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Deribasovskaya

Odessa, st. Deribasovskaya

 Sights of Odessa The next point of our program is the world famous Deribasovskaya, the heart of Odessa. Everyone has its own reason to fall in love with this street: in length and breadth it is not very big, but something in it is attractive and calm, carefree and cozy - both in architecture, and in a lot of cafes, and in the absence of cars ...

Odessa Museum of Western and Oriental Art

Odessa, ul. Pushkinskaya, 9

 Sights of Odessa This museum is considered one of the best of such profile in Ukraine. His collection is represented by private collections, as well as receipts from the City Museum of Fine Arts

Monument Ducu de Richelieu

Odessa, Primorsky Boulevard

 Sights of Odessa The center of Primorsky Boulevard is a symbol of the city - a monument Duke de Richelieu, one of the founders of Odessa and the descendant of Cardinal de Richelieu, who left France during the Great French Revolution. The monument benevolently extends to the visitors a hand and invites you to see its sights. Wish wishes and appoint visits.

Vorontsov Palace in Odessa

Odessa, Vorontsovskiy per., 2

 Odessa Attractions Vorontsov Palace in Odessa - a small empire-style building built in Odessa In 1827, according to the project of the Italian Boffo, became not only the decoration of the city, but for many decades it was a magnet center attracting the attention of outstanding contemporaries.

Odessa City Garden

Odessa, between ul. Preobrazhenskaya, Deribasovskaya, Gavannaya

 Sights of Odessa The City Garden, the first park of Odessa, was founded in 1803 by the brothers Jose and Felix de Ribas almost immediately after the foundation of the city . Here are many sculptures and monuments , which became truly the symbols of Odessa: the sculpture of a lion and lioness with lions, the monument "The Twelfth Chair", installed in honor of the book by Ilf and Petrov, the monument to Leonid Utyosov, who is very honored in Odessa, as well as a monument to the pilot and athlete of the beginning of the XX century. Yergey Utochkin . Today a singing fountain and a round indoor stage are working in the recently restored new park, where concerts .

Palace of Count Tolstoy

Odessa, ul. Sabaneev Bridge, 4

 Sights of Odessa The Palace of Counts Tolstoy, also known as the Odessa House of Scientists, is considered an outstanding monument of urban planning and architecture. The Palace of Mikhail Dmitrievich Tolstoy consists of two buildings - a two-story mansion with 12 rooms and an art gallery.

Novikova Palace in Odessa

Odessa, ul. Gavannaya (Halturina), 4

 Sights of Odessa The Palace of Alexander Yakovlevich Novikov, the grandson of the famous Odessa merchant, organically blended into the general layout of the street and rightfully entered the list of those architectural creations that create a unique appearance cities. At present, the Odessa Museum of History and Local Lore is located in the palace

Catacombs of Odessa

 Odessa Attractions Odessa catacombs are perhaps one of the most mysterious places of the Ukrainian city. This is a ramified network of tunnels and labyrinths under the city, which were formed after work on the extraction of stone. The Odessa catacombs in many respects surpass their European counterparts. Their length reaches almost three thousand kilometers.

Museum of Wax Figures "At the Woman's Whiskey"

Odessa, ul. 4

 Sightseeing in Odessa The collection of the museum "Uty Baba" has more than 70 figures, among which you can find historical and fairy-tale characters, "stars" of the theater, cinema and music.

Cinema Museum in Odessa

Odessa, French Boulevard, 33

 Sights of Odessa Museum of Cinema is the history of not only the most important art, but the city itself. For the inhabitants of Odessa these exhibits play a very large role. Here are kept the glove of Vera Kholodnaya, the hat and cloak of Vladimir Vysotsky, in which he played in the television series "The meeting place can not be changed", the collection of Alexander Dovzhenko's movie cameras

Museum "Filiki Eteria"

Odessa, Krasniy Lane, 20

 Sights of Odessa In translation from Greek, the name of the museum is translated as "The Society of Friends". He has been working here since 1979 and talks about the close relationship between Odessa and the southern state.

Anchor Museum in Odessa

Odessa, Maritime station

Sights of Odessa For the sailors, the anchor is a symbol of hope, for the ordinary people there is a museum exhibit. Near the Marine Station in Odessa a variety of types of anchors are collected. Did you know that there is an anchor Matrosov? And Hollow and Admiralty?

People's Museum of the History of Internal Affairs of the Odessa Region

Odessa, Yevreyskaya, 12

Sights of Odessa This museum tells about the history of law enforcement bodies in Odessa. Visitors can get acquainted with the most interesting exhibits - skeleton keys, sliced ​​cards, firearms and cold steel, counterfeit money, and also a Soviet police uniform.

