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Odesa (also spelled Odessa) 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.
2022. The first Russian airstrikes against Odesa occurred on the first day of the invasion, early on 24 February 2022, targeting warehouses in the city as well as radar and air defense systems in Lipetske. The attacks left at least 22 killed and 6 wounded among servicemen and soldiers.
The Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases & Tissue Therapy founded. Dynamo football club formed. 1937 – Mass murder of around 1,000 Poles during the Polish Operation of the NKVD. [21] 1941. August 8-October 16: Siege of Odesa. October 17: Axis occupation begins. October 22–24: 1941 Odesa massacre. Odesa becomes capital of Romanian -administered ...
Izmail. / 45.35167°N 28.83639°E / 45.35167; 28.83639. Izmail ( Ukrainian: Ізмаїл, pronounced [izmɐˈjil] ⓘ; Russian: Измаил; Romanian: Ismail, Smil or Smeilu; Bulgarian: Исмаил ), is a city and municipality on the Danube river in Odesa Oblast in south-western Ukraine.
2023. The Historic Centre of Odesa ( Ukrainian: Історичний центр Одеси, romanized : Istorychnyi tsentr Odesy ), Historical City Centre of Odesa, or Centre of Odesa is a city centre and World Heritage Site in Odesa, Ukraine. It was listed in 2023, and currently, it is on the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger because of ...
To a significant extent the image of Odesa in Russophone culture is influenced by The Odessa Tales of Isaac Babel. Odesa is often referred to by the collocation "Odesa Mama" (Mom Odesa), a term that originated in Russian criminal ( blatnoy) subculture. [1] The reputation of the city as a criminal center originated in Imperial Russian times and ...
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The Port of Odesa or Odesa Sea Port (Ukrainian: Одеський морський торговельний порт, romanized: Odeskyi morskyi torhovelnyi port), located near Odesa, is the largest Ukrainian seaport and one of the largest ports in the Black Sea basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of 40 million tonnes (15 million tonnes dry bulk and 25 million tonnes liquid bulk), the ...