Attractions of Kharkiv region

The Museum of Archeology of the Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University dates back to 1807, when an antiquity cabinet was established at the university.

In the same year he received artifacts from the excavations of Olbia. They formed the basis of the exposition of the Museum of Fine Arts and Antiquities, established at the university in 1837. At the beginning of the XX century the Archaeological Museum became an independent scientific institution.

The modern exposition is located in the Exhibition Hall in the Main Building of the University. Here are some of the largest in Ukraine collections of objects of the Bronze Age, Scythian era, ancient times, Chernyakhiv and Saltivka cultures.

The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Malyzhyne in 1823 by the local landowner Kostyantyn Pavlov.

In 1833, a stone belfry was erected.

The ancient icon of the Mother of God "Recovery of the Dead", transferred from the former wooden temple, was kept here.

Currently, the Church of the Assumption is in a dilapidated state.

The Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in Kharkiv in 1887-1892 according to the project of Kharkiv city engineer Boleslav Mykhaylovskyi.

The basilica-type church has a tall Gothic belfry with a spire and a round rosette window on the second tier. The organ, made in Bavaria, was installed in 1901. An almshouse, a shelter for orphans, a parish school, and a cemetery chapel were located at the temple.

In 1940, the church was closed by decision of the city authorities. The first post-war Mass was celebrated on the steps of the church only in 1991. By 2000, the restoration and restoration of the interiors was completed. Currently, the cathedral is active.

The Museum of Astronomy of the Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University was opened in 2008. The museum is named after Mykola Barabashov, the founder of Kharkiv astronomy and the former rector of the university, who, while still a student, set up an observatory on the roof of one of the city's buildings. In 2020, on the occasion of the 215th anniversary of the university, the opening of the renovated and reconstructed museum took place.

The museum houses a collection of unique astronomical and geodetic instruments from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. This provides an opportunity to explore the formation and development of astronomy in Kharkiv, Ukraine and the world.

The peculiarity of the exhibition is that it is created in the premises of the Repsold meridian circle pavilion - the largest instrument in the collection - and has an underground floor. Thus, visitors can familiarize themselves with the peculiarities of the process of astronomical observations and the design of the telescope, check the time on a sundial, view a collection of ancient telescopes and a collection of meteorites - one of the largest in Eastern Europe.

AVEC Gallery is one of the main exhibition venues in Kharkiv.

It was opened in 2000 in the Platinum Plaza office and shopping center with the assistance of the AVEC charity fund of the great Kharkiv businessman Oleksandr Feldman.

The best masters of Kharkov have repeatedly exhibited their works in the AVEC gallery. A special place is occupied by the "Dialogue of Cultures" project, which included the following exhibitions: "Images of the Disappeared World", "Foundation of Eternity", "Ethnic Diversity of Ukraine", the exhibition of Nikas Safronov's works "Childhood Memories. With Love for Ukraine" and others.

In the courtyard, there is a light and music fountain in the summer. The sculptural compositions "Orchestra", "Family at Work" and "Enthusiastic Photographer" (2008) by the famous Israeli sculptor Frank Meisler, as well as "Globe of Kharkiv" ("Planet Kharkiv"; 2011) by the artist Mykola Rosenfeld are also installed here.

Free entrance.

The Aviation Museum of the Kharkiv State Aviation Production Enterprise "Kharkiv Aviation Plant" was established in 1966.

The museum's exposition includes over five thousand exhibits, reflecting the more than 90-year history of aircraft construction from the moment the aircraft plant was established in Kharkiv to the present day, during which over four thousand aircraft have taken to the sky from the factory's airfield. The museum's exhibits are located in the exhibition hall and on the open-air exhibition area.

The basis of the exposition is 24 specially made exact copies of all the main aircraft that were produced at the plant at different times. These are aircraft developed by many prominent aircraft designers.

