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2023–. Odesa (also spelled Odessa) [a] 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 well as a multiethnic cultural centre.
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The Odessa Soviet Republic (OSR; Ukrainian: Одеська Радянська Республіка, romanized: Odeska Radianska Respublika; Russian: Одесская Советская Республика) was a short-lived Soviet republic formed on 30 January [O.S. 17 January] 1918 from parts of the Kherson and Bessarabia Governorates of the former Russian Empire.
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Years of existence
1. December 24, 1862 – January 1918 Russian Empire, transformed into headquarters of Romanian Front 2. April 9 – August 5, 1919 Russian SFSR, dissolved, remnants transferred to 12th Army 3. October 11, 1939 – September 10, 1941 Soviet Union, dissolved remnants transferred to Southern Front 4. March 23, 1944 – January 3, 1992 Soviet Union, passed on to Armed Forces of Ukraine 4.1. July 9, 1945 – April 4, 1956, portion of territory was under jurisdiction of Tauric Military District 5. January 3...
Russian Empire
The Odessa Military District was established during the reforms of the Russian military minister Dmitry Milyutin. It was the second of two districts on the territory of the future Ukraine, the other being Kiev Military District. OVO existed from 1862–1918 as part of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces. It encompassed the territories of Kherson, Yekaterinoslav, Tauride, and Bessarabia guberniyas. The district bordered Kingdom of Romania, Kiev Military District, Don Voisko Oblast, and Black Sea....
Soviet Union
The district was reformed by the decision of October 11, 1939 specifically for the occupation of Bessarabia after the Soviet Union signed Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. At that time its territory included the newly created Moldovian SSR, six oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR (Izmail, Odesa (then Odessa), Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad) and also the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic as part of the Russian SFSR. The Odessa MD was reinforced by several units from the Ukrainia...
The District was reformed on April 23, 1944 with its headquarters at Kirovohrad, which in October 1944 relocated to Odesa. In 1948, 4th Guards Army, with 10th Guards Budapest Rifle Corps (33rd Mech, 59, 86) and 24th Guards Rifle Corps (35 Guards Mech, 180th Rifle Division, 51 Ind Rifle Brigade), plus 82nd Rifle Corps(34th Guards Mech, 28th Guards R...
In the Odessa District's territory were additionally deployed the 14th Guards Army (created on the basis of 10th Guards Budapest Rifle Corps), the 32nd Army Corps (possibly reformed on the basis of the headquarters units of the former Tauric Military District) in 1956, complemented by the 98th Guards Airborne Divisionas well as seven additional mot...
Commanders 1862-1914
1. Paul Demetrius von KotzebueCount, General of Infantry (12.12.1862 — 11.01.1874) 2. Vladimir Savvich Semeka, Adjutant General, Lieutenant General (11.01.1874 — 01.04.1879) 3. Eduard Totleben, Count, Adjutant General, Engineer General, Interim Governor General (01.04.1879 — 18.05.1880) 4. Alexander DrentelnAdjutant General, General of Infantry, Interim Governor General (18.05.1880 — 14.01.1881) 5. Alexander Mikhailovich Dondukov-KorsakovPrince, General of the Cavalry, Adjutant General, Inter...
Commanders, 1939–1991
1. Lieutenant General Ivan Boldin(10.1939 — 07.1940) 2. Lieutenant General Yakov Cherevichenko(07.1940 — 06.1941) 3. Lieutenant General Nikandr Chibisov(06.1941 — 08.1941) 4. Major General Ivan Ivanov (08.1941 - 09.1941) 5. German occupation 6. General Colonel Ivan Zakharkin(03.1944 — 10.1944) 7. Major General Aleksei Pervushin (10.1944) 8. General Colonel Vasily Yushkevich (10.1944 - 06.1946) (former commander of 31st Army) 9. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov(06.1946 – 02.1948) 10....
Forces in the 1980s
Around 1988, the District contained the following forces: 1. 14th Guards Army 1.1. 28th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Chornomorske/Yuzhne?)(became 28th Guards Mechanised Brigadecirca 2001) 1.2. 59th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Tiraspol) 1.3. 86th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Beltsy) Headquarters moved to Floreshtyand became 5381st Equipment Storage Base on 1 December 1989. 1.4. 180th Motor Rifle Division (Belgorod-Dnestrovsky) 2. 32nd Army Corps 'Кенигсберский' (Simferopol) 2.1. 126th Motor R...
Feskov, V. I.; Golikov, V. I.; Kalashnikov, K. A.; Slugin, S. A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War...Tsouras, Peter G. (1994). Changing Orders: The evolution of the World's Armies, 1945 to the Present. Facts On File, Inc. pp. 43-44. ISBN 0-8160-3122-3.Lenskii, A. G. (2000). Sukhoputnye sily RKKA v predvoennye gody Сухопутные силы РККА в предвоенные годы [Land forces of the Red Army in the pre-war years]. St. Petersburg: B&K.Military Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. 2002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)(in Russian) Ultimatum of the Soviet government to Romanian government on June 26, 1940(in Russian) Odesa Soviet Military District(in Russian) Odesa Russian Military District(in Russian and Ukrainian) Южному ОК - 70 лет. 2009 год. Фильм.- 1862 - 1998
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Jun 1, 2023 · Odesa Oblast or Odeska Oblast is an administrative region located in the south-west of Ukraine. In the southwest it is washed by the waters of the Black Sea, in the south it borders with Romania, in the west - with Moldova. Odesa (also known as Odessa) is the capital city of the region. The population of Odesa Oblast (2021) is about 2,351,000 ...
Cultural image of Odesa. To a significant extent the image of Odesa in Russophone culture is influenced by The Odessa Tales of Isaac Babel. Odesa is often referred to by the collocation "Odesa Mama" (Mom Odesa), a term that originated in Russian criminal ( blatnoy) subculture. [1] The reputation of the city as a criminal center originated in ...
Odesa [1] ( Ukrainian: Одеcа, [ɔˈdɛsɑ]; also known as Odessa, Russian: Одесса) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the Black Sea shore. It is the administrative center of the province of Odesa Oblast. It is a major port on the Black Sea. The mayor of Odesa is Hennadiy Trukhanov. In 2004, about 1,012,500 people lived in Odesa.
The Russian Empire’s expansion along the Black Sea coast led to the creation of the territory of Novorossiya, which was colonised by a variety of peoples, of whom the Russians were dominant. Odessa Oblast corresponds to the most westerly portion of “New Russia”. The Oblast was created on February 27th 1932 as part of the Ukrainian SSR.
