Mykolaiv Yacht Club, Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv Yacht Club is a coastal recreation area in the northwestern part of the city on the Pivdenniy Buh River.

The oldest yacht club in Ukraine was founded in Mykolaiv in 1887 on the initiative of Adjutant-in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet and Ports Yevhen Holikov, historian Mykola Arkas, scientist Volodymyr Ryumin. For its creation, a coastal area was allocated in Spassk - a suburb of Mykolaiv, where at that time the palace of Prince Hrihoriy Potemkin (not preserved) and the Turkish (Sultan) fountain (1792, restored in 1926) were located.

In 1904, the ceremonial opening of the newly constructed stone building of the Mykolaiv Yacht Club, built according to the project of the Mykolaiv architect and member of the yacht club, Leopold Rode, took place. This building has survive ...