The exposition opens with models of the first Kharkiv aircraft of the "K" brand - the Kalinin`s K-2, K-3, K-4, which became the prototype of all supersonic aircraft of the future. Among the exhibits are also copies of the Neman Khai-1, the Sukhoi Su-2 bomber, the Yak-18 and MiG-15UTI training aircraft. Aircraft designed by Andriy Tupolyev, which were manufactured at the Kharkiv Aviation Plant (Tu-104, Tu-124, Tu-134 and the Tu-141 drone) are also presented in the form of reduced models in the exhibition hall of the Aviation Museum. The museum presents copies of aircraft designed by Oleh Antonov of the "An" brand, which were manufactured at the Kharkiv Aviation Plant over the past four decades - An-72, An-74, An-74TK-200, An-74TK-300, An-140, An-148.

The open-air exhibition area presents real Tu-104A, Tu-124, Tu-134A-3.

Among the unusual exhibits of the museum is the snowmobile "Kharkivyanka-2", on which the South Pole of the Earth was explored. Among the valuable exhibits, a real helmet and a suit-overalls of the first test pilot of the aviation plant, Mikhaylo Snyehirov, have been preserved. Photographs, documents, and personal belongings introduce visitors to the biographies of the creators of aviation technology - from general designers to labor veterans who worked in the workshops of the enterprise all their lives.

The museum also has exhibits that are completely unexpected for an aviation enterprise. One of the stands presents an "artificial heart" installation created in 1965 by specialists of the Kharkiv Aviation Plant.

Russian-Ukrainian War

During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Aviation Museum suffered significant damage from Russian missile attacks and airstrikes, as did most of the buildings on the territory of the aircraft company. Risking their lives, museum and factory employees moved the surviving and damaged exhibits to a safer place. The Kharkiv Aviation Plant is confident that after Ukraine's just Victory in the Russian-Ukrainian War, the Aviation Museum will be restored and visitors will come here again.

The open-air aviation museum was created by enthusiastic aviators from the Kharkiv Aeroclub named after Valentyna Hryzodubova.

At the museum site of the "Korotych" airfield, you can familiarize yourself with the history and models of An-2, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27, Su-17 and Su-27 aircraft, as well as Mi-1 and Mi-2 helicopters. The equipment belongs to the Air Force University.

In addition, the Kharkiv Aeroclub conducts introductory and training jumps with a parachute (with a landing parachute and in the parachute system - "tandem"), flights on airplanes and helicopters.

Competitions (regional, all-Ukrainian and other) in parachute, helicopter and model aircraft sports are also held.

The Babai History and Local Lore Museum is located in the Palace of Culture and Arts of the village of Babai. The exposition in six halls tells about the history and culture of the Slobozhanshchyna region.

In particular, in the hall of ethnography, tools of the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, ancient household items, and samples of traditional Slobozhanshchyna Ukraine clothing are presented.

The history hall of the village of Babai, from its origin to the present, contains information about the Shcherbinin princes, the Archangel Michael Church, as well as about the stay of the Ukrainian philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda in the village.

In other halls, materials about prominent residents of Babai, collections of porcelain, clocks and bowed instruments, paintings by local artists, etc. are presented.

The Balakliia Local Lore Museum is located in the oldest building in the city of Balakliia, which was built in 1818 for the headquarters of the Serpukhov Regiment in the style of classicism.

The museum opened in 1979. The basis of his exhibition was a collection of memorial items of the famous opera singer of the 30s and 40s of the 20th century, Oksana Petrusenko, a native of the city of Balakliia. Currently, the museum's collections include about 13,000 items that characterize different periods of the life of the Balakli region.

Before the full-scale Russian invasion of 2022, the museum featured three permanent exhibitions: an ethnographic department with a collection of household items of the 17th-20th centuries; exposition on the history of Balakliia region during the Second World War; exhibition "Oksana Petrusenko - an outstanding Ukrainian singer", where portraits and sculptures of the singer, personal belongings, photographs are presented.

During the Russian occupation of Balakliia in 2022, the museum building was damaged, the occupiers partially looted and damaged the exposition. Now the Balakliia Museum of Local Lore is in need of restoration.

