The Youth Palace of Culture is a centre for youth movements and creative development. In 2019, it opened a contemporary art centre under the historic name of Hotel Continental: a multidisciplinary platform for promoting contemporary Ukrainian culture in Ukraine and abroad. It was a bustling cultural place, hosting numerous concerts and performances, festivals, art exhibitions, stand-up nights, lectures and masterclasses, and artist residencies.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2020

With the outbreak of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the building's basement became a refuge for hundreds of Mariupol residents who hid here from the incessant bombardment of the already virtually destroyed city. With the shelling on 20 April 2022, the Russian occupiers effectively destroyed the Continental Hotel and its rich cultural history.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2022

The buildings of the former estate of Abram Tregubov. Tregubov was one of the 38 members of the City Duma, a prominent public figure, and a merchant of the first guild, which means he had the right to trade abroad. At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, he owned luxurious real estate, several businesses, including a steam mill, and three telephones.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2020

On 24 February 2022, Ukraine experienced a full-scale Russian invasion. Their shelling damaged the facades, windows, roofs, and interiors of three historic buildings of the Tregubov estate, and caused a massive fire.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2022

Kuindzhi Art Museum. In total, the museum's collection included 650 paintings, 960 graphic works, 150 sculptures, and more than 300 items of decorative and applied art.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2020

On 21 March 2022, the museum was destroyed by a direct hit from a Russian airstrike. At the time of the bombing, the original works of Arkhip Kuindzhi were not in the museum. However, the fate of other works of art is still unknown.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2022

Museum of History and Archeology
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2020

In 2022, the city was destroyed by shelling from the air, sea, and land artillery systems. Absolutely all buildings of Mariupol State University were critically damaged. All the exhibits of the Museum of History and Archeology, carefully collected by students and teachers, were lost in the fire that started as a result of Russian shelling on 18 April 2022. The photo shows dead civilians in bags near the university building.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2022

Gumper's house. The manor survived the Second World War: after the war ended, it was used as a communal housing for dozens of families.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2018

During Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine and the ruthless destruction of Mariupol with all possible types of weapons, the occupiers damaged the Gumper house as well: its facades, roof, and interiors were partially destroyed.
— Mariupol, Ukraine: 2022