{"id":615890,"date":"2026-09-16T11:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/09\/615890\/sivers-lighthouse-a-football-cup-and-the-memory-of-more-than-10-000-jews-what-made-16-september-memorable\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:28:44","slug":"sivers-lighthouse-a-football-cup-and-the-memory-of-more-than-10-000-jews-what-made-16-september-memorable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/09\/615890\/sivers-lighthouse-a-football-cup-and-the-memory-of-more-than-10-000-jews-what-made-16-september-memorable\/","title":{"rendered":"Sivers' lighthouse, a football Cup and the memory of more than 10,000 Jews: what made 16 September memorable"},"content":{"rendered":"

16 September<\/strong> left very different traces in the history of Mykolaiv<\/strong>. In 1941<\/strong> this date became one of the most tragic in the city\u2019s history – the occupiers began to gather the Jewish population ahead of mass shootings. Decades later a team from the Mykolaiv region won a unique football trophy, the Siversov Front lighthouse in the Korabelny District<\/strong> was opened to tourists, and in 2025<\/strong> Denmark secured a large-scale support program for the region.<\/p>\n

16 September 1941<\/strong>: more than 10,000 Jews<\/strong> of Mykolaiv were gathered before mass extermination<\/h2>\n

During the Nazi occupation all Jews of Mykolaiv<\/strong> were ordered to gather with their belongings near the old Jewish cemetery – on the territory where the zoo is now located. Historical materials of the regional children\u2019s library, based on archival sources, report<\/a> that more than 10,000 people<\/strong> were assembled here and were then taken away for execution. The mass extermination of the city\u2019s Jewish population became one of the darkest pages in the history of occupied Mykolaiv.<\/p>\n

16 September 1990<\/strong>: Ochakiv\u2019s “Mayak” won the USSR Cup<\/h2>\n

In Karaganda<\/strong> the football club “Mayak” from Ochakiv<\/strong> played the final of the USSR Cup among factory teams against Metallurg<\/strong> from Aldan. Regular and extra time ended 0:0<\/strong>, and in the penalty shootout the team from the Mykolaiv region won 3:2<\/strong>. A retrospective history of the club calls this cup the only such trophy in Mykolaiv football history; the team was coached by Valeriy Viktorovych Zhuravko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

16 September 2019<\/strong>: the Siversov Front lighthouse in Korabelny was opened to tourists<\/h2>\n

The Ministry of Infrastructure announced the opening of the Siversov Front lighthouse in the Korabelny District of Mykolaiv<\/strong> to visitors. Korabelov.info reported<\/a> that the lighthouse system ensures the passage of vessels through the Buzko\u2013Dnieper\u2013Liman channel. Later, already after the quarantine restrictions, the editorial team found<\/a> that access was closed again, although before the pandemic the lighthouse did accept tourists and even had a visitors\u2019 book.<\/p>\n

16 September 2025<\/strong>: after 84 years<\/strong> Mykolaiv opened the renovated Square of the Righteous Among the Nations<\/h2>\n

Next to the Mykolaiv zoo and the memorial sign to the victims of the Holocaust they opened<\/a> the renovated Square of Memory of the Righteous Among the Nations – people who saved Jews during the Nazi occupation. According to the city\u2019s department of culture, the Mykolaiv region has known names of 124 Righteous Among the Nations and Righteous of Ukraine<\/strong>, as well as 106 rescued Jews<\/strong>. Symbolically, the opening took place exactly 84 years<\/strong> after the start of the mass gathering of the city\u2019s Jewish population.<\/p>\n

16 September 2025<\/strong>: Denmark allocated more than \u20ac225 million<\/strong> for Mykolaiv and the region<\/h2>\n

At the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Partnership “Mykolaiv – Denmark” a new cooperation program for 2025\u20132028<\/strong> was presented<\/a>. Its total budget was about \u20ac375 million<\/strong>, of which over 60%<\/strong> – more than \u20ac225 million<\/strong> – was allocated directly for Mykolaiv<\/strong> and the region. The funds were to be directed to education, healthcare, energy, infrastructure restoration, and support for business and communities.<\/p>\n

This day in Ukraine and the world<\/h2>\n

16 September 2000<\/strong> in Kyiv<\/strong> journalist and founder of Ukrainska Pravda Heorhiy Ruslanovych Gongadze<\/strong> disappeared. The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance calls<\/a> his murder one of the most resonant events in the history of independent Ukraine. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}<\/p>\n

16 September 1987<\/strong> in Montreal<\/strong> the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer was adopted. The UN document records<\/a> this date as the day it was concluded; the protocol now has 198 states and territories<\/strong> as parties.<\/p>\n

16 September<\/strong> for Mykolaiv<\/strong> is a date of contrasts: one of the darkest pages of the Holocaust, a rare sporting victory, the opening of a historic lighthouse in Korabelny, and a modern international partnership on which the city\u2019s future depends.<\/p>\n

Earlier we wrote:<\/h2>\n