[3] In the early 1930s, Kurylo-Krymchak launched extensive conservation work, protecting the nature reserves of the North Pryazovia from capture for agricultural purposes.

During the Second World War he was appointed mayor of Melitopol by the Germans and resumed the work in the museum, once again as its director.

In 1972, the diorama "Assault by Soviet troops of the Wotan line in October 1943" was created in the museum.

In all, Russian troops looted at least 198 gold items, rare old weapons, centuries-old silver coins and special medals, Ibragimova said.

The Chernikov brothers owned a trading house that specialized in supplying the manufacturers of Melitopol.

It houses a unique collection of Scythian gold of the fourth century BC, obtained as a result of excavations of the Melitopol kurgan.

The museum has a numismatic collection, which includes coins, orders and medals, tokens, seals, badges and banknotes.

[10] The museum also has a collection of historic photographs, books and documents that record aspects of the economic, political, and cultural life of Melitopol.