Attractions of Kharkiv district

The Museum of History and Railway Equipment of the Kharkiv Railway (former Southern) was founded in 1967, completely reconstructed in 2014 for the 140th anniversary of the Kharkiv Railway.

It is located in a reconstructed warehouse building of the 1950s. Three main expositions are presented: "Green Hall" (the pre-revolutionary period of the construction and establishment of the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov road), "Red Hall" (the Soviet period of the development of the Southern Railway (now Kharkiv Railway)) and "Blue Hall" (the history of development during the independent of Ukraine).

The museum has collected many ancient and rare exhibits, unique documents and photographs, models of rolling stock.

The layout of the route of the high-speed "Capital Express Kharkiv - Kyiv" is presented, which accurately reproduces not only the train itself, but also the railway section with copies of the buildings of the stations of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava-Kyivska and Myrhorod. The model features an automatic centralization system with traffic lights, turn signals and a level crossing, and the train departs and makes stops to music and announcers.

Old steam locomotives and other retro equipment are presented on the outdoor area.

The Museum of History of the Vasyl Karazin Kharkiv National University is one of the first university museums in Ukraine.

Founded in 1972. Located on the second floor of the main building of KhNU. The museum has about 19,000 exhibits.

The exposition consists of four sections, covering the entire bicentennial of Kharkiv University from its founding in 1804 to activities in the conditions of independent Ukraine. In particular, materials related to the life and work of the founder of Kharkiv University Vasyl Karazin, the first professors and students are presented.

Special attention is drawn to the unique exhibits - the diploma of music teacher Ivan Vitkovsky, who was a student of Joseph Haydn, with the first seal of the university, as well as invitations to university holidays in the early nineteenth century.

The Museum of the History of Ambulance is located in the building of the Ambulance Station, built in 1914 in the Ukrainian Art Nouveau style. Mykola Molokhov was appointed as the senior doctor even before the station was established. He organized the work of the station, equipped it and was its permanent manager until his death. In the hall of the central dispatch room, Molokhov created a museum, which housed ten glass cabinets with anatomical specimens, weapons (knives, bullets), and poisons used by suicides. After the death of Mykola Molokhov in 1956, all the exhibits of the museum disappeared.

In 2000, at the initiative of the medical service workers, the Museum of the History of Ambulance was recreated in the premises of the Kharkiv Ambulance and Emergency Medical Service Department, where the dispatch service is located. In 2004, on the eve of the anniversary of the establishment of the ambulance service in Kharkiv, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the building in honor of Mykola Molokhov, the man whose efforts led to the establishment of this service a century ago.

The Hnat Khotkevych Museum was opened in Vysokyi in 1995 in the house where the famous writer, historian and art critic spent the last 9 years of his life. This estate was one of the informal cultural centers of the Slobozhanshchyna region. After Khotkevych was arrested by the NKVD and executed in 1938, the house was confiscated by the Soviet authorities.

The creation of the museum was initiated by the artist's daughter and wife - Halyna and Platonida Khotkevych, who in 1988 came to Kharkiv after many years of emigration. They managed to buy several rooms of the house from the new owners and open a memorial room-museum of Hnat Khotkevych on an area of ​​50 square meters. At the same time, the entire territory of the Khotkevych estate was included in the state register of historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine. Since 2005, the room-museum of Hnat Khotkevych has been a branch of the Kharkiv Literary Museum.

The museum's exposition recreates the image of the writer, historian, and art critic. It presents rare documents, manuscripts, letters, photographs, books, concert posters, musical instruments, sheet music, lifetime editions of Khotkevych's books, and translations of works by European authors into Ukrainian. The permanent exhibition "Hnat Khotkevych - Artist" presents a cycle of his paintings created in 1908-1909 in the Hutsul region.

It is planned to reconstruct the Khotkevych estate to restore it to its original appearance.

A grandiose architectural ensemble in the neo-Byzantine style with a 75-meter bell tower rises above the Lopan River.

