Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Geography

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is located in southeastern Ukraine. The area of the oblast (31,974 km2) comprises about 5.3% of the total area of the country. Its longitude from north to south is 130 km, from east to west – 300 km. The oblast borders the Poltava and Kharkiv Oblasts on the north, the Donetsk Oblast on the east, the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts on the south, and the Mykolayiv and Kirovohrad Oblasts on the west.

The Black Sea Lowland covers about half of the territory of the oblast. In Ternivka, a meteorite crater is located. It is 11 km (6.8 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 280 ± 10 million years (Permian). The crater is not exposed at the surface.[6] The Dnieper Upland contains a number of minerals including iron, manganese, granite, graphite, brown coal, kaolin etc. Kryvbas is an important economic region, specializing in iron ore mining and the steel industry. It is arguably the main iron ore region of Eastern Europe. Named after the city of Kryvyi Rih, the region occupies the southwestern part of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as well as a small neighboring part of the Kirovohrad Oblast.

The region possesses major deposits of iron ore and some other metallurgical ores. To exploit them, several large mining companies were founded here in the middle of the 20th century. Most of them are located in Kryvyi Rih itself, which is the longest city in Europe.

History

1648 map of Beauplan where Dzikie Pole identified in upper portion of the map.

In the 6th and 8th centuries, the first settlements of Slavs appeared on the banks of the Dnieper within the region. During the period of Kievan Rus' (9-12 centuries AD) the Dnieper River was one of the main trade routes of medieval Eastern Europe called "From the Varangians to the Greeks", which connected the Baltic countries with the Crimea and the capital of Byzantium, Constantinople. The Dnieper also served as a major route for transporting the army of Kyiv princes on their way to the Byzantine coastal cities in the early 9th and late 9th centuries.[7][8]

At the beginning of the 15th century, Tatar tribes inhabiting the right bank of the Dnieper were driven away by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. However, by the mid-15th century, the Nogai (who lived north of the Sea of Azov) and the Crimean Khanate invaded these lands.[citation needed] The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Crimean Khanate agreed to a border along the Dnieper, and farther east along the Samara River, i.e. through what is today the city of Dnipro. It was in this time that there appeared a new force, the Cossacks, armed freemen not subject to any feudal lord who were to soon dominate the region. They later became known as Zaporozhian Cossacks, from Zaporizhzhia, the lands south of Naddniprianshchyna, which translates as "the Land Beyond the Weirs [Rapids]"). This was a period of raids and fighting causing considerable devastation and depopulation in that area; the area became known as the 'Wilderness'.

In 1635, the Polish Government built the Kodak fortress above the Dnieper Rapids at Kodaky, partly as a result of rivalry in the region between Poland, Turkey and the Crimean Khanate,[9] and partly to maintain control over Cossack activity (i.e. to suppress the Cossack raiders and to prevent peasants moving out of the area).[10] On the night of 3 or 4 August 1635, the Cossacks of Ivan Sulyma captured the fort by surprise, burning it down and butchering the garrison of about 200 West European mercenaries under Jean Marion.[10] The fort was rebuilt by French engineer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan[11] for the Polish Government in 1638, and had a mercenary garrison.[10] Kodak was captured by Zaporozhian Cossacks on 1 October 1648, and was garrisoned by the Cossacks until its demolition in accordance with the Treaty of the Pruth in 1711.[12]

Under the Treaty of Pereyaslav of 1654, the territory became part of the Russian Empire. In 1774 Prince Grigori Potemkin was appointed governor of Novorossiysk Governorate, and after the destruction of the Zaporozhian Sich, he started founding cities in the region and encouraging foreign settlers. The city of Yekaterinoslav was founded in 1776, not in the current location, but at the confluence of the River Samara with the River Kil'chen' at Loshakivka, north of the Dnieper. On May 8, 1775, after the end of the Russian-Turkish War, Russian authorities opened a postal station and track which linked Kremenchuk, Kinburn foreland and Ochakiv, all locations of the Imperial Russian Army.

In December 1796, Paul I reestablished the Novorossiysk Governorate, mostly with land from the former Yekaterinoslav Viceroyalty. In 1802, this province was divided into the Nikolayev Governorate (known as the Kherson Governorate from 1803), Yekaterinoslav Governorate, and the Taurida Governorate. Its capital was the city of Yekaterinoslav (modern Dnipro) created in 1802 out the Yekaterinoslav Vice-regency. It was located within the former lands of Zaporizhian Sich. The government bordered to the north with the Kharkov Governorate and Poltava Governorate, to the west and southwest with the Kherson Governorate, to the south with the Taurida Governorate and Sea of Azov, and to the east with Don Host Oblast.

