October 22 in the history of Mykolaiv and the Korabelnyi District — a day of warships being launched, 25 million cartridges going missing from the port of Oktyabrsk, remembrance of a fallen defender, Vytovka’s age-old traditions, and Russian attacks. On this day, a major MSEC corruption case was also exposed, while world history saw the first parachute jump from a hot-air balloon and one of the most dangerous moments of the Cold War.
October 22, 1831: a 60-gun frigate was launched in Mykolaiv
The frigate “Enos,” armed with 60 guns, was launched at Perovsky’s private shipyard in Mykolaiv. The ship was one of a series of 6 frigates built by Mykolaiv shipbuilders. The historical source gives the date as October 10, 1831, Old Style, corresponding to October 22 on the modern calendar.
October 22, 1939: a Mykolaiv-built destroyer joined the fleet
The destroyer “Bditelnyi,” built at the 61 Communards Shipyard, joined the Black Sea Fleet. During World War II, the ship evacuated service members and the wounded, helped defend Sevastopol, and escorted transport vessels. On July 2, 1942, it was sunk by German aircraft in Novorossiysk Bay.
October 22, 2014: the mother of a fallen defender from Korabelnyi received his order
At the administration of the Korabelnyi District, the Order “For Courage,” 3rd Class, was presented to Nadiia Andriivna Kostiushko. It had been awarded posthumously to her son, Sergeant Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Kostiushko. The soldier was killed on July 13, 2014, during a mortar attack near Porichchia in the Luhansk region. The defender was commemorated with a moment of silence.
October 22, 2014: 25 million cartridges were found missing at the port of Oktyabrsk
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine released the findings of an inspection into ammunition storage at the specialized seaport of Oktyabrsk in the Korabelnyi District. Of 50 million cartridges of 7.62 mm caliber, only half were found during the inventory. The whereabouts of the remaining 25 million were unknown, and the potential losses to the state were estimated at approximately 16 million hryvnias. Criminal proceedings had been opened the previous day, October 21.
October 22, 2019: an age-old fishermen’s dish was revived in Vytovka
In the courtyard of the museum at the Siversov Lighthouse in the Korabelnyi District, the method of preparing “Tyulka nastorchak” was recreated. This traditional dish of fishermen from Vytovka-Bohoyavlensk has been known since at least the 19th century. It was prepared by Viktor Kasianovskyi, a fifth-generation fisherman, while local historian Ihor Pisnyi spoke about local traditions. The cooking process was recorded on video.
October 22, 2020: Mykolaiv shipbuilders returned the Berdiansk patrol boat to service
After a major overhaul at the Mykolaiv Shipbuilding Plant, the small armored artillery boat R175 “Berdiansk” returned to service. It was one of the Ukrainian boats captured by Russia during an attack near the Kerch Strait in 2018 and later returned to Ukraine. Mykolaiv specialists repaired its damaged equipment and hull.
October 22, 2022: a Russian attack killed a resident of Lymany
After 3 a.m., Russian forces shelled the village of Lymany in the Halytsynove community, near the Korabelnyi District. The strikes set a residential building on fire, where rescuers found the body of a man born in 1957. According to the Regional Military Administration, another resident was wounded during the shelling of the community, and power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged.
October 22, 2024: more than $450,000 found in the Mykolaiv MSEC case
The Security Service of Ukraine reported that the head of the Mykolaiv Regional MSEC Center had been exposed over alleged corruption schemes. During searches, law enforcement officers seized more than $450,000 and jewelry, and also found a Russian passport belonging to her son. According to investigators, the official had registered 3 undeclared apartments in his name, and in 2023 both of them received Group II disability status. The Security Service of Ukraine itself reported the findings of the investigation.
That was October 22 in the history of Mykolaiv and the Korabelnyi District: from warships and local traditions to major industrial projects, high-profile revelations, and losses brought by war.
October 22, 1937: the NKVD arrested the first Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church
In Kyiv, Soviet security forces arrested Vasyl Lypkivskyi, the first Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and one of the symbols of the struggle for the independence of Ukrainian Orthodoxy. As the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory reports, the 73-year-old clergyman was accused of belonging to a fictitious nationalist organization. He was executed on November 27, 1937.
October 22, 1797: the first parachute jump from a hot-air balloon took place in Paris
French inventor André-Jacques Garnerin made the first documented successful parachute descent from a hot-air balloon. As the Smithsonian Institution reports, the inventor detached himself from the balloon above Paris’s Parc Monceau and landed in a basket suspended from a silk parachute. The unusual spectacle drew a crowd and became an important milestone in the history of aeronautics.
October 22, 1962: the world stood on the brink of nuclear war
U.S. President John F. Kennedy addressed Americans on television and announced that Soviet nuclear missiles had been discovered in Cuba. He declared a naval blockade, officially called a “quarantine,” and demanded the dismantling of the missile installations. The Cuban Missile Crisis became one of the most dangerous confrontations between the United States and the USSR, bringing humanity perilously close to nuclear war.
Previously, we wrote:
- Naval Plant, 183 jumpers, the port of Olvia, and a Russian agent: October 21 in the history of Mykolaiv
- An aircraft carrier, the first postwar beer, and missiles striking Korabelnyi: the story of October 20
- The return of the “cyborgs” and a monument explosion: the story of October 19
- Korabelnyi was supposed to become a city, Oktyabrsk became Olvia, and Dachshund Diaka survived under the rubble
- Sludge, eggs for Shufrych, and 2 new barges: the remarkable October 17 in Mykolaiv
