Viacheslav Holovchenko

Early 20th century engineers created quite a few prominent structures in Mykolaiv. Trusses of the Admiralty’s slipway and the Shukhov Water Tower are only some of those that have survived. Thanks to innovations that were used during their construction, the steel structures have managed to...

Following the publication of The Day (Engineer Shukhov’s masterpiece in Mykolaiv from August 14, 2012) featuring the story about the Shukhov Tower in Mykolaiv, local history fans activated. Marketing experts on numerous brand-sessions, which were held in Mykolaiv press club, even...

Rousing Greek dances, performed by ethnic Greek bands from Mariupol and Odesa, alternated with bard performances. This popular genre was shaped in the USSR and was an indispensable element of hiking tours and evenings by a campfire – to the accompaniment of a guitar, of course. Its lazy...

He was born in Mykolaiv a few blocks away from the shipyard and dreamed of becoming a well-known shipbuilder, but, instead, he overturned the entire Jewish world. The would-be 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe was born on 11 Nissan 5662 (April 18, 1902). His father Levi Yitzchok Schneerson was one of Russia’s...

Knowing how to do things thoroughly and soundly was not a vogue but natural behavior for old-time Mykolaiv residents, when they had to reclaim a living space from the wild steppe. For example, the water supply pipeline, which makes it possible for one to live and work, was laid in our city as...