Olexander Paul discovered and initiated iron ore investigation and production,[13][14] and this in turn caused the formation of a mining district.[15] In 1874 Alexander II initiated the founding project of a railway,[16] running 505 kilometres (314 mi). This enabled transportation directly to the nearest factories and greatly sped up the development of the region.

On 1 August 1925, the Yekaterinoslav Governorate administration was discontinued, and in 1926 the city of Yekterinoslav was renamed Dnipropetrovsk in honor of communist leader Grigory Petrovsky.[17] Before the introduction of oblasts in 1932, Ukraine comprised 40 okrugs, which had replaced the former Russian Imperial guberniya (governorate) subdivisions. In 1932 the territory of the Ukrainian SSR was re-established based on oblasts. The first oblasts were Vinnytsia Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Odessa Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Soon after that in the summer of 1932 Donetsk Oblast was formed out of eastern parts of Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk.

During the Holodomor more than 200 collective farms in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast were put on "Blackboards" which was a complete blockade of trade and food aid to villages under performing in grain procurement quotas;[18] a number representing more than half of all such "Blackboards" throughout all of Ukraine.[18]

During the 1991 referendum, 90.36% of votes in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast were in favor of the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine. A survey conducted in December 2014 by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found 2.2% of the oblast's population supported their region joining Russia, 89.9% did not support the idea, and the rest were undecided or did not respond.[19]

The city of Dnipropetrovsk was renamed Dnipro in May 2016 as part of the decommunization laws enacted a year earlier.[20] Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was not renamed because it is mentioned as such in the Constitution of Ukraine, and the oblast can only be renamed by a constitutional amendment.[21] In April 2018 a group of over a hundred deputies formally initiated a proposal in the Ukrainian Parliament to change the name to Sicheslav Oblast; in February 2019, the Verkhovna Rada voted to officially amend the Constitution thus granting state sanction to the name change.[22] Later that year the Constitutional Court officially approved the change. The oblast's administrative centre and largest city, Dnipro, had the unofficial name "Sicheslav" in 1918–21 during the Ukrainian War of Independence, commemorating the Zaporizhian Sich.[23]

Green tourism in the Dnipropetrovsk region

The global belief “it is good where we are not” is wrong in 99% of cases. And how often it is difficult to believe in it, even more so to verify!

In our region, there are quite enough interesting and picturesque places where you can spend a wonderful and informative vacation, while not leaving distant lands to overseas countries.

There are 114 nature reserves and objects in the Dnipropetrovsk region, including 15 reserves of state importance, 51 natural monuments, 8 parks-monuments of gardening art, 3 reserves.

In addition, the region has mineral springs and therapeutic mud, a rich cultural and historical heritage: Scythian burial mounds of the 4th century BC. BC, historical monuments of the Cossack period, the only flat waterfall in Europe and much more.

There are many amazing places on our land that have become legends of a certain region, but are still unknown to the broad masses of the population of Ukraine (and even more so - of other countries).

Green tourism is the opening of new horizons in the native land, the opportunity to get acquainted with the culture of the region, its history, religion and natural potential. This type of tourism gives urban residents the opportunity to relax in private farms.

To date, 25 rural estates of Dnepropetrovsk region are ready to receive tourists. The main obstacle to the development of "green" tourism is the lack of cheap loans.

This type of business not only replenishes the budgets of all levels, but also contributes to the development of depressed rural areas, as well as the upbringing of patriotism and pride in the native land, and is much more effective than all kinds of "famine" and other "heroic" actions.

"Green tourism" is divided into "service" and "free".

That is, you can go on a tour of the beautiful places of our region in several ways - with the help of a travel agency, with your own car or minibuses. In this case, it is only important to choose a route in advance.

One of the most interesting routes: "Dneprovo - Orelsky Reserve - Petrikovka - Galushkovka".

It is better to start the tour early in the morning. Dneprovo - Orelsky Reserve is located near the village of Nikolaevka.

Dnieper-Orel nature reserve

The protected area is located on the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk and Petrikov regions, on the left bank of the Dnieper reservoir in the delta part of the Orel River.

The reserve is located between the major cities of Dnepropetrovsk and Dneprodzerzhinsk and surrounded by smaller towns and is the "lungs of the city".

