Historical information

For European countries, Odessa is a young city. It has been founded by Ekaterina the Second in 1794, when Russian empress realized that the sea port on the coast of the Black Sea for expansion of communication with the countries of Europe is necessary for the country.

Many years ago in the place where Odessa city is today, the ancient Greek settlement was settled down, then Crimean Tatars lived here. They were replaced here by the Turkish- Osmans who based the Khadjibey fortress which was grasped by the Russian army in 1789.

According to its successful geographical location Odessa quickly turned from small settlement in trading, industrial and scientific center on one level with European cities. By the 100th anniversary from its foundation, Odessa borrowed the fourth place by quantity of population and its level of economical development in Russian Empire after such cities as St.-Petersburg, Moscow and Warsaw.

During the First World War and after it The Civil War in Russia, the city buried in the ruins and chaos. Odessa received the rank of The Hero City in twentieth century for its unprecedented courage and the courage of its inhabitants in defense of their native city which they shown during the Great Domestic War.

Later new machine-building and metal cutting factories, chemical factories, food and light industry and many other fields developed in Odessa. Odessa city became the large industrial center of Ukraine. Its sea-port - is the largest sea-port on the Southern coast of the Black Sea, its moorings were stretched for many kilometers along the coast of the sea.

Odessa nowadays still keeps all its denominations and swiftly moves toward new ones.