Attractions of Volnovakha district

The Greater Anatolian Forest State Reserve was established in 1834-45 by Colonel of the Forestry Corps V. Graff, the founder of steppe afforestation. In the bare and arid steppe, Graff first created an artificial forest and founded a school of foresters. In Soviet times, the "Great Anatolian Forest" was declared a natural monument, created an arboretum with an area of ​​7 hectares. It is dominated by mixed plantations of oak, ash, maple, hornbeam, linden. There are birch, poplar, Crimean pine, Amur velvet, European larch, Scots pine, chestnut and Caucasian oak, walnut, Japanese sophora. The Forest Museum has been opened on the premises of the former Graff Meteorological Observatory. On the shore of the pond there is a recreational area "Forest Park" with a beach, camping, restaurant, hotel.

The Museum of the History of the Novotroyitske Village of the Olhyn Village Territorial Community in the Donetsk Region is located in the premises of the House of Culture named after Lesya Ukrainka in the center of the village. It is named after the public figure Paraska Sylka, through whose efforts the museum was organized in 1971. The museum has about 3,500 items. The exposition in three halls tells about the ancient past of the region, as well as about the main events of the XX century. The exposition "Ukrainian Room" recreates the interior of a traditional Slobozhanska house.

Municipal institution "Local History Museum of Volnovakha City Territorial Community" has been working in Volnovakha since 1977. The museum's collection includes more than 6,000 items, including archaeological, natural and printed items, numismatics, photography, ethnography, memorials. In the historical and archeological exposition you can see the ax of the Bronze Age, the arrowhead of the Scythian era, the Polovtsian knife, tools for making wooden household items, samovars of 1840-1870, numismatic collection. Ethnographic expositions "Peasant Ukrainian House" and "Peasant House of the Greeks of the Azov Sea" recreate the interiors of traditional dwellings of the late XIX - early XX centuries, showing a collection of embroidered shirts, clothes, towels, household items, ceramics. The third hall covers the period of domination of the Soviet totalitarian regime on the Black Sea coast. The exhibition hall houses an exhibition dedicated to the participants of the anti-terrorist operation and the fallen heroes.