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  Ukraine Info | Travel | Places   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Odesa region is located in the far Southwest of Ukraine and borders on Vinnytsya, Kirovohrad, and Mykolayiv regions, as well as on the countries of Moldova and Romania.
Odesa sea port and other ports of the region are situated at the junction of intensive international sea and river transport connections; this defines a great distribution potential of the ports.
The population density in Odesa region is 78.9 inhabitants per square km, with the highest density in satellite districts of large cities and the area south to the Dniester, while the lowest density is observed in the northern and central parts of the region.
www.ukremb.com /travel/odesa   (14464 words)

  
 Government portal :: Odesa region   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Odesa oblast’ was established according to the Provision of the IV special session of All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee of the XII convocation from February 9, 1923.
In 1956 former territory of Izmayil oblast was adjoined to Odesa oblast’.
Odesa is a “capital of humor” and its residents considered to be Odesits by nationality.
www.kmu.gov.ua /control/en/publish/article?art_id=117091&cat_id=32596   (1080 words)

  
 History of Odesa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Odesa, capital of Odesa region, in Ukraine, a port on Odesa Bay of the Black Sea.
Odesa was a center of émigré Greek and Bulgarian patriots, of the Ukrainian cultural and national movement, of Jewish culture, and of the labor movement and social democracy.
Odesa was the scene in 1905 of a workers' outbreak led by sailors from the battleship Potemkin.
www.ukrainaemb.se /Ukraine/Regions/Odesa/history_of_odesa.htm   (519 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Odessa
Odesa, city, south central Ukraine, capital of Odesa Oblast.
Located on the Black Sea, the city is the chief trade and fishing port of the country,...
Potemkin, Soviet motion picture about a mutiny on a battleship that triggers a workers’ uprising, based loosely on the revolt of 1905 in Odesa...
ca.encarta.msn.com /Odessa.html   (101 words)

  
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Its duty-free status in the early part of the 19th century encouraged imports, and by 1850 Odesa was the largest wheat exporter in the Russian Empire.
Odesa is a city renowned for its scholarly, artistic, and cultural life.
One of the few planned cities in Ukraine, Odesa's central core is laid out on a grid whose spacious avenues are paved with granite and lined with acacia trees.
pages.prodigy.net /l.hodges/odesa.htm   (611 words)

  
 UCEF - News - Odesa-Crimea Exarchate Engaged in Charitable Efforts
Mykhailo Ivantsyk, vicar of southern Ukraine's Odesa and Crimea exarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) and Fr.
Among the main tasks of the exarchate is to build a church in Odesa, which still does not have a single Greek Catholic church.
Finally, the priests spoke on the events the UGCC is planning to hold to commemorate the year of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and Patriarch Josyf Slipyj.
www.ucef.org /news/040421.html   (240 words)

  
 Odesa, Ukraine, Pictures
Odesa itself was founded in 1794 as a Russian naval fortress on territory annexed from the Ottoman Empire in 1792.
During the Crimean War (1853-56), Odesa was bombarded by joint French and British naval forces.
Odesa suffered heavy damage during World War II, when it was occupied from 1941 to 1944 by German and Romanian forces; many civilians were killed by the occupying armies.
www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Ukraine/Odesa_city.html   (258 words)

  
 NEWS ANALYSIS: Odesa police get their man - but that's about all ... (04/18/99)
Odesa Regional Police Chief Grigory Epur was not phased by the fact that his suspect was not only out of his jurisdiction, but in another country entirely.
An independent Odesa media source confirmed the account, though neither could explain why anyone would send a murder suspect weapons while he was in police detention.
Odesa media sources told the Post other possible suspects are a Moldovan businessman, Chechen mafia, Odesa mafia, associates of former Mayor Eduard Hurvits and Russian energy-industry insiders, among others.
www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1999/169904.shtml   (1168 words)

  
 TAK / Home / Reportage / Odesa students in Kyiv:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Tania arrived in Kyiv yesterday at her own expense with friends from Odesa, to support Viktor Yanukovych, and today she is getting ready to go home, because she needs to study.
She explained that in Odesa there is a normal atmosphere during the whole work day, people go to work, students go to class.
It was a little frightening to travel from Odesa to Kyiv, because she thought she might be hurt, but, arriving in the capital, Tania understood that she was mistaken.
www.ucu.edu.ua /tak/eng/news/article;715   (274 words)

