Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”
Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine?|Anna Nemtsova|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In Odessa, in the West, the conflict is only slightly more subtle.
Ukraine’s Wild and Wooly Elections|Anna Nemtsova|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A century ago Odessa was a glorious city of the Belle Epoque.
In War-Torn Ukraine, Savva Libkin's Delicious Recipes for Survival|Anna Nemtsova|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For the first time in decades, foreigners arriving in Odessa are regarded with suspicion, even anger.
Soviet-Style Sexual Politics Returns|Will Cathcart|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here in Odessa, the conflict has nothing to do with a linguistic divide.
Soviet-Style Sexual Politics Returns|Will Cathcart|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Oct. 29—Turkey begins war with Russia by bombarding Odessa from the sea.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915|Various
Breathless, but still obedient, I came up with him at Odessa.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet
In Odessa he found occupation in the harbour and the salt-works.
Maxim Gorki|Hans Ostwald
Odessa looks to great advantage from the quarantine harbour, where the steamer moored.
Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.|Xavier Hommaire de Hell
They spent a week with their friends at Taganrog, and thence proceeded to Odessa, the great commercial entrepôt of the Euxine.
Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century|W. H. Davenport Adams
British Dictionary definitions for Odessa
Odessa
/ (əʊˈdɛsə, Russianaˈdjɛsə) /
noun
a port in S Ukraine on the Black Sea: the chief Russian grain port in the 19th century; university (1865); industrial centre and important naval base. Pop: 1 010 000 (2005 est)