History

Imagine the times when military fleets set off on multi-month voyages, and the lives of sailors depended not only on the course of hostilities, but also on the banal level of medical support. Infectious diseases, injuries, and lack of proper care caused significant losses among military crews.

How a native of Bukovina developed the medical charter of the military fleet and why every Ukrainian should know about it, read in the USM material.

Ships maneuvering in open waters without a crew, as if left to the elements, have long been part of maritime legends. Some of them remain unexplained, like the story of the Mary Celeste, abandoned with its full equipment, or the stories of the “Flying Dutchman”, who, according to myths, is doomed to wander the ocean forever.

Exactly 106 years ago, the battleship “Volya” joined the Ukrainian fleet. USM commemorates the history of this legendary ship, and how the dreadnought with the proverbial name became a symbol of the Ukrainian revolution.

It is hard to believe now, but more than 100 years ago, a destroyer of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Empire raised the flag of Ukraine and refused to lower it. How did it happen? And what happened next?In July 1917, the ship “Envious” (of the “Covenant” type) of the Black Sea Fleet…

The port (now a sea trade point) of Khorly is located on the shore of the Karkinitsky Gulf of the Black Sea in the Kherson region.

Most of the ports of Ukraine are the country’s trade gates, and some are also unique in that they are city-forming.