There are 41 monuments of national significance in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. The State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine classifies cultural heritage monuments as either of local or national significance. To be classified as nationally important, a monument must have had a substantial impact on the country's culture, be associated with major historical events or individuals who shaped national culture, represent a masterpiece of creative genius, or embody a disappeared civilisation or disappeared artistic style. Monuments of national significance are inscribed on the register by the Cabinet of Ministers, and are protected and maintained by the Ministry of Culture. All listed monuments fall into at least one of the following categories: archaeology, history, monumental art, architecture, urban planning, garden and park art, landscape, or science and technology.

The first attempts to establish registers of protected buildings were undertaken in 1917 and 1918 by the Ukrainian People's Republic. These efforts continued in the 1920s in Soviet Ukraine but were halted in the 1930s with the dissolution of relevant institutions and the active destruction of cultural—particularly religious—heritage. The listing of cultural heritage monuments in the region was renewed in 1956. A list of architectural monuments was approved in 1963, followed by a separate list of artistic, historic, and archaeological monuments in 1965. Both lists remained in use after Ukraine declared independence in 1991. On 8 June 2000, with the adoption of the law "On the Protection of Cultural Heritage", the State Register of Immovable Monuments was established. All entries from the Soviet-era list of artistic, historic, and archaeological monuments were transferred to the new register on 14 September 2009. The transfer of monuments from the Soviet architectural register, however, has proceeded more slowly and remains incomplete as of 2026, although the process has accelerated in recent years. At the same time, a number of sites have been stripped of their protected status to comply with the decommunisation and derussification laws enacted since 2015 and 2023, respectively.

Mykolaiv Oblast is divided into four raions (districts) – Bashtanka, Mykolaiv, Pervomaisk, and Voznesensk – which contain 3, 24, 5, and 9 monuments of national significance, respectively. Of the total, 28 are classified as archaeological monuments, 11 as architectural, 3 as historic, and 1 as landscape, with 1 monument belonging to multiple categories. The archaeological monuments cover a wide range of time periods from the Paleolithic () to the Zaporozhian Cossack era (16th–18th centuries). The latest additions date to June 2024. Every monument is assigned a unique protection number, and those of national significance located in Mykolaiv Oblast start with the digits 14.

Bashtanka Raion

+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection number –1st millennia BCE 14 September 2009Archaeological140010-Н –7th centuries BCEArchaeological140011-Н Oleksandrivka – 4th century CEArchaeological140030-Н

Mykolaiv Raion

+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection numberPhoto Berezan Island – 4th century CE 14 September 2009Archaeological140025-Н More images – 4th century CEArchaeological140022-Н – 4th century CEArchaeological140023-Н – 4th century CE, 5th–17th centuriesArchaeological140024-Н – 4th century CEArchaeological140012-Н –1st millennia BCEArchaeological140013-Н – 4th century CEArchaeological140026-Н – 4th century CEArchaeological140014-Н Mykolaiv – 4th century CEArchaeological140002-Н More images – 4th century CEArchaeological140003-Н – 4th century CEArchaeological140004-Н – 4th century CEArchaeological140005-Н of the composer and ethnographer M. M. Arkas, the founder of the shipyard in Mykolaiv , 1909Historic140006-Н More images of the scientist, inventor, and public figure V. N. Karazin, 1982Historic140007-Н More images 21 June 2024Architectural140031 More images Architectural140032 More images ObservatoryArchitectural140033 More images Architectural140034 More images Architectural140035 More images Architectural140036 More images Architectural140037 More images – 10th century BCE 14 September 2009Archaeological140021-Н Ochakiv 21 June 2024Architectural140038 More images Ancient city of OlbiaParutyne – 4th century CE 14 September 2009Archaeological140027-Н More images

Pervomaisk Raion

+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection numberPhoto Settlement, –3rd millennia BCE, 9th–13th centuries 14 September 2009Archaeological140028-Н 21 June 2024Architectural140040 More images – 1st millennium CE 14 September 2009Archaeological140029-Н Pervomaisk 21 June 2024Architectural140039 More images –3rd millennia BCE 14 September 2009Archaeological140009-Н

Voznesensk Raion

+NameLocationDate constructedDate designatedTypeProtection numberPhoto Dwelling – 10,000 BCE 14 September 2009Archaeological140020-Н Historical landscape of the of the Zaporozhian Host, Kostiantynivka, Pivdennoukrainsk–6th millennia BCE, 5th–4th millennia BCE, 3rd–2nd millennia BCE, 12th–13th centuries, 16th–18th centuriesArchaeological, historic, landscape140001-Н More images Kostiantynivka–3rd millennia BCE, 2nd millennium – 10th century BCE, 5th–9th centuriesArchaeological140008-Н –9th centuriesArchaeological140017-Н – 1st millenniumArchaeological140015-Н Oleksandrivka–7th millennia BCEArchaeological140019-Н – 4th century CEArchaeological140018-Н – 10,000 BCEArchaeological140016-Н Voznesensk 21 June 2024Architectural140041 More images

See also

List of historic reserves in Ukraine Ukrainian architecture

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