Attractions of Dnipro

The main center of literary life of Dnipropetrovsk region is the Literary Prydniprovya Museum, the department of the Dnipropetrovsk National Historical Museum after Dmytro Yavornytsky.

It was opened in 1983 in the historic "Inzov House", built in the early XIX century to house the Office of Guardianship of Novorossiysk foreign settlers. For some time it was headed by Lieutenant General Ivan Inzov, who in 1820 was repeatedly visited by the Russian poet Oleksandr Pushkin. The house is also associated with the activities of the literary and artistic society Mykola Hohol, many other cultural and public figures.

The museum's collections include manuscripts of works of art, books, documents, photographs, and personal belongings of prominent writers, folklorists, and theater figures of the 18th and 20th centuries that were related to the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Part of the exhibition is located on the ground floor of the house. The second floor of the "Inzov House", where the renovation has not been completed, has become a museum laboratory. Every year about 30 art exhibitions and up to 70 scientific and educational events are held here.

The public information and exhibition center Mediaprostir in Dnipro operates on the basis of the former Center for Innovative Technologies "Rocket Park", located in the park next to the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council.

The museum-exhibition complex with life-size models of three rockets produced by the "Pivdenmash" plant was created in 2013. One of the first Soviet ballistic missiles 8K11 (R-11), the first missile with a mobile launch developed by KB "Pivdenne" 8K99 (RT-20P) and the three-stage launch vehicle "Zyklon-3" are presented at the exhibition site.

This is one of the main locations of the "Dnipro Space" tourist route. The exhibition hall of the complex is currently used as a venue for public events and presentations.

The museum center of Olena Blavatska and her family in Dnipro is being created in a landmark building on the territory of the old Fadyeyevy family estate in Katerynoslav, built at the beginning of the 19th century.

In 1816-1834, the estate belonged to Andriy Fadyeyev, Blavatsky's grandfather, and she herself was born here in 1831.

Having traveled all over the world and researched ancient Eastern teachings in India and Tibet, Olena Blavatska became famous throughout the world as an outstanding theosophist, religious scholar, writer, creator of the International Theosophical Society. Her works were not influenced by the worldview of Mykola Roerich, Vasyl Kandinsky, Tomas Edison, Mahatma Gandhi.

The Blavatska Museum in Dnipro has been established since 2004. Pilot expositions are developed, a scientific library works, and club meetings are held.

A memorial plaque dedicated to Olena Blavatska has been installed on the building.

National Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Taras Shevchenko was founded in Dnipro (at that time Sicheslav) in 1918 by the government of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky as the first professional theater of Ukraine.

The building was added as a theater and concert hall to the former English club (architect Fedir Bulatsel). Reconstructed in 1978-1979. Cartouches with the numbers "1838" and "1913" have been preserved - the dates of the club's foundation and its 75th anniversary. The facade is decorated with a sculptural triptych reflecting the stages of the theater's creative journey. The rounded corner is crowned with the figure of a muse.

Park named after Lazar Hloba is the central park of the Dnipro.

It was founded in the 18th century by the Zaporozhzhian Cossack Lazar Hloba on the territory of his manor. Until 1858, the park was called the Katerynoslav State Garden, and from the 1920s, the city authorities divided it into the City Garden and the Technical Garden. During the Soviet rule, the park was named Chkalov.

There is a children's railway, city attractions, a karting center and a summer concert venue. In the middle of the park there is a large lake with beautiful swans.

A monument to Lazar Hloba was erected on his grave.

The Roman Catholic Church of Saint Joseph was founded in Katerynoslav (Dnipro) in 1872 at the expense of the numerous Polish community of the city, a significant part of which was immigrants deported here by the tsarist government after the January Uprising of 1863.

Construction was completed in 1877. The temple in the Neo-Gothic style was painted with frescoes, some of which have survived to our time, in particular. inscriptions on the walls made in Polish.

In 2009, the dilapidated church was returned to the Catholic community of the city of Dnipro, and reconstruction was carried out. Currently, the church of Saint Joseph is active.

Saint Nicholas Church is the oldest church in the Dnipro. It is located on the territory of the former city of Novi Kodaky, the center of the Kodak palanka of Zaporizhzhia Sich, which over time became part of the current city of Dnipro.

The stone church in the style of classicism was built instead of the wooden Cossack church that existed since 1650. Cross-shaped, with a strongly elongated western branch and a semicircular apse, with small square extensions.

Paintings from the beginning of the 20th century have been preserved.

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.

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 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 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.

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.