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Go sightseeing to Odessa
Museums, historical places
of Odessa city. Old city
Odessa Apartments
in historical part of Odessa
city. Book apartment
| Sights
of Odessa |
Sights of Odessa
Primorsky Boulevard / Monument to Pushkin / Monument to Vorontsov / Colonnade of the Vorontsov Palace / Opera and Ballet Theatre / City Hall / Odessa Sea Port / Don Josef de Ribas / Catacombs / Museums: Museum of Literature, Naval Museum, Archeological Museum, Fine Arts Museum, Museum of Partisan Glory, Western and Oriental Arts Museum / Deribasovskaya Street. / City park / Vorontsov Palace / Beaches of Odessa / Odessa Cathedrals & Monasteries / Monument to Richelieu / The Potemkin Stairs
In 1794 Russian Empress Catherine the Great, signed an order in which she ordered to build seaport town on the place of former Turkish fortress “Khadzibey”. At the end of summer 1794 (August 22 – old style calendar, September 02 – new style calendar) the new settlement was founded. Since that time, the 2nd of September is the birthday of Odessa. A coat-of-arms was given to the town. This town was named “Odessa”.
Profitable geographical position of town Odessa (merchant ways between
East and West), the Black Sea bay, convenient for navigation all the year
attracted a lot of merchants from all the world to Odessa.
From the early beginning of Odessa city foundation Odessa seaport was the major port on the Black Sea, which allowed Russian Empire to be in close relationships with the countries, which are washed by The Black Sea and The Mediterranean Seas. Since then over 200 years have passed and Odessa Seaport is the largest seaport of Ukraine, so called, southern gate of Ukraine.
With the ruination of the Soviet Union, Odessa seaport development was sharply reduced. However, it was lucky to get investments to be modernized and increased. The cargo nomenclature was interchanged: black metal, mineral fertilizers, grain and petroleum are mostly transshipped by Odessa seaport. Passenger terminal accepts passenger ships even from overseas countries. There are regular connections with Israel, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria nad Georgia.
