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Odessa
Large seaport in the south of Ukraine. From XV century it is known as fortress Hadzhibej (has existed till the end of XVIII century). In 1789 during the second Russian-Turkish war it is grasped by Russian group under command major general I.Deribasa who became the organizer and the first town governor of a new city. In 1795 it is renamed into Odessa, soon became southern collars of Russian empire. Kljuchevouju a role in development of Southern Palmira town governor Djuk Rishele who has begun planned building has played. The city has rich "the literary biography" (A.Pushkin, A.Mitskevich, N.Gogol, L.Ukrainka, I.Franko, A.Kuprin, A.Ahmatova, J. Oldridzh, Z.Simenon, etc.) Is the considerable cultural centre and a resort. Thanks to a multinationality there was a special Odessa folklore and original dailekt. During Soviet times Odessa has won glory of capital of humour – Isaak Babel, Ilja Ilf and Evgenie Petrov, Michael Zhvanetsky, the Novel Kartsev from here comes, etc. old building of the centre with the well-known small streets and court yard Was saved. Set of monuments, including unusual ("Rybachka the Sleepyhead", "Rabinovich", "Zhvanetsky", etc.).
Sights:
- The seaside parkway, one of the most beautiful streets of the city, which ornaments are monument Djuku Rishele and the Potemkinsky (Seaside) ladder (1841) in 192 ступенb, going down to Morvokzalu.
- Deribasovsky, foot street with square on which there passes celebrating JUmoriny on April, 1st both trade in pictures and souvenirs. In square a considerable quantity of sculptures and monuments: a monument to Leonid Utesovu, Utochniku, sculptures "Lion" and "Lioness", a monument to "the Twelfth chair". In the street beginning - the monument to the first town governor Joseph Deribasu nicknamed "grasshopper".
- Opera and ballet theatre (1884-87), lane Tchaikovsky, 3. It is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Authors - Viennese arh. G.Gelmer and F.Felner which built theatres in Vienna, Budapest, Dresden, Zagreb. In style of the Renaissance with baroque elements, it is decorated by sculptural groups and masks.
- Arcade of a fortress with a tower and the rests of the Quarantine wall of the Suvorovsky fortress (1799). Are located in park of Shevchenko.
- Troitsk church (1808). It is built in style of classicism. Marble floors were partially saved.
- Piously-Pantelejmonovsky monastery (Athos farmstead), street Pantelejmonovsky. Five domes of the monastery, unusual mouldings and a mosaic reflect a mix of various architectural currents of the last century in walls.
- Municipal duma (1829-37), square Duma, 1. The building is constructed in style of classicism (arh. F.Boffo) for the Odessa commodity exchange. The main facade is decorated by 12 columns, sculptures. On the area - ancient 250-pudovaja a trophy pig-iron gun from an English frigate "Tiger" in memory of the Crimean war, a monument in Ampere-second. To Pushkin.
- Vorontsovsky palace (1824-1827), Seaside parkway, 1. It is created under the project and under a management arh. F.Boffo. Also the belvedere, a wing and a stable was saved. Until recently – the Palace of children and studying youth. Now in an emergency condition. A belvedere colonnade - one of symbols of Odessa.
- Palace Naryshkinyh (1805-10), street Sofievsky, 5. A building in style of classicism, under it - a cellar and catacombs, an artificial cave with a grotto. Ceiling decorating, marble and parquet floors with incrustation. Now - the Odessa art museum.
- Dvrets Gagarinyh (XIX century), street Lanzheronovsky, 2. Now – the Odessa literary museum. In a court yard there is a garden of sculptures with beds, a fountain, medieval statues and modern comic bronze figures in honour of heroes of the Odessa folklore.
- Dvrets Abazes (XIX century), street Pushkin, 9. Now – a museum of western and east art. In an exposition: Hals, Falkone, Kanaletto, Karavadzho. Magnificent interiors were saved.
- Shahsky palace (XIX century), Gogol's street, 2. A palace of the Polish magnate Brzhozovsky under the project arh. F.Gonsiorovskogo. In 1909 here there lived Iranian shah Mohamed Ali who has run away from Persia. Now – office "Sea transprotnogo bank". On the contrary - "the House with atlantami".
- New stock exchange (1894-99), Bunin's street, 15. Arh. A.Bernardatstsi. The facade is executed in forms of the Florentine Revival. Interiors are decorated by picturesque panels, marble. A ceiling from a carved tree. It is used as a philharmonic society hall.
- Archaeological museum (1825), street Lanzheronovsky, 4. It is based by I.Blarambergom who has passed to a museum a part of the collection. More than 150 thousand subjects – monuments of history and culture of Northern Black Sea Coast, the Ancient Greece and Rome. The best in Ukraine meeting of the Egyptian antiquities (sarcophagi, mummies of people and animals, jeweller ornaments, etc.).
- Hotel "Passage" (1898), street Preobrazhenskiy, 34. One of the most beautiful buildings of Odessa, amazing with refinement of architecture and sculptural compositions. In hotel there is a whole street with numbers of elite shops. The high roof from glass supplements sensation of immense open space and bears light in a building.
- Hotel "London" (XIX century), Seaside parkway, 11. Legendary hotel in which stopped Kuprin, Chekhov, Majakovsky, Rocks.
