Attractions of Odesa region

Medieval fortress "Ackerman" on the banks of the Dniester estuary - one of the largest and best preserved in Ukraine. Built on the site of the ancient city of Thira (archeological excavations are underway). Until the 10th century, there were probably fortifications of Slavic tribes of Tiverts and Ulychi. The building of the citadel belongs to the Genoese period of XIII-XIV centuries. The main fortifications of the Bilgorod fortress were built during the Moldavian rule (XV century). The total length of the walls is 2 km. Height of walls and towers from 5 to 15 m. 26 of 34 towers have survived. In 1484 the fortress came under the rule of Turkey, a mosque was built (the minaret is preserved). In 1789 the town of Ackermann was taken without a fight by the Don Cossacks of M. Platov together with the Buz Cossacks sent by Prince Potemkin-Tavriysky. At present, the Ackerman Fortress architectural complex is managed by the Fortress utility company. An exposition of instruments of torture was opened on the territory, siege weapons were displayed in the yard. Music festivals and historical fencing championships are held.

The author's historical and local lore museum was established by the artist Olexander Sharonov in 2002. The museum is located in the center of Vylkovo. The exhibition is based on 54 paintings by the artist, as well as icons, household items of Old Believers and other peoples living in Bessarabia (anti, Goths, Greeks, Scythians, Romans, Turks, etc.). The museum exhibits weapons from the Transdanubian Sich, the Russo-Turkish Wars, and World War II.

The original new building of the Arab Cultural Center in Odesa has every chance to later become an architectural monument. The large Moorish-style house was built in 2001 by Arab businessman K. Adnan. The mosque is very different in urban development and is a real eastern pearl of Odesa. At the entrance to the prayer hall, men and women have to take off their shoes, and women are given long robes with hoods. In the prayer hall, the openwork elm on the stair railings and architectural elements make the interior of the mosque elegant and airy. Apart from a few small shelves for books on both sides of the hall, there is no more furniture. The whole floor is covered with a soft carpet, the pattern of which seems to divide the carpet into equal squares, which serve as a conditional delimitation of seats for those who pray. Under the ceiling, the main decoration is a large crystal chandelier that shines with hundreds of lights. The Arab Cultural Center in Odesa is open for excursions that introduce visitors to Arab culture. There is an Arabic language school and a library.

The main exposition of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky Museum of Local Lore is housed in a one-story building in the Empire style, built in the XIX century for the merchant and mayor M. Femilidi. In several halls visitors can get acquainted with the ancient and medieval history of the Northern Black Sea Coast, the history of the city of the XIX and early XX centuries, the nature of the region. The original objects of life and art of Ancient Greece, numismatic collection, samples of oriental and Russian weapons are presented. In the next building there is an ethnographic museum, which introduces the traditions of the peoples of the region.

The Small Mosque is the oldest architectural monument of Izmail (XVI century), one of the few examples in Ukraine of medieval classical Ottoman architecture of its heyday. The mosque is located near the Turkish fortress of Ishmael, taken in 1790 by Russian troops and the Black Sea Cossacks under the command of O. Suvorov. A museum with a diorama "Assault on the Izmail Fortress" created by artists E. Danilevsky and V. Sibirsky was opened in the mosque. The 20x8 m canvas depicts the decisive moment of the storming of the fortress.

The Odesa Football Museum is located in the Chornomorets Stadium complex. Opened in 2012 after the reconstruction of the stadium. The exposition tells about the history of Odessa football and FC "Chornomorets" since the founding of the club in 1936. Photos of all football players who played for the club, coaches, the first matches with the participation of the Black Sea team are presented. The form of players of different periods, boots, goalkeeper gloves, balls, etc. is of the greatest interest. During the tour you can visit the bowl of the stadium, locker rooms, technical areas, conference hall.

A branch of the Greek Cultural Foundation (Athens) was opened in Odessa in 1994 in a historic building, where in 1814 a secret revolutionary-patriotic organization "Filiki Eteria" was established, which was engaged in preparing the national liberation movement in Greece. The exposition also demonstrates the activities and life of the Greek colony in Odessa in the pre-revolutionary period.

Izmail Art Gallery presents a collection of contemporary Ukrainian and Russian art, an exhibition of decorative and applied arts, sections of Ukrainian, Russian and Western European art of the XVI-XIX centuries, works of icon painting, art of the peoples of the East. Painting, graphics, sculpture are presented. The portrait of Generalissimo O. Suvorov by an unknown master of the XIX century, engravings with portraits of G. Potemkin, K. Vorontsov, F. Tolstoy, graphic sheets of artists-travelers I. Shishkin, I. Repin, V. Makovsky are exhibited. The painting "Bay" by the famous mariner R. Sudkovsky is presented. Among the pearls of the museum collection is a vase by the famous French master E. Halle.

