17 August left very different traces in the history of Mykolaiv: from the entry of German units into the city and the memory of a fallen defender to the nighttime appearance of kiosks in the Korabelnyi District, the raising of as many as 3 bridges and Russian missile strikes.
17 August 1941: German units entered Mykolaiv via Vodopii
Although in the official chronology the start of the Nazi occupation of Mykolaiv is often dated 16 August 1941, research by historian Yurii Vadymovych Kotliar clarifies: the last Soviet units left the city on 16 August, and on the morning of 17 August German motorcyclists entered Mykolaiv through Vodopii.
17 August 1977: defender Dmytro Vyacheslavovych Heorhiiev was born in Mykolaiv
Dmytro Vyacheslavovych Heorhiiev was born in Mykolaiv and served in the 15th Separate Mountain Infantry Battalion of the 128th brigade. He was killed on 25 July 2014 during the defense of Luhansk Airport, was posthumously awarded the rank of major and received the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III degree.
17 August 2019: kiosks appeared at night near the gas network in the Korabelnyi District
Around 02:00 several trading structures were installed near buildings No. 338 and No. 340 on Bohoyavlenskyi Avenue. Local activists said they were located in the medium-pressure gas pipeline zone; patrol officers and police arrived on site. “Korabeliv.Info” then reported that law enforcement were checking the documents for the installation of the structures.
17 August 2021: 3 bridges in Mykolaiv were raised so the fast attack craft “Pryluky” could depart
The Pivdennyi Buh, Inhul and pedestrian pontoon bridges were raised so that the missile boat “Pryluky” could leave the waters of the Mykolaiv Shipbuilding Plant. It had entered for repairs on 1 April 2021: the work covered the hull, mechanisms and electrical systems.
17 August 2022: 6 missile strikes were recorded on Mykolaiv
At night Russian forces again attacked Mykolaiv. Then-head of the OVA Vitalii Kim reported 6 missile strikes; the type of missiles was preliminarily identified as S-300. In particular, 2 missiles hit the Black Sea National University named after Petro Mohyla; an enterprise, an infrastructure facility and private houses were also damaged. According to information at the time, there were no deaths or injuries.
On this day in Ukraine and the world
17 August 1945 Indonesia declared independence. And on 17 August 2008 American swimmer Michael Phelps won his 8th gold medal in Beijing at a single Olympic Games, becoming the first athlete to achieve that.
For Mykolaiv 17 August proved to be a date where war and shipbuilding stand side by side: from the German troops in 1941 to the departure of the repaired “Pryluky” in 2021 and the new Russian strike in 2022. And for the Korabelnyi District this date also left a nighttime story of kiosks by the gas network.
Earlier we wrote:
- From the black August of 1941 to new trolleybuses: what 16 August in Mykolaiv was remembered for
- Either sewage, or S-300, or finally trolleybuses: how luck visited Korabelnyi on 15 August
- Books, ambrosia and “Smerches”: the strange 14 August in the history of Mykolaiv
- That day Korabelnyi was given two trolleybus routes, and Mykolaiv endured a “Smerchi” strike
- From the world’s first “Crab” to war: what 12 August in Mykolaiv was remembered for