The sandy surface of the reserve has many dunes, covered with flooded forests of oak, pine, maple, and alder.

The fauna of the reserve is quite diverse, including species of animals living in the steppe Ukraine. Deer, wild boar, wolf, fox, muskrat, marten and a lot of different bird species live in the reserve.

Since 2010, excursions and walks in the reserves are prohibited. Therefore, the specialist advises to walk along the border of the reserve from the village of Nikolaevka along the picturesque lakes.

In the forest you can see roe deer, hare, fox, squirrel.

To build a fire in a clearing, you will have to return to the Obukhov forest. On the banks of the Aurélie you can eat, relax and swim.

From Dnepropetrovsk, you can get to the reserve by minibus from Ostrovsky Square or by your own car. The road will take about 40 minutes. You can return to the city by boat, near the bridge its final stop, departure at 17-30, arrival at the riverport at 19-20. The fare is 15 hryvnia for an adult ticket, 7.5 for a child.

Petrikovsky paintings

If you want to continue the tour, after the reserve you can continue on your way and head to Petrikovka - a bead from the necklace of "green" tourism in our region.

Petrikovka is a village on the Chaplynka River, in which in the 19th century. art weaving was developed. Carpets, belts, scarves, painted, embroidered items, printed fabrics are decorated with a kind of Petrikovsky ornament based on plant and animal motifs.

Petrikov products are popular both in Ukraine and abroad. Here is a factory of art products and a museum of applied arts.

In the center of the village there is the "Center of Petrikovskaya Painting", an experimental painting class has been opened at it, works of the best masters are exhibited and sold. Master classes in painting are also held here.

Everyone is given leaflets with sketches of the picture, brushes and paints. Two or three people are assigned to the master. The lesson lasts about an hour. Your "arts" are given as a keepsake. About 60% of the work is done by the master, 40% by the tourist.

A tour of the center will cost 7 hryvnia for an adult, 5 for a child ticket. Master class - 20 hryvnia for adults, 15 hryvnia for children. The visit to the center lasts about two hours.

In Petrikivka, you can visit a real Cossack farm, and a hut with a painted stove, earthen floor and antique utensils. There is also a Cossack camp fenced with a high fence with an old cannon and other military attributes of antiquity. A decade and a half ago, a family lived in this hut, which preserved both the old way of life and folk traditions, bringing them to contemporaries.

“It’s not just a settlement for you, it’s Petrikivka for you! The village of masters, the village of artists!

Back a few centuries in the farm Galushkovka

15 kilometers from Petrikovka, the village of Grechanoe is located, and not far from it, a green tourism center, the Galushkovka farm, was opened - a unique center for our region.

The farm "Galushkovka" was founded at the end of the 17th century by Zaporizhzhya Cossacks, who settled on the territory of the Wild Field. The farm was part of the Protovchanskaya palanka of the Zaporizhzhya Army.

Currently, the farm is located on the territory of the modern village. Grechanoe Petrikovsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region and is a single complex, where the layout of the Cossack fortification "Sich" and 3 peasant estates built at the end of the 19th century are located.

The first estate houses a tavern and a museum of rural life, the second is the artist's estate - you can stay for the night, relax in the house where the local artist lived and worked.

The third is the potter's estate, which is under reconstruction.

If you warn the owners in advance and specify the time of arrival, you will be met by a Cossack on horseback and a volley from a cannon (blank). An authentic Ukrainian house was built in the village - "sadyba", whitewashed and covered with straw.

All the architectural elements of the Cossack outpost are displayed in the farm: a church, a place of execution, huts. The Orel River flows 500 meters from Galushkovka, there is a beach. Here you will be offered two types of excursions:

Malaya is a sightseeing tour for several hours. The main entertainment at the frontal place. You will be offered horseback riding, crossbow shooting, an attraction with throwing a lasso. Such a tour costs 30 hryvnia per person.

The big excursion lasts almost the whole day. In addition to the above, it includes breakfast and dinner. You will be served dishes of national cuisine: borscht, dumplings, kulesh, uzvar. You can eat in the tavern or at a table outside. Tourists who are liked by the attendants are given a special Cossack drink - moonshine on herbs. Such an excursion will cost 100 hryvnia. Overnight accommodation - 50 hryvnia per person.

Ostrich farm in Maiskoe village

If you go in the direction of Pavlograd, it is worth visiting the village of Maiskoye. It houses the best ostrich farm in Ukraine.