The Izmail Historical Museum of O. Suvorov is located in a mansion of the XIX century, which belonged to the mayor I. Abraham. It was he who first raised the issue of perpetuating the memory of O. Suvorov in the city and erecting a monument to him at a meeting of the Communal Council. The museum's collection includes more than 30,000 exhibits: flags, military uniforms and equipment of the XVII-XX centuries, a collection of cold steel and firearms, paintings and graphics on the Russian-Turkish wars, archeology and everyday life, numismatics. The diorama in the Little Mosque is a department of the Izmail Historical Museum.

The Konstantin Paustovsky Memorial Museum is located in a house on a quiet seaside street in Odesa, just above Langeron. The writer lived in the neighboring surviving janitor's building from 1920 to 1922, during the Odesa period of his career. The museum was opened in 1998 on the initiative of the public organization "Paustovsky World Society". The main exposition is dedicated to Paustovsky's book "Time of Great Expectations" written in Odesa. It has more than 1,000 exhibits, including manuscripts, photographs, household items (early twentieth century) and personal belongings of the author. In particular, the model of the janitor described by Pasutovsky and the model of the ship "Konstantin Paustovsky" are presented. Anyone can try to tap the "SOS" Morse code with the famous telegraph key, as well as touch the sink, which was used by Konstantin G. while fishing in the village of Sanzheika.

The Memorial of the Heroic Defense of Odessa was opened in 1975 on the site of the 411th Coastal Battery, which defended the city in 1941 during the Romanian offensive.

The Museum "Secrets of Odesa Underground" tells about the famous Odesa catacombs, on which stands the whole city. Their total length is estimated at about 2.5 thousand kilometers. Most of Odesa's catacombs are underground quarries, in which the building stone rakushnyak, which was used to build most of the city's buildings, was mined. The system of catacombs also includes cavities of natural origin - karst and dilatancy caves. At various times, the catacombs served as transshipment bases for smugglers, "raspberries" for gangs, places to gather underground, shelters for guerrilla and sabotage units, bomb shelters. The museum in the dungeons on Moldavanka was established in 2013 by the military-historical club "Military Valor". Entering the catacombs, visitors are immersed in the past of the city. Here you can see the anti-nuclear bunker, go through the flooded part, visit the wild catacombs, visit the guerrilla parking lot and bandit raspberries and more.

Odesa Cognac Factory is the oldest enterprise in the industry in Ukraine. Founded in 1863 by the South Russian Society of Black Sea Winemaking. Later, the Shustov family of famous industrialists bought the plant.

At the World's Fair in Paris in 1900, the Shustov cognac won first place, thus winning the right to be called "cognac". Currently, PJSC "Odesa Cognac Factory" produces cognacs of 16 varieties, from ordinary "Desna" and ending with collectibles - "Jubilee", "Odesa", "Kyiv", "Golden Duke". In 2013, the Museum of Cognac Business M. Shustov was opened, which recreates the atmosphere of ancient cognac cellars. The museum includes several halls - "caissons": three exhibition and tasting halls, a cinema, a hall of variable expositions.

In particular, a copy of the copper Charente ale for alcohol smoking of the end of the XIX century is presented. French firm Prulho, a full-size model of pre-revolutionary cognac, as well as a bottle of Shustov cognac in 1900, which won the Grand Prix at the World's Fair in Paris.

Excursion to the museum includes part of the production (blending shop and alcohol aging shop), visiting the ancient cellars, as well as tasting the best cognacs "Shustov".

Fixed tour times: 10.00, 12.00, 14.00, 16.00 and 18.00

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Odessa was established in 2008 by businessman, intellectual and philanthropist V. Morokhovsky. The exposition is based on a unique collection of works by M. Knobel's "second wave of the Odessa avant-garde", which has been significantly expanded during the museum's existence. Of particular interest are the halls of nonconformist art of the 60s and 70s and the "New South Wave" of the 80s and 90s. A separate hall is dedicated to the legendary "fence" exhibition of V. Khrushchev and S. Sychev in 1967, which became the first Soviet unauthorized art event. The Museum also has an exhibition hall and gallery, which hosts exhibitions of contemporary art, conferences and various art projects.

The Vasily Tairov Institute of Viticulture and Enology was established in 1905 as a research farm "Wine Station of Russian Winegrowers and Winemakers". The initiator of its creation was the editor of the magazine "Bulletin of Winemaking", an enthusiast of grape culture Vasily Tairov. At the first stage, a small basement was equipped and a library was built. In the period from 1910 to 1912 on the shores of the Dry Estuary the construction of the station complex was completed. An experimental vineyard (3 ha) was established to develop viticulture issues, and a seedling grafting workshop was built. In 1931 the station was reorganized into the Ukrainian Research Institute of Viticulture and Enology. A museum of grapes and wine has been opened for its 100th anniversary, which tells about the main directions of development of the domestic wine school. The exposition presents personal belongings of Vasyl Tairov, lifetime editions of scientific works, antique laboratory equipment, gifts from the institute. Excursions with tastings are conducted.