Odessa – million-city located on the shores of the Black Sea, the third largest city in Ukraine, with a surprisingly short, a little more than 200-year history. City, which intersect the traces of great artists. This is where we spent one weekend in November, clearing the room at the Boutique Hotel Palais Royale pr-hotel.com.
On the territory of today's Odessa once there were ancient Greek settlements - their remnants here and there "shine" from under the modern buildings. But the modern city of Odessa was founded only in 1794 city, by order of Empress Catherine II, It is known in Russia as "the Great", in the territories conquered during the war with Turkey.
Construction of Odessa queen entrusted his Admiral De Ribas, Hispanic, who distinguished himself in battles against the Turks. De Ribas in the company of a Dutch military engineer, prepared the first plan of the city building, that after the adoption of the queen has been introduced into practice. De Ribas and is now considered a hero of Odessa, there is his monument, and the most representative street of the city (Deribasovskaya) it is his name.
After 10 years old, since the decision to build the city, they came into the possession of the French Duc de Richelieu, who previously had a successful career in the Russian army, unable to return to their homeland because of political beliefs (incompatible with the ideas of Napoleon Bonaparte), he also made a lot of good for Odessa, greatly increasing its value in Russia.
In the XIX century Odessa became a cosmopolitan city, which attracts a lot of new residents from neighboring countries, creating a multicultural, многоязычный и многоконфессиональный кластер. Это помогло Одессе получить статус свободного порта. In this way, the city was enriched by a large population, except Russian lived here:
- Albanians,
- Armenians,
- Bulgarians,
- Crimean Tatars,
- Poles and Jews…
Последние поселились в XIX веке настолько многочисленными, that at some point they were even more 1/3 жителей Одессы. Но из-за неоднократных актов насилия и погромов, against them, most of left the city at the end of the 19th century.
Сегодня Одесса с более миллионом человек является третьим по величине городом в Украине и самым важным морским портом. 2/3 населения города имеет украинскую национальность, хотя почти каждый человек ежедневно использует русский язык. Город гордится связями со многими известными людьми из мира культуры и искусства. What places you should definitely visit in Odessa, see the video below.
