Attractions of Melitopol

Melitopol City Museum of Local Lore is located in the old three-story house of a merchant of the 2nd Guild of Chernikov.

Currently, the museum has 48,000 items. A unique collection of Scythian gold (IV century BC) from the excavations of the Melitopol mound is presented.

The pride of the numismatic collection is the treasure of silver coins of 1895-1925 release.

Of the exhibits of the art gallery, the graphic and painting works of the world-famous artist Oleksandr Tyshler are of great value.

During the large-scale Russian invasion in 2022, the Melitopol City Museum of Local Lore was under occupation. According to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, the occupiers stole 1,841 pieces of museum objects, including historical weapons, jewelry from the Melitopol Scythian mound (Scythian gold), ancient coins, orders and medals of the Soviet era.

Museum of History of Tavriya State Agrotechnological University named Dmytro Motorny in Melitopol was opened in 1982 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the school.

The exposition tells about the history of the university, the creation of various faculties, famous teachers and graduates.

A separate place is reserved for gifts presented to the school for different years during the celebrations.

The Cathedral of the Holy Prince Oleksandr Nevsky of Melitopol was built in 1815-1831.

Since the city of Melitopol was then called Novooleksandrivka, they decided to name the church in honor of Grand Duke Oleksandr Nevsky.

At first, the church was wooden, then it was rebuilt in stone.

Today, the Oleksandr Nevsky Cathedral is active.

The Melitopol Men's Monastery of Saint Sava the Sanctified is one of the newly created monasteries of Ukraine. The decision to create it was made in 1994.

The Melitopol Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist actually became the courtyard of the monastery, and the governor's permanent stay there moved the monastery from the village of Terpinnia there as well. In May 1995, the construction of the first one-story building began. In 2005, the construction of the new temple was completed. The central side altar was consecrated in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Ghosts of Humility", the northern one in honor of the Beheading of John the Baptist, and the southern one in honor of the heavenly patron of the monastery, Saint Sava the Consecrated.

It belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate. In September 2022, during the Russian occupation of Melitopol during the Russian-Ukrainian war, the monks of the monastery of Saint Sava the Consecrated openly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine and gave their monastery to the Russian occupiers to organize a pseudo-referendum. The Security Service of Ukraine collected evidence of the monastery abbot's collaborative activities, and in December 2022 personal sanctions for a period of 5 years were introduced against the head of the monastery Oleksandr Prokopenko and six other figures of the Russian Orthodox Church.