The curiosity of the village is a livestock of 400 ostriches. Ostriches live "in the fresh air", they winter in the same hangars as cows. But there is no profit from this type of business yet.

During the tour, visitors are also invited to the buildings where the animals are kept, to the spacious super-mechanized cowsheds with a microclimate system. Maiskoye does not have the usual stone barns and pigsties. A light metal frame covered with awning fabric gives a hangar module that can be extended indefinitely.

The internal filling of such hangars - distribution of feed, cleaning of premises, milking, etc. - is fully mechanized. Excellent roads between the “workshops” of the complex, green fields around (own forage base) – from a bird’s eye view, all this looks like a geometrically built structure of white-blue-green color.

Agribusiness in Mayskoye includes crop production, dairy cattle breeding, pig breeding and ostrich breeding, as well as an agricultural education system, the creation of complex business projects, and much more.

At the enterprise you can see ostriches, horses, rabbits, as well as buy ostrich eggs, minced meat, fillet, steak. You can buy relatively inexpensive ostrich leather products: miniskirts, belts for 300-400 hryvnias.

The minus of the farm is that it does not accept tourists on weekends, the tour must be booked in advance, 1 hour visit costs 15 hryvnias.

Novomoskovsk churches

If you are going to relax on a weekend, you should start the tour from the Novomoskovsk Cathedral, described in the story of Oles Gonchar.

The Trinity Cathedral, erected in 1778 by Yakim Pogrebnyak from the Kharkiv region, is recognized as a world pearl of wooden monumental architecture.

The temple was built without a single nail. And it is the Trinity Cathedral - the main "hero" of the novel "The Cathedral" by the Ukrainian writer Oles Gonchar.

A few kilometers from Novomoskovsk in the direction of the Oryol region is the Samara Monastery, where you can stop by and look at the way of life of the monks.

The territory of the monastery is very well maintained. The water from the krinitsa is famous throughout the region, it is very tasty and refreshing. True, the monks do not make contact with tourists and it will not be possible to communicate with them.

Zoo in the village of Khashchevoe

After the monastery, it makes sense to drive to Khashchevoe - a private zoo and a recreation center. There are many more animals here than in the Dnepropetrovsk zoozone.

The zoo is called "Three Bears", bears, tigers, wolves and even bison really live there. The cost of visiting a private zoo is 10 hryvnia. The owner offers horseback riding along the coast of Samara and the adjacent forest.

The hostel is located on the coast of Samara, after the tour you can relax on the beach.

Steppe waterfall in Veliko-Mikhailovka

The steppe area below the Dnieper rapids has long been called Zaporozhye. Beyond the threshold! It was here, on the border of the forest and the wild steppe, at the junction of the Slavic settled constancy and the rampant life of nomads, that the Zaporizhian Cossacks were born and strengthened.

Now these lands belong to the Dnipropetrovsk region, but we know that the current Nikopol region is a region that was the center of the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks during the 16th-18th centuries. It was here that the famous Tomakovskaya, Bazavlutskaya, Nikitinskaya, Chertomlykskaya (Old) and Pidpilnenskaya (New) Zaporizhian Sichs were located. It was in these parts that the once glorious Zaporizhzhya Cossacks accomplished their exploits, building the history of Ukrainian statehood brick by brick.

And here is one of the most beautiful natural places of the protected area of ​​the Dnipropetrovsk region. Meet Sholokhov (Tokovsky) cascade waterfall.

In the area of ​​​​the Dibrovsky Reserve, which is located on the border of the Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, there is the place where the Kamenka River flows into the Volchya and several waterfalls formed at this place - a phenomenon not typical for the steppe region, a small miracle in the middle of the Dnieper steppes. In some places, the river is framed by stone banks, there are even small grottoes.

Sholokhov (Tokovsky) cascading waterfall entered the history of the region under the name "Red Stones". (Not to be confused with the world-famous Red Stones Gorge near Norilsk in Russia).

It is located on the adjacent territory of the Nikopol and Apostolovsky districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region and is a natural monument of regional significance.

The waterfall originates from the right tributary of the Bazavluk River - the Kamenka River, appeared in the Mesozoic era and witnessed the formation of human civilization.

The length of the waterfall itself is about 14 meters. In its continuation there are granite "baths".

