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The historic centre stands on a shallow indentation of the seacoast about 30 kilometres north of the Dniester estuary.The city was founded in 1794 by a strategic decision by Catherine the Great to build a warm-water port following the conclusion of the Russo-Turkish war of 1787–1792.
"Odessa cuisine loves to sit, you shouldn't take it off the stove and swallow it quickly. Let it sit on the stove or in the refrigerator. Odessa bazaar smells. Odessa dill smells. Odessa garlic sticks fingers together. Odessa horse mackerel detaches from the ridge and melts in the mouth. Aubergine dip sharpens and flavours any pork chop.
Odesa (also spelled Odessa) [a] is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative centre of the Odesa Raion and Odesa Oblast, as well as a multiethnic cultural centre.
The approximate topography of the Odesa underground labyrinth is unknown as the catacombs have not been fully mapped. [4] It is thought that most (95–97%) of the catacombs are former coquina multilevel mines from which stone was extracted to construct the city above.
1875 – Tzar visits Odessa. [6] 1876 – Turkish forces attack Odessa. [4] 1880 – Horse tramway begins operating. [citation needed] 1881 Steam tramway begins operating. [citation needed] Pogrom against Jews. 1882 – Population: 217,000. [14] 1887 – Theatre built. [15] 1894 – Odessa Committee of the Social Democratic Workers Party ...
Odesa Oblast (Ukrainian: Одеська область, romanized: Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea.
Odesa humor is a notable part of both Jewish humor and Russian humor. [3]Since 1972 Odesa has been hosting the annual festival of humor, Humorina.For this and other reasons Odesa was known as the "capital of humor" in the Soviet Union.
The contractor for this work was ruined. It is an ill-conceived design if intended for ornament; its utility is more than doubtful and its execution defective, that its fall is already anticipated. An Odessa wag has prophesied that the Duc de Richelieu, whose statue is at the top, will be the first person to go down it. [27]