Odessa Museum of Numismatics

Odessa, Grecheskaya, 33

Sights of Odessa Odessa Museum of Numismatics became the first museum in Ukraine devoted to this subject. Here are presented all the periods of the emergence of statehood in the territory of the present country, as well as the history of the coinage of the ancient period to the present day.

Odessa Museum of the Holocaust

Odessa, Malaya Arnautskaya, d. 111

Sights of Odessa Odessa Association of Jews was the first in the USSR association of people affected by the Nazi genocide during the years of occupation. Subsequently, similar organizations began to appear in other regions in the post-Soviet space.

Odessa Opera House

Odessa, per. Tchaikovsky, 1

Sights of Odessa Odessa Opera House - a true architectural masterpiece in 1887 built. Built on the site of the burnt down Opera House of Odessa and Novorossia, it is still the first in popularity and scale to this day. The Odessa Opera House is built in the style of the Viennese baroque and flaunts on many postcards and guides to Odessa.

Odessa Russian Drama Theater named after A. Ivanov

Odessa, Grecheskaya, 48

Sights of Odessa The Odessa Russian Theater was founded in 1874 by the famous merchant A. S. Velikanov and was intended for the performance of just one dramatic troupe led by actor NK Miloslavsky. It is considered to be the oldest theater in the South of Ukraine.

Odessa Savior Transfiguration Cathedral

Odessa, Cathedral Square, 3

Sights of Odessa The largest Orthodox church in Odessa is the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral. Originally it was erected in 1794 and consecrated in 1808, but in the Soviet years, in 1936, it was completely destroyed. The current cathedral is its reconstituted copy, built on the same place in the 2000s. donations of Odessa residents.

Monument to Orange, who saved Odessa

Odessa, M. Zhvanetsky Boulevard, intersection with Preobrazhenskaya Street

Sights of Odessa The monument is an orange on the pedestal. From one half the skin is removed and several lobules are removed: instead of them, the figure of the Russian Emperor Paul I is inserted inside the orange. Three horses are harnessed to the orange, it is mounted on the wheels of the cart, which symbolizes the transportation of oranges from Odessa to Petersburg.

The Potemkin Stairs

Odessa, between Primorsky street and Primorsky boulevard

Sights of Odessa The Potemkin Staircase descends to the Maritime Station with a length of 142 m, a height of 24 meters and consists of 192 steps. This monument of architecture of the first half of the 19th century is made in the style of classicism. From below, because of the special perspective, it looks even larger and more majestic. A wide panorama of the harbor, seaport and Odessa Bay opens from the upper steps of the staircase.

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"Pearl near the sea", "South Palmira", "Odessa-Mama" - whatever it is called, it is one of the most colorful cities in Ukraine. Odessa is the third largest city in the country after Kiev and Kharkov, the main cultural, scientific and resort center of the Northern Black Sea Coast.

Founded in 1794, Odessa owes Catherine II: the Russian Empress felt that to expand ties with Europe, the country needs a port on the Black Sea. Once there was an ancient Greek settlement, then in this area lived the Crimean Tatars and the Ottoman Turks who founded the fortress Hadzhibey. The latter was captured by Russian troops in 1789.

Enumerate all the beauties of the city can be ad infinitum: Odessa itself is a tourist attraction. Attention deserve the famous Deribasovskaya, Moldavanka and Primorsky Boulevard, picturesque Pushkinskaya and Rishelyevskaya streets, a unique complex of underground workings "Odessa Metro" and Odessa catacombs, the remains of a Turkish fortress in Taras Shevchenko Park, the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, the Transfiguration Cathedral, and famous museums.

Enumerate all the beauties of the city can be ad infinitum: Odessa itself is a tourist attraction.

Among the museums, the Archaeological Museum, with the richest collection of Egyptian, Scythian and ancient antiquities, the Art Museum, the Navy Museum, the Literary Museum of Western and Eastern Art, the Local History Museum, the Pushkin Literary and Memorial Museum, etc., stand out among the museums.

The bulk of interesting historical and tourist places in Odessa is in the center, so they can be arranged for a walk, admiring the beauties of the old city and listening to the unique talk of local residents.

Generally, this talk and, most importantly, the sparkling humor of the inhabitants of Odessa should be mentioned separately: fascinating and hilarious stories, sharp phrases, practically jokes in the air, benevolent and curious locals ready at the first request to spend an unforgettable and fascinating excursion to any point of Odessa in spite of own affairs. Several generations of famous comedians, born and raised in Odessa in the last 100 years, have earned the city a special reputation of the capital of Russian-speaking humor and satire.