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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 … See more

    English: Odesa or Odessa /oʊˈdɛsə/ oh-DESS-ə
    Ukrainian: Одеса, romanized: Odesa [oˈdɛsɐ]
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    Odesa is home to several universities and other institutions of higher education. The city's best-known and most prestigious university is the See more

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    Odesa was the site of a large Greek settlement no later than the middle of the 6th century BC (a See more

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    Historical ethnic and national composition
    1897
    1. Russians: 198,233 people (49.09%)
    2. Jews: … See more

    Many of Odesa's buildings have, rather uniquely for a Ukrainian city, been influenced by the Mediterranean style of classical … See more

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  2. Odesa | Facts, History, Map, & Points of Interest | Britannica

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  6. Why is Odessa important to both Ukraine and Russia?

    WEBMay 27th 2022. Editor’s note (July 1st 2022): This article has been updated since it was first published. ODESSA’S STREETS bustle again. Russia has scaled back the ambition of its invasion and...

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    As with much of eastern Ukraine, Odessa’s population is largely Russian-speaking, though the war has bolstered its Ukrainian identity. Odessa is economically crucial too. Black Sea ports, including Odessa, two others close by (Pivdennyi and Chornomorsk) and Mykolaiv to the east, handled more than 70% of Ukraine’s exports before the war.
    A damaged fire engine attends the scene of a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday March 15, 2024. A Russian missile strike on Odesa in southern Ukraine on Friday killed at least 14 people and injured 46 others, local officials said.
    Odessa is considered the southern capital of Ukraine. There is a military term, the high ground. That is how they see Odessa. Gennadiy Trukhanov is Odessa's mayor. He says he's worried about a desert being invaded on three sides, from the Black Sea, from the east, and from the west to be the breakaway republic in Moldova, Transnistria.
    A major attack on Odessa, which as Ukraine’s biggest port city is crucial for the country’s economic survival, feels like an inevitability, officials and residents say. Russian naval ships have gathered just outside Ukraine’s territorial waters in the Black Sea, and Russian troops are pushing ever closer from the east.
  8. Odesa travel - Lonely Planet | Ukraine, Europe

    WEB01 / Attractions. Must-see attractions. Prymorsky Boulevard. Odesa's elegant facade, this tree-lined, clifftop promenade was designed to enchant the passengers of arriving boats with the neoclassical opulence of its…

  9. Ukraine war: Odesa defies Russia and embraces signs of life

  10. Russia-Ukraine war: The battle for Odesa - Al Jazeera

    WEB9 Mar 2022. Two weeks into Russia’s war in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces are preparing for a potential attack by Moscow’s troops on the historic port city of Odesa on the Black Sea.

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