- The "mother-in-law's" bridge, the well-known bridge in the beginning of Seaside parkway. On a legend, it is constructed by order of one of merov that it was more convenient to it to reach through a ravine on a visit to the mother-in-law.
- The Odessa seaport (1968), is constructed on New to a pier. The station building is completely reconstructed, before it is established skulpturaja by E.Neizvestnogo "the Gold child", nearby – many-storeyed hotel "Odessa" (2001). In the end of a mooring – the St. Nikolay's church, new yacht-club.
- "Supply", street Imported. The well-known Odessa market where "it is possible to buy all", one of symbols of Odessa. Was considered as one of the greatest markets in Europe. It is opened daily, except Monday.
- Arcady, resort area of a city, the Odessa Riviera, the centre of a night life. It is well-known for the modern, well equipped beaches and a considerable quantity of various pleasure institutions.
- Catacombs, a labyrinth of artificial caves under a city. Are cut down in thickness of limestone as a result of extraction of a building stone of which the most part of buildings in a city is constructed. The general extent - about 2,5 thousand in km. In XVIII-XIX century were used by smugglers. In a year of the Great Patriotic War in catacombs guerrilla groups were based, the museum of Guerrilla glory (operates with. Nerubajsky).
[Odeska обладміністрація]
[Odessa Online]
[The world club of inhabitants of Odessa]
[Odessa.kom]
[Our Odessa]
[Rest in Odessa]
["Passage", a city portal]
[Odessa Web]
[The globe of Odessa]
[The Odessa factory of sparkling wines]
Area:
Belgorod-Dnestrovsky
Ancient city with rich history in 100 km from Odessa, port on Dnestrovsky estuary. It is constructed on a place of the antique Greek policy of the Shooting gallery (VI century BC) which excavation is conducted now. Tribes ulichej and tivertsev have created on its place economic, political and shopping centre Belgorod which was a part of the Galitsko-Volnynsky princedom. Was under the power of Moldova as Chetatja-Albe and Turkey as Akkerman. Under the Bucharest peace treaty of 1812 has departed in possession of Russia. Constructions of the Akkermansky (Belgorod) fortress (XIII-XV centuries) with the Genoa lock (citadel XII-XIII century) and 20 towers, surrounded with a deep ditch were saved. John Suchavskogo's underground church (XIV-XIX centuries), constructed over a stone well where in 1330 Tatars have tortured John's Moldavian merchant who has refused to accept Moslem (street Shabsky, 116). Also John Predtechi's Greek church (XV century), Uspensky (Armenian) church (XIV century) was saved The Voznesensky cathedral, fragments of historical building of XIX century In a private residence of merchant Femidi works museum of local lore (Pushkin's street, 19).
[A site of the city of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky]
Bolgrad
It is based in 1821 by Bulgarians running from a Turk on a place of an ancient slavic site of ancient settlement. A.Pushkin Here was in exile, of it reminds a monument to the poet, his name names city park. On suburb there is a mausoleum of general I.Inzova (1833), the city founder. Other architectural monuments – the Piously-Nikolaev church (1871) and the Preobrazhenskiy cathedral (1833-38), tomb Karamanevyh. The Istoriko-museum of local lore (Lenin's street, 154) works.
Vilkovo
City in delta of Danube, "the Ukrainian Venice". It is based in 1746 by the conservatives rescued from prosecution of orthodox church (the monument to the founder is established on a mooring). It is located on numerous artificial channels and the channels forming water streets (ereki). A transport Principal view – boats. Is the centre of the Danube biospheric reserve (street Tatarbunarsky povstannja, 132а). From a mooring will organise excursions on erikam an old city, in Danube plavni, on "zero kilometre" (a place of a confluence of Danube to Black sea), on islands of conservatives. The old believe temple of Christmas Presvjatoj of the Virgin (1850) was saved.
[Pridunajsky tourist information centre]
[Tour operator "Vilkovo-round"]
Izmail
It is known from XVI century as a Turkish fortress. It is taken by Russian armies (including the Ukrainian Cossacks-chernomortsami) under A.Suvorova's command in 1790, it is blown up on a condition of the Parisian contract in 1856 the Small mosque, Kilijsky gate, fragments of shaft Was saved. In a mosque the museum with a diopama "Storm of a fortress Izmail" (street the Serf, 1) works. Nearby – Uspensky church (1841), the Piously-Nikolaev church (1852). Other sights: the Pokrovsk cathedral 1822-36 (Suvorov's avenue), Church of Christmas of 1823 (Kutuzov's street, 24), a monument to Suvorov on the main area, the Marina. A.Suvorova's historical museum (Pushkin's street, 37), museum Pridunavja (street Kotovsk, 51) operates.
[City---hero of Izamil]
[A photo gallery of Izmail]
Kilija
Port on the bank of the Kilijsky channel of Danube. For the first time it is mentioned in the end of VII century BC as the Ancient Greek city-colony of Likostom. From X century was a part of the Kiev Russia, then was under the power of Turkey. On the bank of a pond there are rests of a fortress of XV century Here repeatedly made campaigns Ukrainian kozaki. Since 1812 under the power of Russia. The rare sample of a church semiunderground construction – Nikolaev church XV-XVII of centuries, and also a temple of Cover Presvjatoj of the Virgin (1836) was saved.
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