The waterfall did not escape the fate of many historical monuments - it became a victim of civilization. The pollution of the waterfall began 30 years ago, when granite stone was mined in the Nikopol region. Then, during the work, this area was undermined. Granite reserves at the Tokovskoye deposit are estimated at 70 million cubic meters, which exceeds other well-known in the region - Kudashevskoye and Boltyshskoye. During the years of the USSR, the Tokovsky quarry was the only enterprise developing the deposit of the same name. And before the development of granite, rare flowers listed in the Red Book, as well as medicinal plants, grew on the banks of the waterfall.

The village and the forest are famous for the fact that Nestor Makhno lived here, and occasionally started hostilities. In the reserve there is a huge stump of a 400-year-old oak, on which Makhno hung his enemies. According to the stories of local old-timers, it was the residents of Bolshaya Mikhailovka who advised the anarchist to put a machine gun on a cart, which significantly increased the mobility of his group.

According to legend, in one of the grottoes on the banks of the river, Father Makhno hid his treasures. For a tour of the reserve, it is better to hire a guide - a resident of the village.

How to get there - description of the route from Nikopol:

Nikopol - village of Alekseevka (here we see a turn to the village of Kapulovka, 3 km to the monument to I. Sirko) - Chertomlyk - Embankment (remains on the side) - we pass along the embankment of the Kakhovka reservoir - with. Leninskoye (we pass the village almost to the exit, carefully - there are no signs, the landmark on the left side is the memorial sign "Leninskoye", but you need to turn right) - 2 km from the turn - railway crossing - 3 km - crossing an abandoned railway crossing, turn to the right - 5 km - at the sign "Beyutaga" you need to drive down (through the last railway crossing) and turn left at the sign "To the quarry" - finally, only 3 km, and you are at the goal.

Krivoy Rog

This is a typical large industrial city with a local history museum and no architectural frills.

The secular atmosphere is completely preserved here. Here, the mines are adjacent to the permanent monuments to Soviet leaders, palaces of culture and buildings in memory of the Great Patriotic War.

The parks and the verdant banks of the Saksagani and Ingulets rivers look very natural and picturesque. It is worth seeing the quartzite rocks, the most spectacular of which are a natural monument - "MOPR Rocks".

And the YuGOK quarry, the largest in Ukraine, having a depth of more than a kilometer, with giant trucks digging at the bottom and trains scurrying up and down, create a truly phantasmagoric spectacle.

Nikopol

The city is located on the historical Chkmatsky way. It was here that the Chumatsky path “to the Crimea for strength” passed, B. Khmelnitsky was elected hetman here, a deposit of manganese ore was discovered here and heavy industry began to develop.

The city is located on a large cape of the same name, stretching for several kilometers into the Kakhovka reservoir. The city does not differ in architectural masterpieces, it is typical for industrial cities, but has a glorious Cossack past.

Ordzhonikidze

The steppe city of miners is famous for its unique archaeological finds from the royal mound "Thick Grave" of the Scythian period. This is a beautiful breast decoration - a golden pectoral, and various gold and silver jewelry, and the tombs of the king and his family.

The exposition of treasures from the famous burial mound is located in the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.

Krinichki

The village with a purely Ukrainian name Krinichki, in the valley of the Mokra Sura River, has a history of more than two hundred years, it has long been known for its springs that do not freeze even in severe winters.

The village is famous for its wondrous natural beauty, with the banks of the Mokra Sura River and the swans that settle here.

In the Krinichansky district, six rural estates operate in the rank of tourist complexes under the Zelena Sadyba program.

They offer full board, workshops of folk crafts, hunting, fishing, "silent hunting" - for mushrooms and berries, and other cultural and entertainment events.

For guests there is a modern two-story “eurohouse” with all city amenities, a green courtyard with many colorful corners where you can make something and just relax lazily, there is a swimming pool, while collapsible…

G. Dnipro, what to see, where to go to rest?

Excellent panorama of the Dnieper River in the village. Kirovskoe - here . You can even come here on bikes for a picnic. The place is ideal for watching the sunset. By the way, here nearby in Obukhovka you can ride quad bikes and enduro motorcycles , such an extreme is suitable even for beginners.

Taroma quarries - here . Very interesting place with a great view. Calm, few people, rocks, complete calm. But there are a lot of snakes. They say the place is mystical, although mentally you feel very good. We recommend going down to the Dnieper in this place. There is an abandoned pier from which a beautiful view of the Dnieper and the islands opens.