The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos was built in 1901 on the site of the old Annunciation Church, the history of which dates back to 1655. At that time, a wooden church was built in the village of Zalopany on the outskirts of Kharkiv, which was later replaced by a stone one, but it soon ceased to accommodate parishioners.

In 1888, the construction of a new cathedral began nearby, the funds for which were collected by the local nobility, merchants and ordinary parishioners. Mykhaylo Lovtsov, a professor of architecture, was chosen as the architect. The five-headed temple with a high bell tower is distinguished by a special "striped" masonry and a wealth of decor. The iconostasis of the work of the Moscow master Vasyl Orlov was made of white Narra marble, the paintings were made by local artists.

The Annunciation Cathedral was closed by the Bolsheviks in 1930, but became active again during the Second World War. According to legend, a cross fell three times from the dome of the temple due to hurricanes and fire.

The tall and slender Holy Assumption Cathedral in the Ukrainian Baroque style was built in the center of the University Hill on the site of the old church of 1688.

The bell tower with chimes, built by architects Yevhen Vasiliev and Andriy Ton, is the tallest building in the city (89 meters). Thanks to the location of the windows, the temple looks like a palace.

During Soviet times, the church was closed, and in 1986, the House of Organ and Chamber Music opened in it. After the opening of a new philharmonic complex in Kharkiv in 2016, the Assumption Cathedral became fully owned by the diocese.

In 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the cathedral was damaged by shelling from Russian troops. The projectile that hit the building of the Assumption Cathedral broke windows and stained-glass windows, damaged church utensils and decorations.

The Holy Intercession Monastery in Kharkiv is the oldest building preserved in the city. In the 17th century, the monastery was part of the system of fortifications of the Kharkiv fortress. The Belfry of the Intercession Cathedral (1689) looks like a defensive tower.

The entrance gate is decorated with an icon of the Savior Not Made by Hands. On the territory there is the Ozeryan Church (1896), the bishop's house, the abbot's house and a cell block with a refectory. In 1726, the Kharkiv Collegium was founded here, where the philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda taught (the monument is erected), and the writer Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovyanenko worked.

For the 2000th anniversary of Christianity, the figure of Jesus Christ was established.

The Church of the Annunciation of the Ozeryanska Icon of the Mother of God was founded in 1892 on the former outskirts of Kharkiv. Since 1874, there was a chapel at this place, where prayers were served during processions with the Ozeryanska Icon of the Mother of God (Hodigitria).

The new majestic Holy Ozeryanska Church designed by Volodymyr Nemkin was made of red unplastered brick in the eclectic forms of the Byzantine-Rus style. The facades of the building are full of architectural details borrowed from ancient Rus cult architecture. A slender four-tiered belfry with a height of about 40 meters is connected to the western vestibule.

In 1938, the church was closed, the episcopal chair was transferred to the Kazanska Church on Lysa Hill. Services in the Ozeryanska Church in Kharkiv resumed in 1942.

The Holy Transfiguration Church in Nova Vodolaha was founded in 1821 on the site of an old wooden church that had existed since 1750. In 1830, thanks to the efforts of the parishioners, the construction was completed, and the next year the church was consecrated.

The Transfiguration Church is an example of post-classicism in architecture. It is surrounded by a massive stone fence with stylized towers and iron gates, which emphasizes the completeness of the structure and makes it look like a fortress.

In the 1920s, the Bolsheviks closed the temple and removed all objects made of gold, silver and ivory. Divine service resumed in 1943. There are many icons in the church, there are paintings by old masters of Nova Vodolaha, in particular the icon painter Borysenko. The most revered icon of Saint Ioasaf of Belhorod.

A high-rise apartment building in the center of Kharkiv in the style of the "Stalin Empire" is called "House with a Spire".

It occupies an entire block on the corner of maidan Konstytutsiyi. It was built in 1950-1954 according to the project of the architect Petro Oreshkin for the employees of the Kharkiv Turbine Plant.

The main 7-story part of the building with an 11-story tower is topped by a spire, which gave the building its name.

According to the voting results in 2008, the "House with a Spire" was included in the list of "Seven Wonders of Kharkiv".

