Best Things to Do in Mykolaiv

10/03/2023

Monument to Shipbuilders

On Admirala Makarova street is an impressive monument paying tribute to Mykolaiv’s shipbuilders and sailors.

The sculpture was installed in 1989 on the city’s 200th anniversary and has graced Ukrainian stamps.

The piece is charged with symbolism, and is composed of a globe surrounded by 11 bronze statues.

Each of these represents a different walk of life associated with the shipbuilding industry, from welders to navigators and military commanders.

The globe is also supported by three platforms, each representing one of Mykolaiv’s three shipyards.

10/03/2023

Shukhov Tower

At one of Mykolaiv’s highest points is a water tower designed by the legendary Russian engineer and architect Vladimir Shukhov.

It has the trademark hyperboloid structure that Shukhov pioneered and is one of the earliest examples of this design, dating to 1907. More importantly at that time, it also solved a water supply crisis towards the end ofTsarist rule.

The tower, 26 metres in height, was finally made obsolete in the 1950s when a new system drew water from the Inhulets River and now stands as a monument to its famous designer.

10/03/2023

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08/03/2023

St Nicholas Cathedral

Set on Faleevskaya Street, Mykolaiv’s orthodox cathedral is hard to miss for its bright blue dome, spire and Classical facade.

The cathedral was started in 1803, but progress was slow as the Greek merchants who initially funded construction moved to Odessa after Mykolaiv was closed to foreigners during the reign of Paul I. It was eventually completed in 1817 and unlike many churches in Ukraine was only shut down for a short time during the Soviet period.

Services began again during the Second World War and continued until the fall of the USSR. For that reason it has kept hold of its 19th-century frescoes, which is quite rare in Ukraine.

06/03/2023

Naval Boulevard

Over the Inhulets River on the north side of the Admiralty is a green promenade where you can continue your saunter around the city.

From this green balcony you’ll have a good perspective of the cranes in the “Shipyard named after 61 Communards”. The boulevard is also clustered with war monuments and statues of famous figures from the city’s early days.

One of these is Miklhail Faleev, the 18th-century merchant who put up the finances to build the city’s first shipyards.

As thanks for that gesture he is remembered as Mykolaiv’s first citizen

06/03/2023

04/03/2023

Museum of Shipbuilding and Fleet

In the Admiralty, this Russian Classical building was the seat for a long line of Black Sea Fleet commanders from 1794 to 1900. In 12 rooms there are almost 3,000 objects on shipbuilding and navigation on the Black Sea, Ukraine’s rivers and the Mediterranean.

This starts in antiquity and also covers the Kievan Rus in medieval times and the Zaporizhian Cossacks in the early modern age.

You’ll see Mykolaiv’s military shipyards at their peak in the 19th century in a massive diorama.

The city’s extensive civilian shipbuilding activity in the 21st century is also revealed, at companies like “Shipyard named after 61 Communards”, which has been in business since 1788.