Drainage system in the center of the Dnieper, with the ability to walk under the native city for 1-2 hours. Mandatory presence of lanterns and zabrodov. This is not a city sewer tour where you can pass out from the smells or see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A walk to the drainage system of the Dnieper passes under Dmitry Yavornitsky Avenue, it is perfect for those who are tired of walking along sidewalks and squares like ordinary people. The entrance to the tunnel near the intersection of Patorzhinsky and Yuzhnaya streets is here . And there are many similar, only smaller tunnels in the Dnieper.

Old Kodak with their quarry and stella - here . Great place for photo sessions. Kodatsky quarry is a very atmospheric, beautiful place. The view of the Dnieper and the quarry is amazing! There is a version that it was here that one of the most majestic fortresses of Ukraine once existed.

Magnificent and huge natural ravines and hills - here , it looks like a natural scar. You can conveniently drive by car from the side of the airport and leave the car near the Staro-Kaydatsky cemetery) A great place for filming from a drone.

Observation platform on the left, with an excellent panorama of the right bank of the Dnieper. Cool for dinner in the trunk of a minivan at sunset - here .

The tract Tonnelnaya Beam - here , is located along Kosmicheskaya Street between the Poplar railway station and the Pobeda railway station. Briefly describe - it's fresh air, a wide variety of trees, a lot of garbage from people resting on a picnic ...

Rybalsky granite quarry on Igren here . Interesting and unusual place. Free access around the perimeter (there was security only at the central entrance). The depth of the quarry is probably 70-100 m. There are many Soviet rarities in the "killed" state on the territory - cranes, processing equipment. Lots of rubbish and nice natural artifacts.

The nameless island behind the Kaidak bridge, which can only be reached by swimming, but it is worthy of this list, as it has beautiful and almost always deserted natural places within the city - here .

Abandoned 7-storey hospital on Krotova, they say that a crematorium was built there. Near the hospital there are tunnels that go hundreds of meters underground and have intricate corridors. A terrible place for those who are ready to tickle their nerves. To visit, be sure to bring powerful flashlights and dirty clothes. You will have to look well for the entrances, the reference point is here . Once upon a time, rope jumpers jumped from it, now they have moved to jump with a rope from the Kaydak bridge . Also, in Dnipro there are a lot of similar abandoned buildings and stalkers have something to see, both in the city center and on all its outskirts. Unfinished buildings, hospitals, workshops, abandoned factories, plundered enterprises, warehouses, a crematorium, residential buildings, etc. - for every taste.

Still quite popular and probably well-known places, the sights of the Dnieper, we decided to put them in 1 general point: " The quarry on the Red Stone (where you can jump from a great height into the water) and the awesome Youth Park nearby", "Amazing and new park " Sich " with many animals, "New, modern and pretty Coastal Square on Pobeda", "Sagaydak" Park on Solnechny, "Interpipe" arch with a view of the monument to the sun, reconstructed park " Zeleny Guy " near Meteor, "Festival pier" and the entire embankment of the Dnieper from Polovitskaya to the Merefo-Kherson bridge (and soon, they promise to connect it with the new Pobeda embankment), the legendary and seen everything " Monastyrsky Island" and Shevchenko Park (you can ride a trolley in the office ), a magnificent Temple on the North, stunning luminous Yekaterinoslav Boulevard ...

Restaurants, camp sites, recreation centers and coffee houses, we will allow ourselves not to be included in the top places, since there are a lot of them and these are not exactly the places that we want to show you. Perhaps we will make a tour of them next time :)

Krivoy Rog, what to see, where to go?

The quarry of YuGOK ("Southern Mining and Processing Plant") was the first among similar industrial facilities in Krivoy Rog - the coordinates are here. A huge quarry with a limited area to visit, you must either sign up for an official tour or look for loopholes from different sides and make your way unnoticed by the checkpoint and security. One of the most interesting objects of industrial tourism, of which there are just a few pieces in Krivoy Rog, we will write about a few of the main ones, and the rest are just very similar to each other.

The flooded NKGOK quarry here is also with limited access, the scenery is really impressive. It looks like some work is still going on there. Very beautiful place, we recommend to visit. This is a spent iron ore quarry and it is also called "Krivoy Rog Baikal".

Magnificent and very powerful waterfall here . Great place for photo shoots. This is an indescribable atmosphere of a powerful stream of water, the pleasant noise of a strong element. A little lower is the waterfall "White Stones" here . Waterfall White stones on the rapids of the river. Ingulets is also known as Karachunovskie waterfalls. Looks best from below.

