Industrial pearl - Dnepropetrovsk
…Oh, remember how in Dnepropetrovsk… In addition to imported Swarovski stones, there are other pearls there. For example, the Museum of Aerospace Engineering. All kinds of satellites and rockets produced by the Yuzhmash plant are presented here. There is a model of a platform for launching missiles on the high seas. There are samples of rocket engines. A whole stand is devoted to the menu of crews in orbit. In the courtyard of the museum you can contemplate rockets and rocket launchers.
There is also a large local history museum in Dnepropetrovsk. Near it is a collection of not only Polovtsian women. In the museum itself, the most unique thing is the panorama of the liberation of the city from the Nazi invaders.
The Central Orthodox Cathedral of the city - Intercession - resembles the architecture of the Admiralty in St. Petersburg. It was designed by the same architect. If you go down the street, you can get to the city park named after T. Shevchenko. Favorite place for walking Dnepropetrovsk. It has a restored estate of Prince Potemkin. Now there is the Palace of Youth. Near the park there is a modest brown house. D. Yavornitsky lived in it. He devoted many years of his labor activity to the study of the southern steppes, created the Museum of Local Lore and was its first director. If you go through the park and cross the bridge to the island, you will find yourself in another amusement park.
On the right bank, you can stroll along the embankment, admiring the bridges across the Dnieper River and beautiful landscapes on the opposite bank. Here is the new quarter. Houses do not commemorate the buildings of Amsterdam. Therefore, the people call this area "Holland". In addition, you can see two skyscrapers, popularly nicknamed "pencils".
In Dnepropetrovsk, the industrial zone is located taking into account the wind rose. Although, behind it there is also a residential area. If you drive further, you will find yourself in the forest. There is the construction of the Cathedral of the Icon of the Iberian Mother of God. The Cathedral itself resembles the Golden Gates in Kyiv. Near it, the territory has already been ennobled. On the lawns are all kinds of figurines of angels. On a worldly theme - a sundial, gnomes, a forged carriage. In a small zoo corner there are monkeys, parrots, peacocks. Very interesting hanging decorative flowerpots.
Another place of recreation for citizens is the park named after Globa. It was laid by the retired Cossack Globa. Of course, a lot has changed since then. Now there is a summer theater on the lake that looks like a wave, a children's railway, attractions, all kinds of sculptures. A beautiful view of the city opens from the Ferris wheel.
If you stay for the evening in Dnepropetrovsk, you can visit one of the theaters: DGMDT Theater. T. G. Shevchenko, Chamber Stage (Dnepropetrovsk Regional Youth Theatre), Dnepropetrovsk Russian Drama Theater, Dnepropetrovsk Youth Theater "We Believe! " music, Philharmonic.
