THE ISSUE OF BLACK SEA FLEET AND SHIPYARDS IN THE YEARS OF UKRAINIAN REVOLUTION: THE MYKOLAYIV VISION

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THE ISSUE OF BLACK SEA FLEET AND SHIPYARDS IN THE YEARS OF UKRAINIAN REVOLUTION: THE MYKOLAYIV VISION

Journal Title: Історичний архів. Наукові студії - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 18

Abstract

This works cover the issues of the Black Sea Fleet and Ukrainian shipyards during the revolutionary era associated with Nikolaev using archival records, publications in Mykolayiv periodicals of 1917-1919, memoirs of the events, and works of predecessors. The author concludes that the Central Council made an error, thinking that Ukraine does not need a military fleet. In Mykolayiv, the economy of which was based on shipbuilding, this decision led to a catastrophic situation in the shipyards, suspending their work, mass unemployment, and an overall financial crisis in the city. The crisis intensified as a result of the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks and the arrival of the German-Austrian troops. Consequently, an uprising broke out in Mykolayiv. It originated in «Naval» and «Russud» shipyards. Instead of follow-ing the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty, the Germans not only captured the current Black Sea fleet, but also tried to finish building the Empire warships left Mykolayiv. For this purpose, they requisitioned Mykolayiv shipyards. While Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky was in office, the delegation that held talks in Berlin concerning the return of the Black Sea Fleet to Ukraine included Mykolayiv shipyards leaders Boris Yurenev and Mykola Kuhlman. However, the agreement reached during the negotiations concerning joint construction of ships for the merchant fleet and agricultural machinery was violated Germans, so Pavlo Skoropadsky decided to build ships for the Navy needs of Ukraine independently. After the appointment of the former mayor of Mykolayiv vice-admiral Andrey Pokrovsky as the Marine Minister in the govern-ment of Skoropadsky, Mykolaiv not only cherished hopes for a revival of the Black Sea Fleet and the resumption of the shipyards’ work, but also wanted to regain the management of the Black Sea Fleet. The Skoropadsky government ap-proved the opening a Naval cadets school to train officers for the fleet. Rear-admiral Sergei Frolov, who was born in Mykolayiv, headed the initiative. Further, Mykolaiv was chosen for the deployment of the 2nd regiment of marines. The Mykolaiv branch of the Baltic shipyard was reorganized into Mykolaiv repair shipyard for the Maritime agency of the Ukrainian State. Steps were taken to improve the preservation of documents in the Central Black Sea Naval Archive. The Directorate approved a series of laws to develop the Navy of Ukraine, including the approval of a staff for the military port of Mykolaiv. It was planned that shipbuilding would be developed in Mykolaiv. To this end, the govern-ment allocated 20 million rubles to Mykolayiv shipbuilding yards «Naval» and «Russud». Additionally, the Directorate planned to open Naval cadets classes and other educational institutions for training officers and sailors of the Black Sea Fleet. Thus, the policies of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky and the Directorate were aimed at strengthening and devel-oping Black Sea Fleet shipbuilding. However, due to the political and historical conditions none of the planned initia-tives were implemented. The Ukrainian Navy revived only after the independence of Ukraine.

Authors and Affiliations

L. Levchenko

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