What to do in the park? - Attend educational workshops - rent a boat or a catamaran, a bicycle, roller skates and much more, - travel by train - go on rides -visit the game complex "electron", -conquer the rope park, play football, go in for outdoor sports.
Victory Square is one of the main squares of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, which is located at the foot of Mount Bolshevik. From this square originates the eponymous avenue, which runs from west to east through the whole city.
Victory Square received its name on May 6, 1975 - on the eve of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands from the Japanese invaders. At the same time, a memorial complex was opened here, under the pedestal of which a cartridge case with earth stained with the blood of Soviet soldiers was buried. A T-34-85 tank is installed on the concrete pedestal of the complex, in front of which there is a 76-mm anti-tank gun and a 122-mm howitzer.
The Pobeda Museum and Memorial Complex features unique 3D panoramas dedicated to the military history of the island region, military equipment simulators and a shooting range that make you feel like a pilot, sniper or tanker. Immersion in the historical environment allows visitors to independently experience every moment of the victorious battle, let through the feelings experienced by the heroes of those bloody battles.
Cathedral of the Nativity The new cathedral church of the city, erected in 2015 to replace the old one, which, due to its small size, could not accommodate everyone. The cathedral was created in the Novgorod style: five domes placed on a square and facades ending in symmetrical arches. The building is constructed from Indian red marble and granite, as well as ordinary white marble. The outer walls are decorated with mosaics created in Jerusalem.
The Sakhalin Regional Museum of Local Lore is one of the leading research and cultural centers of the Sakhalin Region and the Far East. The museum is located in a building built in 1937 for the Karafuto Provincial Museum in the form of Japanese medieval architecture, called the "imperial crown style". Currently, the museum stores more than 200 thousand items of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation.
These are objects of archeology and ethnography, objects of natural history of Sakhalin and the Kuriles, collections of fine and applied arts, documents, rare books, photographs and other monuments of history and culture of the island region.
On the territory of the Sakhalin region, the city art gallery is the only museum of this kind. In addition, it is quite young (it was founded in the 1980s). Temporary vernissages are held on the first floor of the museum, while permanent ones are available for inspection on the second floor: “Russian art of the 19th — early 20th centuries”, “Decorative and applied art of Japan”, “Contemporary art of Korea”.
Slava Square The square is a memorial complex erected in honor of the liberation of Sakhalin from the Japanese invaders in 1945. It was built in the 1980s. The ensemble includes a monument to Marshal A.M. Vasilevsky, two sculptural groups depicting a soldier and sailors, the Eternal Glory to the Heroes stele, the Eternal Flame, the Alley of Glory with 14 busts of heroes and a memorial in honor of the soldiers who died during the Afghan and Chechen wars. Also on the square are samples of military equipment.
Lenin Square The central city square with a characteristic landscape: a monument to Lenin, administrative buildings, a railway station, a fountain and paving stones. During the holidays, it becomes the main place for folk festivals and organizing all kinds of events. On weekends, townspeople walk here, foreign tourists visit it as part of a sightseeing tour. In summer, the square turns into a rather pleasant and picturesque place.