Nearby, the railway bridge , which offers a panoramic view of the city + the waterfall here . There is a place where you can leave your car and climb the beaten paths on foot, from a great height you will see an indescribable atmosphere of freedom, and a magnificent view of Ingulets and Krivoy Rog and the nearby Karachunovsky quarry.

Krivoy Rog Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on the street. S. Marshak ( here ) is an amazing world of flowers, trees and shrubs. Huge landscaped area. There are pavilions for rest, if you are tired you can rest. For photo and video filming, a picturesque place. Various plants succeed each other in flowering. Lots of coniferous trees, oak and birch groves. Amazing aroma and freshness throughout.

Rock "Eagle's Nest" with a stunning view of the river. Saksagan - here . Located in the area of ​​​​military camp number 1, st. Meretskov. The place is not very well maintained, but its views compensate for everything, it is a geological monument of nature. They call it the rocks of the village. MOPR.

Color Musical Fountain on the 44th quarter - here . The fountain is large and unusual (music adds charm). A local landmark and a beautiful place near which you can relax and admire the overflows of water. In the evening, the impressions are enhanced by colored lighting. Clean and comfortable. The fountain turns on according to the schedule.

An underground facility, an abandoned drilling chamber here , which you can go down without special equipment, but you will definitely need a helmet, powerful lights, strong shoes and clothes. Since the stones are free-flowing, the clay is slippery and you can accidentally hurt yourself. From here there is a beautiful panoramic view of a large quarry, where work is currently underway to backfill it. Inside the mine it is very dark, spacious, there are many small pretty stones, mounds, and rocks. The atmosphere is creepy and amazing. Recommended. Also, there is a beautiful observation deck on the dump.

Park named after Yuri Gagarin and nearby - Art Maidan , a great place in the city center, well suited for family visits and quiet walks. After industrial quarries, it is suitable for a change of scenery, while traveling around Krivoy Rog. Located here . There are also several nice well-groomed parks, such as Heroes Park, Park them. F. Mershavtsev , Yubileiny Park, Yuri Gagarin Park and others.

We traveled almost all these places with a one-year-old child, so we recommend everyone to visit, both family and single. Children on such trips do not create much trouble if all possible scenarios are foreseen in advance.

G. Kamenskoye (the former name of Dneprodzerzhinsk), what to see?

Blue lakes, the beach "Azure" is probably the most spectacular place, and from this side beautiful sunsets open on a small pier. it is also a great option for a family holiday for the whole day, there are many cafes nearby with all the necessary conditions and parking, the coordinates in google maps are here .

Panoramic view of the Dnieper from the Left Bank of Kamensky, there is a convenient place to park your car and enjoy the beautiful sunsets - here .

The dam is a massive structure with huge structures for transporting ships and yachts passing along the Dnieper - here . Here it is interesting to see how the ships are ferried, from both sides of the dam to watch how huge metal locks are opened and closed - here.

A nice peninsula with a view of the Dnieper River, a beach, a runway for paragliders and a view of the Dnieper Metallurgical Plant is here.

Fountain with a turtle on the banks of the Dnieper - here. You will hardly feel delight, but the place is nice, a beautiful fountain on the left-bank embankment. In the evening it is illuminated in different colors. Around there are benches and playgrounds, a lot of people and quite clean.

Church of St. Nicholas - here. An amazing monument of architecture that miraculously "survived" during the Second World War and has been preserved in its original form to this day. This Catholic church is one of the largest in Europe. Finding the church is not easy, as it is surrounded on all sides by buildings that close it, and, perhaps, thanks to this, the temple has been perfectly preserved. The doors of the church are open only during services, from 17.00 on weekdays, on weekends services are usually held in the morning.

Museum of DMKD - here. Interesting exhibits in the open air, Dnipro Metallurgical Plant.

An abandoned 5-storey building in the Bagleysky district with an excellent view of the city, open access and dangerous to visit - here. And there are many similar unfinished buildings throughout the city ...

Kamensky Park of Culture and Leisure in the city center - here . The park attracts with its landscapes, beautiful trees, fountains. It's nice to enjoy the fresh air after a day's work. It's nice to see such beauty: lawns, fountains, benches, playgrounds, sculptures, attractions, a modern toilet (like a free one), new masonry underfoot, a large territory. Entrance to the park is free, but not open around the clock. It's great here in the summer!

Dnepropetrovsk region and nearby (the rest), what to see, where to go?