The memorial apartment museum of the Hryzodubov family is dedicated to the pioneer of Kharkiv aviation, pilot-aircraft designer Stepan Hryzodubov and his daughter - an outstanding pilot, world record holder Valentyna Hryzodubova. 

The Museum is a branch of the Famous Kharkiv Residents Museum.

The museum opened in 1970 in a three-room apartment, where from 1922 to 1965 the first Kharkiv aircraft designer Stepan Hryzodubov lived and his daughter, pilot Valentyna Hryzodubova, spent her youth. The museum's exposition presents almost 5,000 exhibits of the main fund, memorial items of the Hryzodubov family and personal belongings of other prominent people in aviation and cosmonautics, pilots, engineers, scientists.

The Memorial Museum-Apartment of the Hryzodubov Family is a branch of the Famous Kharkiv Residents Museum.

Kharkiv Jungle Aqua Park is a large modern indoor water park, the interior of which is stylized as the jungle of South America.

There are 7 swimming pools (including sports, wave, circular, hydromassage, jacuzzi) with 11 water attractions on 11,000 square meters of space, of which 4,000 square meters are occupied by the water entertainment area.

Water slides are distinguished by the profile of the chutes and the steepness of the curves. Super-attractions: the "Space Hole" centrifugal slide (54-meter spiral) and the "Black Hole" slide (16-meter rapid descent).

The temperature regime is maintained throughout the year in the range of 30-33 degrees with 65-70% humidity.

The complex also includes a hotel, restaurant, bars, sauna and massage, solarium, billiards, shooting range.

Kharkiv Art Museum is one of the oldest and most valuable art collections in Ukraine.

It is located in two old houses in the style of classicism with elements of baroque and modernism, built in 1912 by the famous Kharkiv architect Oleksiy Beketov for the merchant and industrialist Ivan Ihnatyshchev.

The museum's collection was started in 1805 by the founder of Kharkiv University Vasyl Karazin, who bought for the university 2477 graphic works by Albrekht Dyurer, Anton van Deyk, Fransua Bushe and other Western European masters.

The Department of Ukrainian and Russian Art of the XVI-XX centuries is based on the collections of the Kharkiv Art and Industrial Museum and nationally used private collections.

Now the funds of the Kharkiv Art Museum have more than 20 thousand exhibits. Works by Ivan Ayvazovsky, Ivan Shishkin, Mykola Ge, Vasyl Surikov, Mykola Pymonenko, Fedir Krychevsky, Oleksandr Murashko, Yuriy Narbut, Tetyana Yablonska, etc. are exhibited.

A separate hall is dedicated to the work of Illya Repin. In particular, one of the versions of Illya Repin's painting "Cossacks write a letter to the Turkish sultan" is presented.

The museum offers audio guides for people with visual impairments, tactile replicas of exhibits for touch viewing (4 works from the collection) and a video tour in sign language.

The Museum of the History of the Kharkiv Municipal Enterprise "City Electric Transport" was founded in 1976 to mark the seventieth anniversary of the enterprise. In 1978, it received the status of "People's Museum".

The exposition illustrates all stages of the development of electric transport in Kharkiv - from the first horse-drawn tram to the present. Photographs, documents, models of tram and trolleybus cars of Kharkiv that previously operated on routes, travel tickets of all times, composters are presented. You can also see a diagram of Kharkiv transport with promising lines in the museum.

The Kharkiv Fire and Technical Exhibition was founded in 1967. Has four branches: in Bohodukhiv, Izium, Kupyansk, and Lozova.

The exhibition, which presents exhibits from almost 200 years of the existence of the regional fire service in ten thematic halls, introduces the history of the Kharkiv region's fire service, the work of the modern State Emergency Service units, and allows you to gain knowledge that will help you act correctly in an extreme situation. The museum presents the uniform of firemen (chiefs of fire departments) of the past, old horse-drawn fire trucks, the uniform of firemen (chiefs of fire departments), special equipment, a signal bell that signaled an alarm, etc.