  
 Odesa branch, Ukraine And the World International Charitable Fund.
Odesa branch, Ukraine And the World International Charitable Fund.
The Odesa branch of "Ukraine And the World " International Charitable Fund would like to ask your kind assistance in the following question.
A private TV & Radio company from Odesa has referred to us in order to seek for the opportunity in obtaining the equipment for operating TV & Radio studios.
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 EuroScope: On-Line Guides: Ukraine: Odesa
The administrative center of Odesa Province (area - 33,300 sq.km, population - 2,635,000).
In 1794 the construction of Russian naval base started and in 1795 the Tartar settlement of Khadzhi-Bey (15th century) was renamed Odesa.
The modern Odesa is one of the biggest Ukrainian cities, and the "Southern Gateway" of the country.
pages.prodigy.net /euroscope/odesa.html   (299 words)

  
 Healer Hall VP - Janna & Rivka's J'man Promotion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Odesa shrugs, "Safe as could be expected I suppose," she notices that this time it's myriad different vegetables that arrive.
Odesa catches Novec's glance and smiles at him softly, of course he didn't see that as he was eating...
Odesa pushes her plate back and sighs, her eyes roave over to the cooling meals next to her and she quirks an eyebrow, "There must have been a mistake..." she murmers.
halo-productions.com /healer/Logs/jnariv.htm   (2400 words)

  
 My Ukraine - Promenade along Odesa streets
Recently, Odesa was visited by Silvester Stallone’s mother Jacqueline who wanted to see her former motherland in order to make sure that the Potemkin Stairway is in proper order.
When in 1815 Richelieu obtained a position of the Prime Minister of France, all of Odesa was saw him off, as he journeyed to his motherland.
For instance, to sit on a bench close to the famous Odesa jazzman of the last century 30-s Leonid Utesov, who was the founder of the first jazz-band in the vast expanses of the USSR.
myukraine.info /en/tourism/odesa/streets   (844 words)

  
 BRAMA Travel to & in Ukraine - Odesa ( Odessa )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
These photographs of Odesa generously contributed by Peter Wehmann were taken in May 1998.
Primorskiy Boulevard with a monument of Duke De Richelieu, the French nobleman who was Odesa's governor from 1805 to 1816.
An inner courtyard in the historic section of Odesa.
www.brama.com /travel/odesa.html   (390 words)

  
 Odesa  Professional Office and Commercial Cleaning Services, London, office, shop, hospital, pub, restaurant, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Odesa will supply all machinery (including vacuum cleaners etc.), cleaning materials and fl refuse sacks to fulfil the contract.
Items such as office bin liners, white swing and pedal bin liners, local authority refuse sacks, toilet consumables and detergents will be supplied on request at an additional cost according to requirements.
Odesa will make every effort to provide you with a reliable cleaners.
www.odesa.co.uk /FAQ.htm   (353 words)

  
 Travel to Ukraine with Olymp Travel LTD | ukraine | Odesa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The museum was inaugurated in 1899 on the initiative of the Odesa Fine Arts Association in the palace designed by architect Franz Boffo.
The collection reflects the history of painting from the old Russian icons, classical art and onwards the works by the contemporary Odesa artists, developing both the realistic and avant-garde trends.
From Odesa) is one of the oldest towns in Ukraine (2500 years).
www.olymp-travel.kiev.ua /incoming/ukraine.php?city=Odesa   (936 words)

  
 My Ukraine - Odesa
You may successfully complete the image of this colorful city after only becoming familiar with its history and having appreciated the artistic riches of its museums.
In the city there is the most unique “Odesa metro” – hundreds of kilometres of underground labyrinths created during the period of the city construction over 200 years ago when stones used for building were extracted from mines.
Odesa - welcome To the beach where the waves are murmuring
myukraine.info /en/tourism/odesa   (130 words)

  
 UCU / Current / News / Choir Celebrates Establishment of Exarchate in Odesa:
On 21 December 2003, faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in southern Ukrainian Odesa gathered for a festive meeting to mark the establishment of the Odesa and Crimea exarchate of the UGCC.
Bishop Ivasiuk spoke on the history of the establishment of the Odesa and Crimea exarchate.
Today, the Odesa and Crimea exarchate, which covers the southern Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Kirovograd regions and Crimea, has 20 acting communities, 11 priests and two deacons.
www.ucu.edu.ua /eng/current/chronicles/article;197   (460 words)

  
 Weather Odesa Weather Forecast - Find Local Odesa Weather   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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www.findlocalweather.com /forecast.php?icao=UKOO   (310 words)

