Category : History
The legend of the Greco-Roman wrestler Ivan Poddubny, who never lost a fight
Ivan Maximovich Poddubny was a famous wrestler from the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. His career began around 1900 and lasted for about forty .....
Delfino Menotti: a noble “signor”, the best Iago and Opera Theatre director
By Natalia Ostroukhova, author of the trilogy “Odessa Opera House in Historical Space and Time” The creative achievements of the .....
Prominent Odessan: Boris Lissanevitch, a pilot, dancer, lover and tourism innovator
A forgotten story about an outstanding man, whose memory goes from the boulevards of Paris, to British clubs of Calcutta, .....
Who won the deadly plane spin? Konstantin Artseulov: pilot, artist, sailor
On September 24, 1916, the pilot Konstantin Artseulov was the first in the world to deliberately put the plane into .....
Legends of the Odessa Estuary: “Victory over Nogai Khan”
The first episode of the “Legends of the Odessa Estuary” project. The events take place in the late thirteenth century. .....
Prominent Odessan: Michael Kogan
Odessa Jew Misha Kogan first sold vodka to the Japanese and then released the Space Invaders computer game and conquered .....
What’s your name, Odessa? Four charming legends
The lack of water and temper of Catherine II, the name of an ancient Greek settlement or Deribas’ fascination for .....
Prominent Odessan: “Odessa Stradivarius” Lev Dobriansky
His biography is poorly studied: according to some sources, he was born in 1862, according to others – in 1864. .....
