibits, which are presented for viewing on the following topics: "The Land in the Distant Past", "Outstanding People of the Bratske Region", "Holodomor in Ukraine", "World War II", "The Tragedy and Valor of Afghanistan", "Modernity", which reveal the history of the village and the region from ancient times to the present day.

The museum is named after Mykhaylo Radkevych, who in the summer of 1971 headed a permanent local history folklore and ethnographic expedition, which initiated the creation of the museum and on whose initiative in 1988 the museum was provided with a separate premises.

The monument to Brigadier Ivan Horych is the most unusual in Ochakiv. An eagle with spread wings sits on top of a pyramid of 30 cannonballs.

During the assault on Ochakiv by Russian troops and Black Sea Cossacks, Horych commanded the 6th column, which was tasked with directly attacking the fortress. At the head of the column, the brigadier was one of the first to climb the fortress wall and heroically died in battle.

The monument to Horych was installed in the square at the intersection of Oleha Medynskoho and Lotsmanska Streets. Authors: sculptor Yuriy Makushyn and architect Oleksiy Rudenko.

The Domanivka Historical Museum is located in the center of the village of Domanivka in the premises of the House of Culture.

The museum was founded in 1976. The museum's funds include over 1,000 exhibits.

Excursions are held on topics ranging from "The Ancient History of the Region. The First Settlements of People" to "The Formation of the Domanivka Community."

The “Rainbow” Cultural and Exhibition Center was opened in Voznesensk in 2002 in an old mansion, which is an architectural monument.

In five halls decorated with exquisite moldings, reproductions of paintings by great masters of world painting are exhibited: Mykola Rerikh, Yan Vermeyer Delftsky, Albrekht Dyurer, Ivan Shyshkin, Ivan Ayvazovsky , etc. The gallery's exposition is constantly updated. All reproductions are made on the equipment of the German company “Heidelberg”.

The art salon of the “Rainbow” Exhibition Center offers to purchase reproductions that you like and posters of various sizes.

Traces of an ancient border post of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks have been preserved on a hill above the Pivdeny Buh near Ivanivka near Pivdennoukrainsk.

On Richchi Zannoni 's map of 1767, this place is marked as the border fortress "Wanderer". Now there are only a few dozen stones in its place, as well as an ancient stone road leading to the Pivdeny Buh. Very nice places.

George Redoubt at the entrance to the former village of Mala Korenykha (now Mykolaiv District) is part of the fortification system created during the Crimean War of 1853-1856 by the project of the famous engineer Eduard Totleben.

The redoubt covered the approaches to the Kostyantynivska Battery. Many guns, a powder cellar, barracks and everything necessary for people's daily life were placed inside. Significant earthen ramparts have been preserved.

The Museum of History and Fine Arts of the Village of Khrystoforivka was founded in 1986 and opened its doors to visitors in 1990.

Today, the museum has five exhibition halls: "Peasant Life", "Arkas Svitlytsya", "Hall of the Present", "Sports Room" and "Room of Military Glory". In addition, the museum has five exhibition halls.

The exposition of the "Arkas Svitlytsya" is dedicated to the family of the Ukrainian composer, writer, historian and cultural figure Mykola Arkas, with whom the history of Khrystoforivka is closely connected. It presents personal belongings of the Arkas family, books, family photos, towels, posters for the production of "Kateryna", opera records, household items, dishes, furniture from the Arkas estate.

The Khrystoforivka Village Museum of History and Fine Arts is a branch of the Bashtanka Local Lore Museum.

RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR

At the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the village of Khrystoforivka was under Russian occupation for two weeks. The two-story museum building suffered significant damage during the fighting. However, museum staff managed to hide and later remove the exhibits for storage.

The Museum of the History of the Mykolaiv Sea Commercial Port was established in 1976.

The exposition chronologically introduces the development of port construction from the beginning of the founding of the city of Mykolaiv and the appearance of the first piers to modern port structures located on the banks of the Buh-Dnipro Estuary, including the Ochakiv Port, transshipment facilities, and volumes of goods turnover.

The museum's stock books currently record 2,992 exhibits, of which 2017 are original.

The museum's current collection includes: an old map of Mykolaiv from the 19th century, paintings by famous artists, models of port cranes, various port equipment, original photographs, postcards, and books dedicated to the port. The museum's exposition is decorated with 10 models of ships that are connected with the history of the port or named after famous leaders of the Mykolaiv Commercial Port.

A memorial to the residents of the Mykolaiv region who became victims of the Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932-1933 was erected in Mykolaiv in 1993 for the 60th anniversary of the Holodomor. Reconstructed in 2003.

The height of the monument is 15 meters. The main structure and the cross are made of metal, the crown of thorns is made of aluminum, the bells are made of bronze.

The monument is located at the intersection of highway Khersonske and Kruhova Streets.