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Timeline Of Odesa
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Odesa, Ukraine. 13th to 17th century * 1240 – Tatars begin settling herds in the region. * 1415 – A settlement of Kachibei (Khadjibey, Hacıbey, Kotsiubiyiv) was first mentioned. * 15th century – Khadjibey ceded to Lithuania. * 1529 – Ottoman conquest. 18th century * 1764 – Fortress Yeni Dünya built at Khadjibey by Turks. * 1789 – Russian forces take fortress. * 1791 – Khadjibey annexed to Novorossiya. * 1794 – Odesa founded by decree of Catherine II of Russia. * 1795 ** Population: 2,250. ** Cathedral of the Transfiguration founded. 19th century * 1802 – Population: 9,000. * 1803 – Duc de Richelieu in power. * 1804 – Commercial school founded. * 1805 ** Odesa becomes administrative center of New Russia. ** Theatre opens. ** Russian Orthodox church built. * 1808 – Troitzkaya Church active. * 1809 ** Cathedral built. ** Opera house built. * 1812 – Plague. * 1814 – Population: 25,000. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Port
Free economic zones (FEZ), free economic territories (FETs) or free zones (FZ) are a class of special economic zone (SEZ) designated by the trade and commerce administrations of various countries. The term is used to designate areas in which companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage economic activity. The taxation rules and duties are determined by each country. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) has content on the conditions and benefits of free zones. Some special economic zones are called free ports. Sometimes they have historically been endowed with favorable customs regulations, such as the free port of Trieste. As the United Kingdom was proposing the creation of ten free ports after leaving the European Union in early 2020, the EU was clamping down on 82 free zones after finding that their special status had aided the financing of terrorism, money laundering and organised crime. Definition The def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odesa Opera And Ballet Theatre
, logo_caption = Logo , image = Operniy-5.jpg , image_size = 270px , caption = Odesa Theatre of Opera and Ballet , address = Tchaikovsky Lane 1 , city = Odesa , country = , designation = Architectural Landmark , coordinates = , architect = , owner = , capacity = 1,636 , type = , opened = 1810 , yearsactive = , rebuilt = 1887, Fellner & Helmer , closed = , othernames = , logo_image = , production = , currentuse = , website operahouse.od.ua The Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre ( uk, Одеський національний академічний театр опери та балету) is the oldest theatre in Odesa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odesa. The first opera house was opened in 1810 and destroyed by fire in 1873. The modern building was constructed by Fellner & Helmer in neo-baroque (Vienna Baroque) style and opened in 1887. The architecture of the luxurious audience hall fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odesa Oblast Academic Drama Theater
250px, The Theatre building on the Hretska Street The Odesa Oblast Academic Drama Theater ( uk, Одеський обласний академічний драматичний театр) is the oldest theatre in southern Ukraine. The theatre was constructed in 1874 at the initiative of A. C. Velikanov, a local merchant. Velikanov also intended to hire for Nikolai Miloslavsky’s company as the main performer for the theatre. Initially the theatre was called ‘’Theatre Velikanova’’ after his owner. However, in 1875 Velikanov sold the theatre to F. Rafalovich who renamed it “Russian Theatre”, name which it kept up to present. In the years before the Russian Revolution the theatre hosted the main theatrical events of the city. Many Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, Italian, drama, opera and оperetta companies performed on its stage among which Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, Benoît-Constant Coquelin, Jean Mounet-Sully, Maria Savina, Vladimir Davydov, Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odesa University
Odesa I. I. Mechnykov National University ( uk, Одеський національний університет Iмені І. І. Мечникова, translit=Odeskyi natsionalnyi universytet imeni I. I. Mechnykova), located in Odesa, Ukraine, is one of the country's major universities, named after the scientist Élie Metchnikoff (who studied immunology, microbiology, and evolutionary embryology), a Nobel prizewinner in 1908. The university was founded in 1865 by an edict of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, which reorganized the Richelieu Lyceum of Odesa into the new Imperial Novorossiya University. In the Soviet era, the university was renamed Odesa I. I. Mechnykov State University (literally, "Odesa State University named after I. I. Mechnykov"). Odesa I. I. Mechnykov National University comprises four institutes, ten faculties, and seven specialized councils. The university is famous for its scientific library, the largest and oldest of any university in Ukraine (3,600,000 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorontsov Lighthouse