The Barvinkove Local Lore Museum was established in 1936 thanks to the efforts of a group of local enthusiasts led by ethnographer, artist and collector of antiquities Ivan Plys.

Before World War II, the museum operated on a non-profit basis and had a rich collection of antiquities - antique furniture, jewelry, decorative and applied art, and works of fine art. With the beginning of World War II, the museum ceased its activities, most of the collection was lost. It resumed its work in 1946 in the premises of the city cinema. In 1950, the museum was closed again. In 1960, thanks to the petitions of Ivan Dyachenko, the museum was reopened and located in an emergency room. A year and a half later, it was closed again. After both the first and second closures of the museum, the most valuable exhibits were taken to other museums.

In 1974, the museum resumed its work as an art museum. It exhibited works by Ivan Plys and other authors. In 1977, the museum received the title of "People's Museum".

In 1990, the museum was reorganized into a local history museum and was located in a building from the early 20th century, where it is located to this day. In 2003, the art department of the Barvinkove Local Lore Museum was opened in the neighboring building. The museum has over 9 thousand items of storage, including works of art: paintings - over 300, sculptures - 16, objects of decorative and applied art - over 100.

The historical and local history department of the museum has 6 exhibition halls: natural history and archeology, four halls dedicated to the historical periods of the development of the city and the district, the sixth hall is intended for temporary exhibitions.

The Art Department has 4 exhibition halls, two of which are thematic: one is dedicated to the works of Ivan Plys, the second to the life and work of the People's Artist of Ukraine, sculptor Ivan Makohon.

The ruins of the former estate of the Bekaryukovs are located on the top of the hill above the village of Vasylivka.

In the center of the manor is a low house with a portico, and in front of it - outbuildings decorated with pillars and even columns stretched forward on both sides.

A garden with linden avenues has been preserved to this day.

The Bohodukhiv branch of the Kharkiv Fire and Technical Exhibition was founded in 1993.

The exposition is presented in three thematic halls. The first hall presents the history of fire protection and state fire supervision, automation of technological processes, treatment of materials and structures with fire-retardant mixtures, regulatory, technical and scientific work, and propaganda.

The second hall displays samples of fire-technical equipment, automatic fire alarm systems, as well as illustrated samples of fire equipment.

The third hall is devoted to the causes of fires and methods of extinguishing fires at various facilities.

The Young Bohodukhiv Museum of Local Lore is housed in a 1970s building.

The fixed fund has 3374 units of storage.

The exhibits are located in 5 halls: natural history, archeology, everyday life, World War II, modern Bohodukhiv region.

Byelovska fortress (Bielovska) in present-day Berestyn is the central fortification of the Ukrainian defense line.

A chain of fortifications between the Dnipro and Siverskyi Donets to protect the southern borders of the Russian Empire from the attacks of the Crimean Tatars was created in 1731-1733. The line played the role of a dividing line between the free lands of Zaporizhzhia Sich and Hetman Ukraine under the control of the Russian tsars. The author of the project of 16 fortresses of the Ukrainian Defense Line was General Weissbach.

The Byelovska fortress on the banks of the Berestova River was named after the garrison stationed in it - the Byelovsky infantry regiment. There was also the administration of the fortresses, which soon turned into the administrative center of the entire district.

Two northern bastions, a rampart and a moat are partially preserved. A memorial sign has been installed on the northwestern bastion.

The Kharkiv suspended Cableway is laid from the Central Park of Culture and Recreation (Sumska Street) to the Botanical Garden (Otakara Yarosha Street).

Along the way, two-seater cabins pass over Sarzhyn Yar, from where a view of Pavlove Pole - one of the old districts of Kharkiv - opens up. The building of the Pavlove Pole boarding station, designed by architect Ihor Popov, is decorated with a mosaic panel by Viktor Savenkov.

The total length of the Cableway is 1385 meters, the height is up to 26 meters. Travel time one way - 18 minutes.