2 September in the history of Mykolaiv combined Stalinist repressions against the Ukrainian intelligentsia, an important decision for the city’s shipbuilding, and the memory of a former city leader. On the same day Ukraine began a monetary reform, and the world formally saw the end of World War II.
2 September 1937: Mykola Lahuta was arrested for the second time in Mykolaiv
The NKVD arrested the Ukrainian historian, local historian, archaeologist and educator Mykola Lahuta. He taught Ukrainian language and literature, worked at the Mykolaiv museum and compiled the “Chronology of the main historical events of the city of Mykolaiv”. On 15 November the UNKVD troika sentenced the scholar to death, and on 25 November he was executed. In 1957 Lahuta was rehabilitated. Sources: State Archive of the Mykolaiv Region,
2 September 1968: a new design for the cruiser “Kyiv” was chosen for the Black Sea Shipbuilding Plant (ChSZ)
By government decree No.685–251 the construction in Mykolaiv of the third cruiser of project 1123.3 was stopped and it was decided to build the ship “Kyiv” under the new project 1143 at the Black Sea Shipbuilding Plant — with missile and aviation armament. The lead ship was laid down on 21 July 1970 and launched on 26 December 1972. Later ships of this type were reclassified as heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers. Source: history of the creation of the TAVKR “Kyiv”.
2 September 2007: Ivan Kanaiev passed away
Ivan Kanaiev — chairman of the city executive committee in 1974–1982 and an honorary citizen of the city — died in Mykolaiv. During his leadership the city actively built housing and social facilities; his name is associated with the creation of the children’s town “Kazka” and a new zoo complex.
2 September 1996: a monetary reform began in Ukraine
The National Bank introduced the hryvnia into cash circulation. The reform lasted until 16 September: Ukrainian karbovanets were exchanged at the rate of 100,000 karbovantsi to one hryvnia. Prices, wages, pensions, scholarships and account balances were recalculated in hryvnias.
2 September 1945: World War II formally ended
Representatives of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Instrument of Surrender on board the American battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The document ended Japan’s hostilities and formally concluded World War II.
Thus 2 September remained in history: a day marked by the destruction of Mykolaiv’s intelligentsia by the totalitarian regime, a new stage in the city’s shipbuilding, the memory of Ivan Kanaiev, and the birth of the modern Ukrainian hryvnia.
Earlier we wrote
- The first combine harvesters, an aircraft-carrying cruiser and the stadium of School No. 48: events of 1 September
- In 22 Mykolaiv schools the academic year began on 2 September
- Part of the Korabelnyi district remained without water for the second day
- In Korabelnyi residents stopped the theft of paving slabs
- The beginning and the end of World War II
