Attractions of Kramatorsk district

The Museum of the History of Kramatorsk tells about the historical path of the industrial city, in particular about the establishment of the first enterprises in the XIX century, as well as the construction of Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant (NKMZ), thanks to which in 1932 Kramatorsk gained city status. An interesting collection of Ukrainian folk costumes and towels. A separate exhibition is dedicated to the Ukrainian actor Leonid Bykov, who spent his childhood in Kramatorsk. The Kramatorsk Art Museum is located in the same building, where, in particular, works by famous Ukrainian artists M. Glushchenko, K. Trokhimenko, T. Yablonska and others are presented.

In August 2016, the Donetsk Regional Museum of Local Lore was moved from Donetsk to the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Kramatorsk. The huge exposition has 120 thousand exhibits. Among them are the remains of fossil animals, imprints of fossil plants, samples of stone trees, a large archaeological collection of tools, weapons, utensils, jewelry and amulets, numismatic collection (copper and silver coins of XV-XVIII centuries), ethnographic collection. The greatest value are rare old prints, including geographical and botanical atlases of the XVII century.

The municipal cultural institution "Kostiantynivka City Museum of Local Lore" was founded in 1967. The museum is located on the ground floor of a multi-storey residential building of the 1930s. It consists of seven exhibition and exhibition halls. The exposition is presented by the main sections: nature, ancient history, history of society and the city at its various stages, modernity. In the archeological collection: Polovtsian stone sculptures, tools and weapons of ancient times. A special place is occupied by the collection of glassware of the XIX-XX centuries, when the glass industry began to develop in Kostiantynivka. Exhibitions, thematic events and excursions are held.

Museum of retro cars "Samokhid" them. Zhemova in Kramatorsk works on the basis of the restoration factory of the technical club "Samokhid". The restoration factory-museum has a unique collection of old cars. It has about 200 exhibits of such well-known companies as Horch, DKW, BMW, Wanderer, Steyr, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Packard, Buick, ZIS, GAS. Some cars are not only works of engineering, but also have historical value. The collection also includes rare specimens of motorcycles of the period 1900-1950 - just over 80 units.

The Sloviansk Museum of Local Lore, founded in 1970, is housed in a 19th-century merchant mansion near the city center. The exposition consists of four main sections: the nature of the region, ancient history (archeology and the founding of the city), the city in the period 1917-1990, modern socio-economic development. The pearl of the historical collection is a bronze aquarius (aquamanil) of the XIII century. Museum and private collections are shown in two exhibition halls. In front of the entrance are guns from the Second World War.

Svyatogorsk State Historical and Architectural Reserve unites the complex of buildings of the Svyatogorsk Holy Dormition Lavra of the XVII-XIX centuries - one of the three most important Orthodox shrines of Ukraine. According to one version, it was founded in the Cretaceous caves of Svyatogorsk on the high bank of the Seversky Donets by Byzantine monks before the baptism of Russia.

The first written mention of the area "Holy Mountains" dates back to 1526, and officially the monastery was founded in 1624, when Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich gave the brothers the land of Svyatogorsk and appointed a state salary. At first, the monks settled in caves on chalk spurs. The whole mountain is permeated with a labyrinth of passages and cells, which are open to visitors today. The high mountain is crowned by the Nikolaev church of the XVII century with the chalk altar carved directly from a rock. At the foot of the Assumption Cathedral (1859-1861, architect Alexei Gornostaev), hotel (1877), the abbot's house (1900), the refectory with the Church of the Intercession (1847-1851, architect Andrew Ton), the towers of the monastery walls. In the caves - the underground churches of Anthony and Theodosius (XVII century), the Nativity of John the Baptist (XIX century), a cave chapel, two tombs, cells. The Lavra was visited by Hryhoriy Skovoroda, Anton Chekhov, and Ilya Repin. Twice the monastery was closed, in Soviet times there was a rest home. From 1992 to 2003, the UOC-KP complex was returned, and in 2004 it was granted the status of a laurel.

Svyatogorsk State Historical and Architectural Reserve was established in 1980. The Historical Museum of the reserve is located in the Guest House. The five exhibition halls present objects of material and spiritual culture of tribes and peoples who inhabited Svyatogorsk since the Stone Age, models of the architectural ensemble of Svyatogorsk monastery in different periods of its history, archaeological finds and documents on the history of the monastery from the XVII century, memorial expositions. Thematic tour "Monuments and memorials of the Svyatogorsk Lavra" also includes a visit to the Upper Lavra with the Church of St. Nicholas, All Saints Monastery, the monument to Artem (Fyodor Sergeev), created in 1927 by sculptor Ivan Kavaleridze.

Entrance to the Lavra is free, but visitors are asked to adhere to a strict dress code - at the entrance, women can get a scarf and skirt.