Cemetery of planes and helicopters in the village. Wide (Zaporozhye region) between the Dnieper and Zaporozhye - here . A large amount of decommissioned equipment, several abandoned buildings and an old L-29 aircraft standing in front of the checkpoint for this facility. Inactive Flight Training Center. Pokryshkin. There you can go paragliding every weekend and enjoy the beauty of nature from 1000m and feel the desired adrenaline. The place is perfect for a trip with friends or children. Boys over 7 years old love it. To get into the territory, you need to "agree" with the guard at the main entrance, or bypass the fenced area for several hundred meters on the sly, but there are risks.

Dnieper-Orelsky nature reserve with a lot of stunning natural places in the forest and near the water - here. It makes sense to go here only in pursuit of wildlife so close to a large city, where you may have a chance to see roe deer or hares or something else unusual in the natural environment. Few people, quiet, and very wild... Get ready to walk a lot. And right there you can go kayaking for 2-3 days with KAVA.

Humpback bridge across the Samara River in Novomoskovsk - here . This is a visiting card of the city of Novomoskovsk, even though it is old. The bridge that connects the city with the forest and the beautiful nature of these places.

Salty estuary in the village. Novotroitskoye Novomoskovsky district - here . An unusual and beautiful place with white shores, but absolutely not comfortable for an outside tourist. Nearby is a pine forest with an incredible aroma of pine needles. In Soviet times, it was a very popular place for recreation.

Ostrich farm "Agro-union" in the village. Maiskoye, Pavlogradsky district - here . Today it is one of the largest farms of its kind in Ukraine and throughout Europe. The ostrich farm complex includes incubators, a commodity farm and a farm for rearing young birds. Here they conduct excursions both to the farm itself and to the mini-zoo located on the same territory. In addition, it is possible to buy products directly on the farm. By the way, the agro-union in Dnipro has an airfield for skydiving and flying on an airplane , so your trip can become even more exciting. Jumping and flying takes place every weekend from April to October.

Samara forest - here . Try hiking from a little, there are a lot of beautiful natural places and you can stay overnight with a tent. It is advisable to take a guide with you through this forest or have good experience in orienteering, as it is also easy to get lost here.

Volnogorsk (Dnieper) Maldives - here . In the Volnogorsk region, there is a unique place that, due to the color of sand and water, resembles the famous Maldives. Huge snow-white dunes of the purest sand, it seems that no one has walked here, or the wind quickly covers all traces, so that it seems to a person that he was the first here. The water is unusually clear and has a turquoise color. Just keep in mind that there is a very bad road and there really is no infrastructure.

Small waterfalls in the village of Tokovskoye - here . An interesting place that many recommend to visit. As usual, the roads here are bad and there is no infrastructure, but the locals are trying to keep it clean. Also, there is a beautiful view of the granite walls and the river near the bridge between Tokovsky and Sholokhovo.

Mavrinsky Maidan in Pavlogradsky district - here . A field, hills, unusual natural figures, a good view from a drone can only be done. They say there is something mystical here. But we didn't notice anything but pretty nature and some rubbish. The origin of the Mavrinsky Maidan is unknown, and therefore it is overgrown with theories and conjectures, and hundreds of tourists come here every year to see this mystical place with their own eyes. Also, there is a nice suspension bridge nearby.

The most popular places in which everyone who travels even a little has probably already been is Petrikovka , Solonyansky district with its great history and culture (it is considered the most colorful village in Ukraine) is located here and ...

The Cossack ethno-farm " Galushkovka " (Petrikovsky district, Grechanoe village) with a rich active program is located here . Both places are must-haves to visit.

What should you take with you on a trip like this?

sufficient water and food for long journeys;

clothes and comfortable shoes - at least 2 sets, in case of bad weather and force majeure;

bread, nuts, sausages - for feeding birds, squirrels, ducks, stray dogs and cats, of which there are a large number everywhere;

chargers for smartphones, cameras and other equipment, power bank;

sunscreen and glasses (summer);

personal hygiene products;

adhesive tape)) this universal tool can sometimes come in handy))

personal and general first aid kit;

documents in case of equipment rental, hotel reservations, etc.;

flashlight;

a refrigerator bag (for storing perishable foods and drinks);

lighter;

campfire accessories in case of a picnic in the forest or fields;

cash - since in the villages far from everywhere there are terminals;

a shovel and a car cable in case of getting stuck in mud or sand;

a spare fuel canister, as there are not gas stations everywhere in the region;

attractive company and interesting interlocutors, since you will have to spend a lot of time nearby and solve common issues together;