Yet another trip to this industrial city with the same route again: children's railway right from the train station, then the museum on Khortytsia and back to the train station.
The children's railway of Zaporizhzhia was, perhaps, the biggest and the most active among all these objects of soviet legacy. It did not seem to have experienced any degradation due to the geopolitical change — it actually flourished, had a long interesting loop, and a tiny zoo with a serious terrarium. I recommend everyone visit it until it is their fourth time.
This was exactly the fourth time that I was here and I finally do not want to anymore.
It was crowded this time due to the holidays. Also, the kids were restricting the free movement between the carriages and did not let passengers open the doors at platforms. Both were previously allowed without any problems.
A significant crowd in a wagon of Zaporizhzhia children railway
The above-mentioned terrarium had the most interesting reptiles, including a trionix softshell turtle. I did not take photos of poor incarcerated animals. Here are two pics made by my friends earlier.
A lizard and a snake in the terrarium at Zaporizhzhia children's railway
Rain made us board a trolleybus number 3, and we have once again traveled the whole length of the long avenue that was still having the name of Lenin. We reached the very end of the route while the rain was falling. It was here that I first saw a bus stop without any name on it — the first of many in the following years.
Bus stop sign without the name. Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Finally, the water stopped falling from above, and we headed towards the revered Khortytsia island. I took a photo of this bridge and only a few days later noticed people climbing its frame below. What a nice activity.
One of bridges to Khortytsia island with people on the frame and pillars, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
After visiting the Khortytsia museum once again, we went to a former filming location of a movie about Taras Bulba, that were imitating a fortified Kossack settlement.
A church and fake houses of a fake Kossack fortress made for a movie. Khortytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Two local friends guided us to a place with a view of the rapids which gave the name to the city. I've chosen the less interesting one to show here.
Tiny rapids on the Dnieper in Zaporizhzhia
A soviet sculptire on a building erected in 1949.
Worker and a kolkhoz woman. Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Part of the Lenin avenue closest to the train station had undergone renovation, and had the quiter tram rails installed.
Lenin avenue in Zaporizhzhia at night
