Odessa is one of the largest cities of Ukraine, it is located on the northwest coast of the Black Sea, between the deltas of the Dnieper and the Dniester, about 260 km from the Romanian border. You can go to Odessa by various means of transport: by sea from the ports of the Black Sea from the Mediterranean ports, the route Kiev (the distance of 1374 km from Moscow, 489 km from Kiev) , Romania via Kishinev (border post Léouchény is 260 km).

The city stretches 50 kilometers along the Gulf of Odessa, from the village of Louzanovka east to the town of Sukhoi Liman west. Unlike the coast of the Crimea and the Caucasus, the Odessa region is not protected at north by mountains. Winter is short (two months in total) and soft overall, with periods of thaw and fog, cold air enters from the north, but without obstacles to the coast and the temperature can drop to -20 ° C. Summer Odessa is long (the second half of May to October), dry and warm. The average July temperature reaches 24 ° C. Rainfall is rare: 350-400 mm per year. The bathing season lasts from June to October.

Odessa was founded in 1794 on the site of the Turkish fortress of Haji Bey taken in 1789 by Russian troops commanded by the great strategist A. Suvorov. Subsequently, the city has always somehow been “window” of Russia on the South Seas. From 1819 to 1859 Odessa was a free port and the third largest city in Russia with regard to its economic importance.

Greek and Bulgarian patriots Odessa entant used as basis in their struggle for national liberation against the Turkish yoke. These traditions had their influence on the development of the revolutionary movement in the late nineteenth century, when Odessa became an important industrial town. In June 1905 took place the famous uprising aboard the battleship “Potemkin”. Remember the movie S. Eisenstein and his famous excerpt with the stroller falling from a staircase. It is indeed Odessa.

Before the Second World War, Odessa was the main base of commercial and passenger fleet in the Black Sea. The feat of the defenders of Odessa during the years of the Great Patriotic War is crowned with immortal glory. Odessa is rated the title of City-Hero!

Today, Odessa is an important industrial center of Ukraine. The port of Odessa is a first class base of the passenger fleet Black Sea. The whole port of Odessa region also includes the modern commercial port.

The city has many research institutes including the main one being the Institute of Ophthalmology and therapy named after Academician Filatov, this institute is known worldwide and is often called “Filatov Institute” simply. The University named after I. of Mechnikov was founded in 1865.

The city has six theaters, including the Opera and Ballet existing since 1887 and is well known throughout the world. Philharmonic predates it: it operates since 1848.

Sea caressing the sandy beaches, the sunshine, the fresh air and dry and also the presence in the Odessa region of estuaries (lagoons) having large reserves of curative mud made the city a seaside resort importance Federal. Each year, thousands of people come here to relax and heal.

Odessa’s population exceeds one million people.