Lot #30162. Postcard from Odessa(Ukraine) - 09.10.1936 to Chehoslovakia. Indexation " 22 - Ó - 1 "..
Odesa (Ukrainian: Īäǻńą, pronounced [ɔˈdɛsɑ]), or Odessa (Russian: Īäǻńńą, IPA: [ɐˈdʲesə]), is the third largest city in Ukraine, with a population of 1,003,705. In the beginning of the 20th century it was the biggest city of Ukraine and the New Russia province and had a special independent jurisdiction. The city is a major seaport and transportation hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. Odessa is also an administrative center of the Odessa Oblast and major cultural center of multi-ethnic population. Its alternative Russian name is the Southern Palmira.
