Odessa Memories

by Rozenboim, Bel Kaufman, Oleg Gubar

Book Overview

Odessa, the city founded on the Black Sea by Catherine the Great in 1794, quickly became a thriving international crossroads. This virtual melting pot of Russia - the gateway to Russia from Constantinople, Athens, Venice, Marseilles, and Genoa, and the third largest metropolis in the country - rose to prominence as a European cultural capital and a vibrant center of Jewish culture. Odessa in its prime shared with St. Petersburg the distinction of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295983450
• ISBN13: 9780295983455
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.3" x 8.3"