Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Khabarovsk (Russia). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Lenin Square, Cathedral of the Transfiguration, and Far Eastern Art Museum. Also, be sure to include Central Market in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Khabarovsk (Khabarovsk).
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Lenin Square
Also known as: Площадь Ленина
Lenin Square is a square in Khabarovsk, Russia. It is the second biggest square in Russia next to Moscow's Red Square. It is located in the Central District and intersects with Gogolya Street, Turgyeneva Street, Karl Marx Street, and Glory Square, Muravyova-Amurskogo Street. Itbos currently the location for main city events and celebrations.[1]
Cathedral of the Transfiguration
Also known as: Спасо-Преображенский собор
Russian orthodox church in Khabarovsk, Russia. The Transfiguration Cathedral on a steep bluff overlooking the Amur River in Khabarovsk stands 96 meters tall and is supposed to be the third tallest church in Russia after St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. It was built over 2001-2004 to a traditional design reminiscent of Konstantin Thon's works. The church is surmounted by four Ukrainian-style gilded domes, the central one being the largest. Its spectacular location on a hill was chosen by Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' Alexis II of Moscow during a helicopter flight over Khabarovsk.[2]
Address: ул. Тургенева, 24, Khabarovsk
Far Eastern Art Museum
Also known as: Военно-исторический музей Восточного военного округа
Museum in Khabarovsk. The Military History Museum of the Far Eastern Military District is a military museum in the Russian city of Khabarovsk. Its collection includes over 38,000 artifacts dating from the 17th century to the First Chechen War. It is the only war museum in the Russian Far East.[3]
Address: 20 Shevchenko St, Khabarovsk
Central Market
Shopping, Shopping centre, Flea market, Farmer's market, Food and drink, Market
Address: Lva Tolstogo St., 19, 680021 Khabarovsk
Theatre of Musical Comedy
Khabarovsk regional music theater is the theater of musical comedy in Khabarovsk.
Address: Karla Marksa St., 64, 680000 Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk Philarmony
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Address: ул. Шевченко, 7, Khabarovsk
Dormition Cathedral
Also known as: Успенский собор
The Dormition Cathedral of Khabarovsk is a Russian Orthodox cathedral. It is one of the largest churches in the Russian Far East, and was built in 2000–02 to a design by Yuri Podlesny, a local architect.
The five-domed church stands about 60 meters tall. Its design harks back to Konstantin Thon's design for the Annunciation Church in Saint Petersburg.
The church contains a 19th-century copy of the Abazino icon of the Theotokos from a previous church on the site. That church was built in the 1890s and contained the marble tomb of Baron Andrei von Korff. It was demolished by the Communists in 1930.[4]
Khabarovsk Circus
Khabarovsk State Circus is a circus in Khabarovsk.
Mobile circus-chapito in Khabarovsk worked since the beginning of the XX century. Since the 1930s and until the end of the 1950s the circus was located near Lenin Square. With the construction of the main building of the Khabarovsk Medical Institute, the circus moved to Lev Tolstoy Street (intersection with Amur Boulevard).
The new 1,300-seat Khabarovsk Circus building was built in 2001 in Yuri Gagarin Park.
In the 1950s, a park was laid out in the Industrialny district of Khabarovsk. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, visiting the Far East, planted a Kuril larch tree in the park. Later the park was named after the first cosmonaut. The circus building was built near the historical tree. The park named after Yuri Gagarin was reconstructed, it acquired a children's orientation (rides, children's cafes were built).
Address: Krasnorechenskaya St., 102, 680023 Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk Bridge
Also known as: Хабаровский мост
Truss bridge in Russia. Khabarovsk Bridge is a road and rail bridge built in 1999. It crosses the Amur River in eastern Russia, and connects the urban-type settlement of Imeni Telmana in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast with the city of Khabarovsk in Khabarovsk Krai. Until that time an older bridge built in 1916 existed nearby.[5]
Muzej istorii goroda Habarovska
Museum, History museum
Address: ул. Ленина, 85, Khabarovsk
Pamatnik Muravevu-Amurskomu
Monument to Muravyov-Amursky in Khabarovsk - Monument to the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia Nikolai Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky in Khabarovsk, opened in 1891.