  
 Eduard Hurvits 17-Mar-1998 Bodelan appeals to Hurvits to leave Odesa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The head of the Oblast administration underlined that "The fight for a post of the level of city mayor is not worth a human life, and not even one drop of blood," referring probably to the recent series of contract killings in Odesa.
The words of Bodelan are indirectly supported by his decision to make this appeal to Hurvits after watching the television broadcast "Absolutely not Private." On 15 March, the host of this evening program Hryhory Kvasniuk broadcast a report from an ambulance which was bringing to the hospital seriously wounded, 31-year-old Boris Anykeichyk.
Yesterday, the Oblast Coordinating Committee on Combatting Corruption and Organized Crime headed by R. Bodelan addressed itself to the question "The inflaming of the social-political situation in Odesa." The plan is to have the Coordinating Committee decide to lay the problem at the feet of the President and head of the Parliament of Ukraine.
www.ukar.org /hurvit05.html   (493 words)

  
 Project Harmony: Media about PH: Odesa broadcasters arrive in Texas for a look at American news media
Straughan a book about Odesa, a videotape about the city, dubbed in English, and a letter for transmittal to the mayor of Odessa, Texas, from the mayor of Odesa, Ukraine, Ruslan Bodelan, with an invitation to enter into a
According to the Ukrainian broadcasters, TV and radio stations in Odesa are not connected to any network in or outside the city and focus only on the local news.
According to the visitors, there are approximately 28 radio and TV stations in the Odesa region, many of which are private, start-up operations.
www.projectharmony.org /cgi-bin/pubs/press/show.pl?index=1015740000   (1557 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - E-Diogo's Odessa Travel Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The crew of a Russian battleship "Knyaz Potemkin Tavrichesky" has risen in defiance, apparently because of the poor living conditions and brutality of the officers.
The steps on which Eisenstein revived in 1925 the bloody massacre of the Odesans (it is estimated that two thousand people were killed on that day) are called Potemkin Steps now.
Although lacking the glamour of Lviv, fairy-tale churches of Kyiv and attractive landscapes of the Crimean Peninsula, Odesa does deserve a visit.
members.virtualtourist.com /m/38554/abbcb   (607 words)

  
 RISU / English / News / Odesa Baptists Ask President for Help in Building Dispute:
Odesa– The Spiritual Council of Christian Denominations in southern Ukrainian Odesa supported an address of the Evangelical Baptist faithful sent to the president of Ukraine 8 November 2004.
When Resurrection Church stated its intention to buy the building, Odesa Tourist, the former owner of the building, turned to the Odesa Regional Economic Court with a lawsuit, demanding cancellation of the lease agreement and evacuation by Resurrection Church.
Odesa Tourist and Antarctica Tourist are trying to confiscate the renovated house, against the conditions of the agreement.
www.risu.org.ua /eng/news/article;3547   (446 words)

  
 Odesa. IATP in Ukraine.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Odesa IATP representatives took part in the round-table discussion conducted by Project “Harmony” in the Museum of Literature.
Odesa IATP representatives met to Tetiana Chorna, the Head of Regional Center of Ecology Information Propagation (Odesa State Ecological University).
Odesa IATP site provided dial-up services for the conference participants to prepare materials for the event.
iatp.org.ua /_od/news2002.html   (647 words)

  
 Ukraine Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Other documentation covers the Crimean War and the bombing of Odesa, the imprisonment of naturalised US citizens of Russian extraction, the legal status of Russian Jews, and the uprising in the Black Sea Fleet of 1905.
Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Archives in Odesa Ms Lilia Belousova informed Voice of America during a small press conference that the first USA accounts in the archives date back to 1841.
The American Embassy's cultural attache, Lisa Heller, received a present of history books depicting the history of Odesa which, in turn, will be donated to the National Archives of the USA in Washington.
www.ukrnow.com /index.php?option=content&task=archivecategory&year=2004&month=04   (1900 words)

  
 SCOPE TRAVEL INC - 2005 SCOPE TOURS :: MINI UKRAINE plus BUDAPEST ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SIDE TRIPS: If you wish to visit surrounding areas of Odesa or Kyiv on one/two day excursions, this may be arranged at additional cost.
Upon arrival at Odesa Airport, transfer to group hotel.
Odesa is the largest seaport on the Black Sea and the third largest city in Ukraine.
www.scopetravel.com /travel/tours/2005/MiniUkr.shtml   (856 words)

  
 Odesa April 05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The fabled Black Sea port of Odesa, noted for artistic flair and irrepressible corruption over three centuries in three countries, is worth a visit
Odesa's Archeological Museum in the early evening sun
Partisans in the Catacombs under Odesa: "Blood for blood, death for death"
homepage.mac.com /georgevelida/PhotoAlbum27.html   (154 words)

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