__NOTOC__The Vorontsov Lighthouse ( uk, Воронцовський маяк, russian: Воронцовский маяк) is a red-and-white, 27.2 metre tall lighthouse in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv .... It is named after Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, one of the governors-general of the Odessa region. p. 167-168 Construction The lighthouse was built with iron tubing and lead gaskets. It has a one-million-watt signal light that can be seen up to twelve nautical miles (22 km) away. It transmits the Morse Code signal of three dashes, the letter ''O'', for Odesa. It also sounds a foghorn during severe storms or fog. p. 33 The lighthouse is connected with the port's shoreline by a long stone causeway and jetty, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odesa Military District
The Odesa Military District (russian: Одесский военный округ, ОВО; , abbreviated ) was a military administrative division of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 1998 most of its territory was transformed into the Southern Operational Command. It had been inherited from the Soviet Armed Forces by Ukraine, and at the same time part was also inherited by the Military of Moldova, while the Russian Federation retained control of the district's 14th Guards Army in Moldova. An earlier formation by the same name was also part of the Imperial Russian military. History Years of existence * December 24, 1862 – January 1918 Russian Empire, transformed into headquarters of Romanian Front * April 9 – August 5, 1919 Russian SFSR, dissolved, remnants transferred to 12th Army * October 11, 1939 – September 10, 1941 Soviet Union, dissolved remnants transferred to Southern Front * March 23, 1944 – January 3, 1992 Soviet Union, passed on to Armed Forces of Ukraine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Steam Navigation And Trading Company
The Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company (russian: Русское общество пароходства и торговли or ROPiT russian: РОПиТ, also referred as Russian S.N.Co.) of Odessa was one of the biggest joint stock steamship companies in Imperial Russia. It was established in 1856 and ceased to exist in 1918 due to nationalization after the revolution in Russia. In 1858 the company obtained a 24-year contract for usage of the port of Villafranca Marittima, on the Mediterranean with the Kingdom of Sardinia. From 1863 to 1914 all Russian post offices in the Ottoman Empire were run by the ROPiT. In 1901 it had a fleet of 72 steamships. Company stock was listed on Saint-Petersburg Stock Exchange. ROPiT fleet *Svet (Свет) (1815) *Emperor Aleksander II (Император Александр II) (1858) *Veliki Knjaz Konstantin (Великий Князь Константин) (1858) *Oleg (Олег) (1859) *Lasar (Лазар) (1863) *Rostov (Р ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimean War
The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the expansion of the Russian Empire in the preceding Russo-Turkish Wars, and the British and French preference to preserve the Ottoman Empire to maintain the balance of power in the Concert of Europe. The flashpoint was a disagreement over the rights of Christian minorities in Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire, with the French promoting the rights of Roman Catholics, and Russia promoting those of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The churches worked out their differences with the Ottomans and came to an agreement, but both the French Emperor Napoleon III and the Russian Tsar Nicholas I refused to back down. Nicholas issued an ultimatum that demanded the Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman Empire be placed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Londonskaya Hotel
The Londonska Hotel is a historic four star 19th century hotel in the center of Odesa, Ukraine, belonging to the same company as the nearby Bristol Hotel. Description The stylish four star 19th century hotel is in the centre of Odesa. It belongs to the same company as the nearby five-star '' Bristol Hotel'' which is roughly twice the size. Early history The building housing the Londonskaya Hotel was originally constructed between 1826–1828 as a private residence, designed by architect Francesco Boffo in the early Italian Renaissance style. The hotel was opened in 1846 by Jean-Batiste Karuta, a French confectioner. It was significantly remodeled from 1899–1900 by architect J.M. Dmitrenko, and renovated in 1988. The name of the hotel, like the nearby ''Bristol Hotel'', is thought to have suggested luxury at that time. Famous Guests Famous guests of the hotel have included: Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, Anton Chekhov, Alexander Kuprin, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ivan Ayvazovsky, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potemkin Stairs
, location = , address2 = , owner = , coordinates = , place_type = Stairs , construction = 1837–1841 , open = 1841 , steps = 192 , height = 27 m , surface = granite, sandstone p. 51 , designer = F. Boffo, Avraam Melnikov and Pot'e , website = , dedicated_to = Battleship ''Potemkin'' The Potemkin Stairs or Potemkin Steps ( uk, Потьо́мкінські схо́ди, translit=Potiomkinski skhody) are a giant stairway in Odesa, Ukraine. They are considered a formal entrance into the city from the direction of the sea and are the best known symbol of Odesa. (hardcover; , paperback reprint) The stairs were originally known as the Boulevard steps, the Giant Staircase, p. 32 or the Richelieu steps. p. 119. Referencing p. 616 p. 18, 25 p. 498 "The Richelieu Steps in Odessa were renamed the "Potemkin Steps"... p. 223 The top step is 12.5 meters (41 feet) wide, and the lowest step is 21.7 meters (70 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorontsov Palace (Odesa)
The Vorontsov Palace ( uk, Воронцовський палац; russian: Воронцовский дворец) is a 19th-century palace and colonnade in Odesa, Ukraine, at the end of the Prymorskyi Boulevard pedestrian walkway. History The buildings were built between 1827 and 1830 by the Sardinian-born architect Francesco Boffo for Russian Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, one of the governor-generals of the Odessa region. The palace was built on the site where the Turkish fortress of Khadjibey, Hajibey used to be. Palace complex includes main building, stables, colonnade and two lions, which used to stay near the gate of a main entrance.https://www.odessitclub.org/publications/almanac/alm_21/alm_21_25-38.pdf Vorontsov was so impressed with Boffo's work, that he contracted Boffo to design the Potemkin Stairs. p. 133, 337 p. 119. p. 39 ''The main corpus was erected in 1824-27, and already in 1828 splendid balls and celebrations took place inside. Construction was completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
